I have had great luck with the Benelli M1 and M2 there’s some maintenance but it’s pretty easy. I have been let down with the gas operated guns. Duck hunting was pretty hard to keep our gasser running.
It’s been tough I lost my fishing buddy a couple years ago it’s taking me some time to get my drive back to go alone. Hopefully I’ll be able to connect with some other friends and we can share some time together
I’m in the same position went ahead and bought the best I could afford, they have helped with my ringing in my ears at night time. It took some time to noticeably get better. I can hear turkeys and bird’s again
Too many years around power transformers
I have had good luck with the 223 and 50 gr vmax as long as they are under 250 yards. We built a 6 Creedmoor for the long game it’s just super easy lots of bullet choices