[fabsroman]

There is a lot of factors that influence hang ups. The cleanliness of the auto, how cold the weather is, how old the shell is, and the list goes on and on.

I guess one of the mail reasons I am so happy with my Benelli SBE and Beretta o/u's is that they are extremely easy to clean. The SBE's receiver is aluminum so I don't have to worry about rust on it, just the possibility that it might wear out from a lot of use (i.e., shell bases hitting the receiver as they cycle). The Beretta 391's are a little harder to clean than the Benelli SBE, but they are still a lot easier to clean than the Browning Citori I have. I don't shoot the Citori just because I do not want to clean it. Oh yeah, that goes for the Browning Auto 5 too. I like to keep my guns clean, but I also like the effort to be as minimal as possible. Recently, I just have not had the time to keep them as clean as I usually like, but sometimes life just does that to people.

So far, I have been goose hunting a single day this year and killed exactly one goose. I am looking at getting out sometime this week, but it probably will not be until later in the week. I'll give you a report about how the SBE works. By the way, I don't think my dad's Beretta 686 Onyx o/u has ever jammed up in its 10 years of use.