I shot 10s for years. I started hunting more salt marshes, and after about 2 years, my remingtron SP10 wasn't looking too good. By 10am it would be a rust bucket. Saw how the camo coating on my friend's Benelli held up to the salt, so bought one. The camo definately helps with rust. Goos protective coating.

As for the knockdown....even though you're shooting the same payloads, this is what I have seen. When I shot geese with the 10, they died. All last season I shot geese with the same payload and shot size, but 3.5" out of the benelli. I probably had to finish off half the geese I shot once they hit the groud. I switched back to the SP10 this year, and out of 30 geese, I may have had to shoot 3 finish off shots. In my mind, the 10 definately hit's harder....at all ranges.