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I bought this gun at the end of summer from Academy for $199, their everyday price. There were two things that kept running through my mind at the time.

1) It can' t be worth much if it's $199.

2) What a sweet set-up for $199!

I bought it and was immediately impressed with it's weight, ghost ring rear / green fiber optic front sight, bottom feed/eject and built in sling posts. Finish is about what I expected from a $199 Chinese manufactured shotgun and the stock did have a very noxious, plastic-y smell that was off-putting to say the least. It does go away after a few days out of the bock and plastic though.
I put 20 rounds of 1oz slugs through it the day after I bought it and at 25 yards, I was super impressed with out of the box accuracy. I know the rounds that I sailed out of the nine ring were most likely the 4th and/or 5th rounds due to flinching, but I have been working on that at our lease with a mix of buckshot and slugs.
Back to the finish of the stock. I have a mustache and goatee, and I noticed where my cheek weld on the stock had some "scratches" on it. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what the heck it was until I picked up the gun and sighted (unloaded and safety checked) on a practice target in the garage a few days later when it dawned on me that my scraggly chin whiskers were making the scratches on the stock. Now that leads me into the "cons" of the gun. NO Aftermarket replacement parts. However, I'm sure if I keep digging, I can probably find some somewhere on the vastness of the internet.

I own and have owned Winchester 1200/1300's and Rem 870's and agree about finding a good quality used shotgun in those flavors with a variety of aftermarket barrels and accessories, but for a first home defense, truck or just totin' around the deer lease gun, I think it's a winner.