I also like the idea of a lighter gun with the Titanium and Carbon make-up.
$1200 seems like a bit more than I'd want to pay for a shotgun but, if the article is unbiased and uninfluenced by Remington, you probably would get what you pay for a gun that could compete with Benelli, Browning, etc.
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