Buck every one of those manufacturers made utility type shotguns but not low end. Most are excellent guns if you use them in the way they were meant to be used. They are not high volume competition guns to be instantly converted to take you into the Olympic trails or perfectly balanced English game guns to be used on high driven birds at a country estate hunt. They were guns built for the average American in an era where a lot if not most Americans could only afford to have one gun. It was used to hunt every species under the sun, protect a home and whatever, thats all. Unadorned, but well made, and would last forever if used in the way it was intended.