Dave, I've owned a buch of Ithaca SKB's as well as the later Mitsui guns. As far as reliability goes, can't say I ever noticed any difference. Other than the Mitsuis not having the Ithaca Raybar front sight.
I did have to chuckle once when I tried to trade a Mitsui SKB at a Scheels store. The gun guy looked it over, went back to his office, then returned with my gun. "Sorry, we can't take this gun. It's not on our approved list." Ithaca--or at least the same Ithaca that imported the SKB's--was out of business by then. Not sure why the Ithaca imports made the list and the Mitsuis didn't.
Always nice to have a single trigger double of some sort on hand for late season pheasants. For the money, I doubt you can make a better choice than SKB.
