The Miculek "family" guns were, the last time I worked with 'em, full custom jobs (no matter what the markings) from that chubby little gun genius in Corpus. He laid out the guns for Mossberg, but they refused to listen to what the genius had to say so he quit the project. The Miculek's guns have been, ah, modified...a lot... They are most definitely NOT factory guns 
At Iron Man this last week, I did not see a single 930 run the whole match. Benelli didn't have a clear winner either, which I find interesting since they are so popular. SX2 platforms seemed to run just fine...most of them...as did a few oddballs here and there.
My evil business partner and I talked about shotguns a lot on the long drive back from Idaho...based on our decades of experience in the shooting sports as Master class competitors, gunsmiths, dealers, and manufactures...we decided (yet again) that all shotguns suck ass. They were not made to shoot the way we shoot them...they were designed and intended for "bang, bang" then eat a sandwich and gather your fallen birdies or whatnot. Not eight to fourteen shot high speed monstrosities, reloaded fast, and shot hot in all conditions, on the clock
That said, the 930 is a fair entry level shotgun. Decent guns for the money, just like the Rock Island .45's. As others have said, none of these platforms are all that reliable. Even the 870 has issues requiring factory modifications over the years, and those are about as solid a gun as I can imagine.
Before the fanboyz jump on me, I do keep a variety pack of shotguns around in my personal collection, including Benelli, SX2's, a ton of 870's, 500's, and a bunch of exotics. I also have (from time to time) had the fun of RO'ing 300+ shooters on shotgun-heavy stages over three days and watching every brand and configuration come unglued occasionally
Alex
At Iron Man this last week, I did not see a single 930 run the whole match. Benelli didn't have a clear winner either, which I find interesting since they are so popular. SX2 platforms seemed to run just fine...most of them...as did a few oddballs here and there.
My evil business partner and I talked about shotguns a lot on the long drive back from Idaho...based on our decades of experience in the shooting sports as Master class competitors, gunsmiths, dealers, and manufactures...we decided (yet again) that all shotguns suck ass. They were not made to shoot the way we shoot them...they were designed and intended for "bang, bang" then eat a sandwich and gather your fallen birdies or whatnot. Not eight to fourteen shot high speed monstrosities, reloaded fast, and shot hot in all conditions, on the clock
That said, the 930 is a fair entry level shotgun. Decent guns for the money, just like the Rock Island .45's. As others have said, none of these platforms are all that reliable. Even the 870 has issues requiring factory modifications over the years, and those are about as solid a gun as I can imagine.
Before the fanboyz jump on me, I do keep a variety pack of shotguns around in my personal collection, including Benelli, SX2's, a ton of 870's, 500's, and a bunch of exotics. I also have (from time to time) had the fun of RO'ing 300+ shooters on shotgun-heavy stages over three days and watching every brand and configuration come unglued occasionally
Alex
