The arrogance was suggesting that the Maxus is the hands down winner. Particularly since you didn't provide any support or justification for it. You simply came off as a Browning brand whore. Just about everybody else provided a rationale: the BPS ejects downwards, Weatherby's a good value. In particular, James01's post was excellent as it had lots of practical advice.
I really don't think it can be argued that a semiauto is far more complicated than a pump or break gun. I also don't think it can be argued that some semiauto valves have a hard time handling both light target loads and heavy hunting loads equally well.
Semi's need to be disassembled, cleaned and lubed far more meticulously than a pump gun. After putting a few boxes of shells through my PA08 all that needs to happen is to run a boresnake through the barrel and a solvent soaked rag across the bolt out at the range. I would never be able to treat my Beretta-made Browning B80 like that.
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