Here in aus we had complete opposite three friends purchased the short barrel Chinese lever 12g two went back for repairs and the other was recalled, worth $800 odd dollars, so I bought chiappa 28" worth $1600 au, with three removable chokes, 5 shot tube mag one in carrier one chamber makes 7 shot, I've now fired in excess of 1000 rounds through mine, slugs, clay shot, buck shot, sg..etc has performed flawlessly. Even the finishes between chiappa and china render them on complete different levels, not sure what happened to the one your got if it worse than the recalled Chinese version.
(Dremel) they get rifled too don't worry, last spotlight bunny bust was two shotguns on the back with a spot lighter, two hrs later and uncountable rounds ended up with 250+ motionless wabbits, just chasing chokes to extend that range but also for my daytime ferreting hunts, one ferret down a burrow, one shotgun ontop of the burrow, great fun, often come out of holes air born if ferret behind them. Spend a bit of time sniping with the 17hmr, but not as action packed as the 12g chaos!
