I first, I would suggest reposting this same questionn in the shotgun or gun opionion forums. Now heres the rest of my 2 cents, first you have to ask yourself how many shells am I going to put through this thing a year 500-1000 or are you going to be shooting tens of thousands of rounds through this thing. The reason I ask is because you really get what you pay for, so the higher volume of shells the more you want to spend on the gun. I mention this because you may decide you want to shoot trap and if you do you want a gun that can withstand field and line. Now your price range is pretty high, I suggest looking at used guns like maybe a high quality berreta, I know bennilli has one out called the black eagle or the super eagle. In the 700-800 range there are tons of great semi autos, ask some folks at the local gun store, and if you are just using this for hunting and light clays, i would really suggest remington 1100 they are not expensive and time has proven them to be a really reliable gun.