Bennie built for me complete 2011s and completed outstanding shotgun work on a couple of Benelli's. He is a great shooter (all platforms), a great competitor and all around fine Gentlemen in our sport/industry. I have experience using both the Benelli and VM platforms successfully. The attributes described by Benny regarding the VM are certainly accurate. I do believe the Benelli is the more robust platform in the long run. However, Benny or other quality builder can make the VM a reliable platform especially if they exchange some of the VM parts with Beneilli parts. Most of us do and you can search this forum for the detailed list of parts.
My .02
TC