All I dream about is a Benelli M4. But it’s way out of my budget so my Remington 870 with the substandard finish Remington is turning out these days will have to do. The thing rusts if you even look at it.
That's why they offer it in with a "marine" finish as well. (Nickel coating, of i remember right)
Yes it’s funny I bought it first with this nice looking hammered finish powdercoat and within a week it was peeling. So I got the black one and it rusts very easily. Apparently it’s a known issue with Remington the last few years.
The M4 was my idea of a shotgun when I first decided to start collecting shotguns, and it's absolutely being acquired -- eventually. As you said though, I'm looking into a lower budget range for now. For the record, over here an M4 runs for 2,500 eurobucks. And the models I mentioned I'm looking at are 1,200-1,500 depending on specs. So, yeah.