Chicago: A Remington 870 Express will go bang every time you pull the trigger and it only costs 300 bucks. A RBL will do the same but costs ten times more. Why would anyone pay $3k instead of $300??? The answer is, looks and balance. People are willing to pay much more for a pretty gun. But if that prettty gun does not live up to expectations then people will cancel their orders.
By the way there is an article in the new Shooting Sportsman Magazine. Lots of photos of parts, but only one of a finished gun.

-Shoot Straight, IM