I have an SBE and so do several of my hunting buds. Never saw a malfunction in several years use. Doves and skeet with light loads, ducks and geese with heavy loads. Saltwater marshes and dry, hot, dusty maize fields. Several of the gunsmiths at the local shops also say they are virtually trouble-free. I take half of the negative stuff that I read on internet forums with a grain of salt and completely dismiss the rest of it. My bet is that a large part of the negatives come from people that do not have a Benelli and are trying to justify their own shotgun selection. Before Benelli, they said the same things about Browning and Beretta. Buy the best that you can afford and what fits you correctly.