I have used the 870 for years and have never had a problem with it. It is a great gun for the money. Ive put thousands of shells through it and have never had a problem with the gun jamming once and I put my guns through a workout. The combo is a great deal and I would recommend that. Ive turned some of my buddies onto hunting and a few of them have gotten the Mossberg 500 combo. I think they paid around $300 for the combo at D icks sporting goods.The combo came with the regular barrel as well as the cantilever barrel. My only recommendation would be to switch out the scope it comes with. It will get the job done but the optics on the stock scope are less than optimal.