I have used older Remingtons and Brownings through the years for duck and geese in freezing temps, ice, snow and mud and had lots of problems with jamming and cycle issues. I switched to a Benelli M2 in 2007 because my brother-in-law had one and started to out shoot me. Long story short, I am a life long Benelli fan now. I can lay in the dirt and mud, have my dog walk all over me trying to get her to lay down and still shoot the Benelli with mud and ice all over it. There are so many Benelli options now I would highly recommend staying with Benelli purely based on the reliability and shoulder and check features on all of them. I do not have any experience with the newer Remington's and other gas guns but I have never had an issue with a Benelli that forced me to look elsewhere.