I have a BPS 12 guage and it is, by far, the nicest and smoothest pump shotgun I' ve ever owned or shot. The Browning Golds are exceptionally nice and reliable auto-shotguns, but for the money a pump gun can' t be beat. No worries about cycling with light loads or in cold weather or when it' s dirty, it' ll shoot well anything it can chamber, and with practice pump guns are fast enough to shoot doubles trap or skeet. They are also the preferred pump guns in duck blinds because your empties aren' t whacking your buddy in the face every shot. The only drawback to the bottom eject is that it requires that all shells must be loaded into the magazine and then racked into the chamber. You can' t just open the slide and drop a shell in the ejection port like most autos and other pumps. Not a big deal unless you shoot trap with it and can only load one shell at a time. In that case, I just do not eject the spent shell until my next time to shoot, then I load the next live shell into the magazine and then pump the slide. I' ve gotten some dirty looks but others understand when I explain what I' m doing.

Regardless of which Browning you choose, I guarantee you' ll be happy. I wouldn' t give up my BPS for anything.

Mike