They are a made in Turkey, cheapened version of an older Beretta action. A good buy for the guy that wants a shotgun but doesn't intend on running too many rounds thru it. Feed it a steady diet of regular recoil slugs or buck shot and you'll be lucky if it lives to see 5000rds...like the rest of the guns that come out of Turkey. I have nothing against Turkish products but people have to realize they were designed for the average guy that will shoot 200-300 rounds a year. If you are a high volume shooter you'd be better off investing into better quality from the start.