Gunbug, amongst others I have a Remington 870 pump as a "work horse", i.e shooting around water, messy work etc. It is bullet proof and I recommend them. You can probably easily get other barrels where you live (more difficult here in Spain) so if you had a 26" barrel for birds and a 20" barel with sights you can shoot anything out to 80yds with the right ammo. I just wish the stock on mine was longer, it has a daft LOP for me. I am sure you can also get an add on synthetic stock easily as well. best, Mike