Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
3.5" loading port vs. a 3" loading port = easier and smoother loading.

NO piston to break, tune or clean = less time on maintenance.

Self-adjusting gas volume = Shooting 2 3/4 dram loads up to MAX 3" Magnum loads with no worries of breaking to gun. More versatility over a stage.

Softer recoil = Faster splits and transitions.

The piston tubes and action are in the receiver and barrel, not on the magazine tube. This is also a benefit from a reliabilty standpoint.

SLPs are about 10K to 12K round guns before you need a total rebuild, and hoping the pin holes and receiver will take oversized pins for another 5K or so. The VM is easily a 30K gun. The VM runs 100% out of the box. The SLP takes those several hundred to 1K rounds to be 100% reliable.

I went with the SLP primarily because of the slug accuracy and the one piece mag tube. The VM has the slug accuracy and I happen to have a prototype one piece tube for the VM.
Wow great information. Just spent the past hour+ looking at reviews. I can definitely see the mechanical advantage of the VM's simpler operation. Luckily, I'm not in too much of a hurry, so I'm going to do some more homework on this stuff. I'll see if I can swing going to CRC this saturday to check out the 3gun shoot, thanks for the head's up on it!