I had the Nova and did' nt care for it don' t get me wrong it was a nice shootin gun the problem i had was the forearm pump rattled like crazy when i would walk,so i took it back to see if something was wrong and the gunsmith told thats how they were so i ended up selling it,One of my huntin buddies has a super black eagle and he loves it,I would say if money is no object then i would go with the SBE,I would like to have one myself but i don' t have that kind of money to spend on a shotgun[:' (].