[fabsroman]

I'll vouch for Skeet having the Beretta 426 Silver Pigeon SxS. He tried to sell it to my dad this past weekend. Thing is, I have no idea why my dad wants a SxS because he has never had one or shot one. I guess it is just the collector issue.

Unlike Skeet, I am a Beretta/Benelli fan. They are pretty much all I shoot in the way of shotguns and yes, they are somewhat expensive. Then again, Skeet does own a Krieghoff and the last time I checked the prices on those things, they weren't cheap.

I will guess that the pump guns are cheaper than the autos because there are less moving parts in them and there probably isn't as much R&D put into them. Another reason that I don't shoot the pump guns anymore is the same reason Skeet wants to get rid of that Beretta SxS. I hate recoil and the pump guns don't help with that.

As far as price is concerned, even a new Benelli Nova pump gun is around $300 while the Benelli SBE II is around $1,300. Also, with 6 million 870's out there, I am willing to bet that the supply outweighs the demand.

As far as the A-5 being more expensive than the new Browning Gold, I am going to guess that we are talking about the Belgian made A-5's and not the Japanese ones, but I could be wrong.