A friend bought a citadel "home defense" type shotgun. Not the model you posted but similar minus heatsheild and his is blued lookin. I've shot it a couple rounds and it function as it should. He probably only has ran few hundred rounds through it in the year he has had it. Hasn't had any issues. He wanted something on the cheaper side that he wouldn't mind getting beat up and dirty if need be without messing up his nice shotguns.