I have one with an 18" bbl and I paid about $200 for it new, about 10 years ago. If I had the chance to buy another for that price, I probably would. I haven't shot it alot but I have read plenty of accounts of folks who have and use them as field guns and say they can take the punishment. Because it is a copy of an 870 you will hear people dump on them because it's chinese, but on the other side there are folks who say their pardner is of better build quality and more reliable than their genuine remington express.
I like that even though it's a budget gun, it feels like a quality, durable, well made shotgun..... No chintzyness to it.