Told the wife last year I wanted a auto loader....so her not knowing anything about them....bought me one at Wally World for Christmas this year. Like you...I knew nothing about them....so I searched the internet message board's to find out anything about them....Most I found were negitive coment's.....but did find a few good one's....I took it with me Goose hunting this year.....and I fell in love with it.....Nice and light...not much of a kick......shot great, and sure knocked the bird's down....only negitive thing I found...was that it would'nt load Federal shell's good......but then my wife's Rem 870 won't eject federal shell good either.....both gun's work super with any other shell