I have used the Beretta ultralite for around seven years now and it is an pheasant/quail 12 gauge par none. Having said that, let me make my main point. It is light and as you age, guns get heavier, especially in the field. I always load down for quail and pheasant loads around 1200 fps. A heavy 1 1/8 field load will reall rock you. Also, my beretta is only chambered for 2 3/4 shells and I believe the browning also. Neither have a place in the duck blind, tho you could use 2 3/4 steel if you choose. Keep the light guns in the field and the heavier in the blind.