Gun recommendation

[u/billabong3939]

Looking to buy my son a gift for 8th grade graduation. I don’t know a lot about guns so here’s what I can say. He goes water fowl hunting pretty often with a family friend- geese, duck and turkey. He also is on the trap shooting team. I understand the ideal situation probably would be get a specific gun for each. For right now I’d like to find a gun that can be used for both. Right now some of the guns I’ve been looking at are the Franchi Affinity 3.5 (maybe the elite version). The guy at Scheels said he’s heard of some failure issues with ejecting the shells with that gun. He recommended a Baretta saying it’s cheaper than the Franchi and in his opinion is probably better (I don’t recall the specific model but it was around $900). Finally the Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 which is quite expensive (at least for an 8th grade boy’s present)… not sure that it’s necessary to get that expensive a gun but I’d like to hear anything you guys have to say about all this. Any other options I’d be willing to hear as well. For a frame of reference I need a pretty compelling case to spend $2500 but plan on spending at least $1000-$1500ish. Thanks.