the Mossberg 500 is a good shotgun, but like you said DD, they are cheap.... for the money tho, you cant beat them for certian things..

never owned a Benelli, but they are fine guns... just really expensive...

i really follow and enjoy watching Tom Knapp, he was the shooter for Benelli for quite a while, till he got sick, and they basically fired him.... now he shoots for CZ... check them out, deffinately will be the next autoloader i buy, and in the link is a video of them Dove hunting in South America, and put through EXTREME abuse, yet they still keep clicking....

oh, and both the 712, and 912 are under 500 bucks wink

http://www.cz-usa.com/products/view/cz-712-semi-auto/