The 471 is a bit overpriced IMO. All of the 20g examples I was looking to buy were well over the advertised weight in the Beretta website catalog. I suspect the 12g suffers this issue as well. Wood fit on them looked very proud of the metal and not as tightly fit as I'd have hoped. All said and done, I elected to find another 20g BSS. But the 12g 471 may be a better overall hunting gun than a 12g BSS if it's lighter than the BSS.
I've looked at the small gauge Merkels off and on and just can't quite get fired up about the engraving and receiver style.
