Boy, I do not agree (But I can't stand M-99s)
I once had a vision of a "Set" with a M-61, .22; a M-42, .410; and a M-12, 20 Ga. I find the round-back rather lovely, myself. I might have talked Eric Gold into engraving them, anyone interested?

My darling M-12, 16 ga. If I would have had it yesterday I might have gotten those gray partridge (huns) that ripped past me at 35 yards.