I just bought the SBEII and fired 100 rounds through it and it worked perfectly. I looked at the Extrema and had pretty much made up my mind to buy it until handled both guns side by side. The Benelli was an obvious choice at that point given the fact that money was not a consideration. I wanted a gun that I could use for many many years and the and the fit on the Benelli just seemed alot better. It was woth the extra $260.00 in my opinion but the Extrema was a real nice gun just felt heaver and bulkier.