Brian,No, i haven't picked it up, and can't till the middle of next week. even then i don't know what i can tell you till i shoot it. but i've been posting about the verona elsewhere and have gotten some real good responce about them. heres a copy of a post from another forum that is about as good a recommendation for veronas as i can imaginge....>>>As I have reported in the past, Nellis AFB Gun Club has four of these(sporting)models as rental guns. We have had them for over three years. We had a problem with one, wouldn't fire the second barrel, sent it to BC Outdoors (PMC), they cleaned it and returned it and it has worked fine since. I do not know how many rounds have gone through these four guns but it is in the tens of thousands. We have sold several, including a really nice 20/28 two barrel set. Have had no complaints so far. Good luck with yours. Fred Amerson<<<you gotta fugure that a rental gun must get 50-100 times the use as a gun owned and shot by a single owner. even at ten time the use, the guns would have the equivelent of 30 years of use each !!! and being they have 4 of them, it's obviously not a fluke. i also have had other very positive remarks about them, but this one is the topper. can't imagine a better way to determine how good they are besides shooting one for a 1/2 a lifetime!!! if all this is any indication i will be one happy hunter. i love the way the gun looks and feels too. it's the poor man's beretta onyx. *S*-Dale