tbrunson,
I was looking at purchasing a SBE II last winter. I wanted to buy an all around/multiple purpose shotgun. I wanted 3.5 inch for turkeys, butsomething that would cycle 2.75 inch for trap, skeet and sporting clays. I recieved many warnings that all brands of 3.5 inch autoloaders have potential troublecycling lighter 2.75 inch loads from time to time. Not sure what your intent for the gun will be, but just wanted to bring that to your attention since you mentioned versatility of shooting 2.75 to 3.5 inch loads. (Although, I did have some replies that stated they never had issues shootingtwo and three quarter loads.)

I ended up with a Browning BPS duratouch camo and have been very pleased. It will be great to pass ontomy lefthanded son since it ejects shells out the bottom and has a thumb safety on the top.