In the market for a new automatic 12 gauge

Beretta!

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hose your only 2 choices? You got the new A5 and the SBE. Shot the SBE a good bit last year and liked it a lot.

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Not interested in Benelli (just personal preference) plus rather gas system vs inertia.

I like browning as I have a few products of theirs including A-Bolt .270 and a Sweet Sixteen.

I haven't shot the new A5, but heard the Maxus is a better gun.

Beretta is the only answer

Im a benelli man, but if ur options are those...... Beretta no doubt

I will tell you like I told my buddy the other day. Buy the Beretta and if you don't like it I will give you 80% of your money back for it.

I agree with the rest. If those are your only two choices then it's Beretta all the way. You're really cheating yourself by not throwing the new A5 in the mix. It's a sweet shooting gun. My wife has a AL391 Beretta and she says my new A5 recoils less to her than her Beretta fwiw. Remember there's a big difference in recoil and felt recoil. I know my A5 kicks a lot less than my SBEII. Oh and whoever said the Maxus is a better gun I almost guarantee hasn't shot the new A5. Folks can be pretty loyal to their chosen gun and kinda like to down anything else. But I'll put my A5 up against any Maxus or Beretta, or Benelli any day

You drive a hard bargain.

I've never shot, nor even held, an SX3.

But I've shot several dozen cases through my A400 (mosly sporting clays, some duck hunting and one goose hunt).

Assuming the A400 fits you (which should be easy since they some with shims made for just that purpose), you really can't go wrong with the Beretta.

I clean mine every 2-3 cases, which is way more often than it needs. And it runs a lot cleaner than my Beretta 391's (which needed very little cleaning and were//still are awesome shotguns).

I'd buy the A400 with the KO system. Everyone I know who has one brags about it.

Thanks everyone on your response.
Beretta sounds like it is worth spending the extra money on at this point.

A couple of you commented on the A5.
How does the A5 compare vs the A400 in terms of recoil and ease of taking apart and cleaning?
Also does the A5 have the ability to shoot anything from 7/8 oz. shells on up like the A400 has? This is a deal breaker as I said before I want something to shoot anything from doves to geese as well the occasional skeet shooting events.