RE: Need advice on a shotgun!
Personally, once you throw waterfowl in there, I'd go with Benelli/Stoeger. I have a Nova pump, which gives you a 3.5" option for waterfowl. It also takes down incredibly easy for cleaning, and the synthetic stock will take any abuse. The magnum receiver does make it a bit heavy though. It also came with 4 chokes. Cyl, IC, Mod, Full. I got the combo which also came with a cantilever rifled deer barrel. Ideally, I'd like the Benelli SBE II, but that would add about $1000.