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The 590A1 is about as good as it gets in a pump action. I used one for years without a single issue. I'm currently running a 930 SPX hard to see how it holds up. So far so good and no issues to report in about 500 rounds.
Semi-auto is certainly faster and perhaps more reliable. Gas being dirty is moot (the Benelli Intertia system is basically self-cleaning used for rentals which says something right there). I'd call it more reliable personally but YMMV. I'm going by sporting clays & 3-gun where the shotguns is see people fumble with are pump, often problems after ejection picking up the next round. If you short stroke the pump under duress that's another problem.Thanks for the number of quality responses. I shouldn't of said no fail..as that's impossible. Being as this will be my first and more than likely only shotgun I suppose I should of included the question of benefits of pump vs semi auto Gas vs inertia? It seems to me from my research that although semi-autos are not as reliable as pump action's, common sense tells me that however rare it maybe, in any high stress situation doing away with an extra step(pump) eliminates another step/chance of failure to send lead down range? Gas is dirtier and negates kick vs inertia which runs clean. Enlighten me further if any would care to take the time and so far I'm seeing the Remington 870 as being the gold standard. Which wasn't even on my radar. Appreciate the input on and will look into it.