RE: best 3 1/2 inch gun
Don't worry, I have let a couple lines fly with good intensions, only to find out that it wasn't exactly correct.
There is a link on the Benelli website for Franchi so I assume that Benelli owns them as well or something of the sort. I do agree that they are good guns. I hunted some quail with a guy last year that had an over-and-under and he was tickled to death.