I read about the problems they seem to be with either light loads, and/or older model years. Those that use 3" and/or 3.5" claim no problems, I would be using it with 3.5" shells for turkey only and these same people also claim they are getting excellent patterns.
I do agree many other choices and better but for something I will use a few times in the spring I can't see spending near $1000 or more on one. I love the Winchester SX3, I found two used ones, one was $900 the other $1100