If I had a gun which had a difficult to load magazine, I would do a little investigating to see if I could solve the problem. I can only think of 2 likely causes for this problem. First, I would check the magazine follower (the cap on the receiver end of the magazine spring) and see if it was a too tight fit or if it needed some lubrication or perhaps cleaning inside the magazine tube. Second, I would check the strength of the magazine spring. My guess is that this is the problem. Take a magazine spring out of another gun and switch them and see what happens. This would probably solve the problem. It could be that the strong magazine spring is needed for shooting the real heavy magnum shells (due to the heavy recoil), but it shouldn't be needed for target or light field loads. You can always get a replacement magazine spring or you could even cut a few coils off the current spring to reduce the effort required to load the magazine. (P.S. Winders, don't try to tell us this will make the spring stronger. We've already had that discussion. :wink: ).
Anyway, if I liked the gun all except for the difficult loading, I would certainly try to fix the problem before giving up on the gun.