Big O/U fan here too. But I do have some autos as well. To me the O/Us are just nicer looking guns.. You can find some nice O/Us under a grand for sure, but anything that comes to costing a grand with a wood stock I wouldn't want to take out to the duck blind.. I have the Cynergy Camo that shoots 3.5 shells for that.. I would say get you a nice Citori and use the Mossy for the duck hunts.. You won't be dissapointed.