Good articles. Much historical and technical information in a small space. Some bias and opinion of course, but that's the author's right. That's why writers write.
Interesting the high praise for the Beretta 680 series guns. After all the years they have been available, nobody has really improved that masterpiece.
Some of us have had the same opinion as the author for 25 years now about the 680 design. Bet I've helped sell a few dozen of them...
Perfect gun? Right now it's a Browning XS 20ga with 30" barrels. Best dynamics I've ever found in a gun that I can afford to own. There may be better guns, but I'll never get to pull the trigger on one. Face it, economics is part of the equation for 99% of us.