Have always heard good things about the Stoeger. I almost bought one until I checked out the Franchi Affinity. Franchi seems to be between the stoeger and Benelli.
I just picked up a M3500 from a shop that was lightly used. I picked up my turkey choke yesterday. I will report back. I have seen several reviews that say that it doesn't like to cycle light loads.
I headed out to the range to pattern my M3500 with a bunch of turkey loads and the new Carlson's extra full turkey chokes. The shotty shot flawlessly. The inertia Benelli mechanism did cut down a little of the recoil as well. All in all I like it.
FYI. It shot the 3" 1 3/4 oz #5's with tighter pattern than the 3 1/2 inch 2 oz #5 loads.