I coach youth (SCTP) shooters. One of our shooters had a broken gun right before National Championships and needed a gun for competition. The only one I had available was a new-model Red Label purchased in '13 and essentially unused. I know some folks have had problems with the new ones, but our new shooter used this Red Label all week shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays as well as several practice rounds and it never missed a beat. Guess I got a good one ( serial # 8xx). I'm sorry that there were problems with the new ones, I wish they had gotten the small gauge models out before ceasing production. I really wanted a new 28 ga. Just my observations jw