Shotgun input

[CalWhit33]

Wanting to get into shotgun sports, trap and skeet and maybe some bird hunting on a buddies land small birds. I'm really eying the Benelli M2 or the montefeltro. Anybody have one of them or another brand that would be fair to compare to. I'm wanting an auto instead of a O/U and price max Would be $1500 and thats stretching it. Hopefully Ill be able to go shoulder them all in the near future.