I presume that recoil is a consideration for your wife. In that case the best autoloader is the Remington 1100, but good luck finding one for under $400.00 that still shoots. The 11-87 (Known around here as the Lemon-87) is more expensive and more trouble prone. Don't know much about the Mossberg autos but they rarely show up on clays ranges and this is usually a sign of poor quality (word gets out among clays shooters very quickly about trouble prone guns).
Most of the other autos are more expensive, even used, and except for Beretta and Browning parts may be a problem. (And with autos parts are always a problem!)
One good auto that occasionally surfaces is the Winchester Super-X1 but they usually get snapped up by collectors and shooters. Don't know much about the new Winchester Super X2 but have heard that it is a clone of the Browning Gold.
Browning Auto 5 and clones, Benellis and Franchis are all recoil operated and kick like a pump.
My .02 cents
Geoff Ross
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Damn!...I need more practice!
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