I guess they have made some iimprovements. I know for sure the ones made a few years ago were junk. If I were buying another shot gun I would give them a second lookits just hardto forget about the bad experiencesa few friends had with them. One guyIhunt with shoots the mossberg 835 and beats it to death... always shootsfor him the inside is more rust then anything cause he saltwater duck hunts and dosent belive inoil haha. Look in the spr453 before you buy I like mine.