Went to my favorite local toy store and looked over two self/home defense shotguns: A Brolin for $149 and a Norinco for $129. Both have identical actions and are made in....uh....China. Wait a minute - wait a minute. Before you all scoff and walk off, China made one of the world's best-ever assault rifles: the AK47. Anyway, they both take all sizes of shot shells, have a vertical underside ejection port, 18" barrel, hold 4 in the mag, and look like they'd do the job. Either one will probably just sit under my bed for a few years, get taken out infrequently for a little fun, then put back away. The Brolin is, quite frankly, finished off beautifully and the Norinco, well....it's a little bit rough around the edges. Sounds like a deal to me. What do you think?? Jeff the 22luvr