looking to buy a gun for upland bird hunting, and waterfowling.
any suggestions on what brand and model gun i should purchase.
i really like the benneli's, but i am willing to take a look at other brands.

i would say stay with the benelli's... i just bought their cheaper brand (the Benelli Nova Pump) and i absolutely love it....

Remington 1100. Never go bird hunting without it.

I guess I would like to know a little bit more about what youwant/need. For example: How much are you looking to spend? Do you prefer an auto, semi-auto, pump, s/s, o/u or doesn't it matter? In your waterfowling is there a need for 3" or 3 1/2" shells? With your waterfowling, is synthetic stock of importance to you or not? Anything else you could let us in on might also help. Thanks.