if your wallet can stand it benelli or winchester sx3. if u don't have to have 3 1/2" then the stoeger 2000 is the best for the money. i have owned, shot and hunted with alot of different shotguns. Benelli/stoeger line of guns are the toughest by far. i have a super black eagle II a stoeger 2000 and a super nova and all are very good guns