My soon to be 12 year old just bought himself one of these. My 13 year old has the remington express youth. Overall, i like them both, but a bit better of a deal on the Mossberg, we bougth the combo kit, ported slug barrel, vent rib barrel with 3 chokes, comes with a lock and 50% certificate to upgrade, handles 3 inch shells.

He will be using it next weekend for NH Youth turkey weekend, shooting 3 inch #6 shells, that out to 30 yards are throwing LOTS of pellets in the head and neck using the full choke.

It works great on clays which is all he has shot it at so far (except for the turkey pattern). Though the 3 inchers off the bench were a little much for him.

--Bob