Agreed, Postie....and, I'll never own another auto gun....I'm too lazy to keep an auto clean, and when I go hunting, I don't want the doubt of it firing, in my mind....I've only sold two of my guns from my vault, in all these years....a Belgium Browning BAR in .270 and a Rem. 1100 in 20 ga....both were notorious for hanging up, unless they were spotlessly clean, and I just hate that sheeit.
If an 870 gets dropped in the mud, I can just soak it in a ditch for a few minutes, and just keep right on hunting.