If it is ducks and geese you are after go for the Remington SP-10 Magnum 10 guage semi-auto shotgun with a 3 1/2 inch chamber. It weighs 11 pounds but it is the most solidly built gun you can find, very reliable under all conditions, and even with heavy goose and turkey loads has less felt recoil than a 12 guage using magnum loads.