I had one. I had nothing but problems with FTF and FTE. Ok...might have just had a M 12 with "issues". I currently have one now that got worked over by a gunsmith. No cycling problems but I just can't warm up to the corncob forend and don't like the sighting plane. I know it's supposed to be the "perfect repeater", forever and ever, amen. My apologies to Thomas Crosley Johnson. You created a wonderful shotgun, just not my shotgun. I feel far more comfortable with a Mossberg 500, Maverick 88, or Remington 870 than with any Model 12 I have ever handled. And I grew up with a Winchester 1200 and a Springfield 67C.Am I being a shotgun heathen or have some kind of "condition"? LOL