I bought my 870 about 20 years ago ($129), to use in a trap league. I averaged about 21-23 hits per round, and my scores were right there with guys using $3k shotguns. Only change I did to the gun was to have a center bead installed by a gunsmith. Never got a 25 with it though. Last summer I bought an over/under and shot in a league and had my first 25 in the first round with the gun.