I have owned a Stoger 2000 for the last three years. Mine was an 12 ga autoloader with a 28" barrel and camo pattern. I did have a problem with the camo pattern peeling off of the gun. However, I sent it back to Stoeger and they did a repair. The gun did fine on a pheasant hunt. It also did fine on a turkey hunt. However, I traded it in a few weeks ago for a Browning Silver Hunter. I traded it b/c I always bought a Browning. The only issue I had with the gun was that sometimes the loading was awkard and I would need to dry cycle the weapon to get it to load.