Mossberg maverick 88(8 shot)

thanks....breakingcontact

For the advice on the Mav88. Im pretty much used to pistols, This is my first shotgun/long gun.

Lonewulf, my 88 squeaks when loading shells too. I'm pretty sure it always has (bought over ten years ago). Never gave it much thought.

I have a maverick 88 8 shot that I have owned for a long time. I can not recall the date I bought the gun. You can get 9 shots in the Maverick 88 with an extended magazine tube. The Maverick and Mossberg's are designed to hold eight 3" shells. (If you use three 2 3/4" shells you can add six 3" shells for a total of nine shots.

I have got good service from Maverick 88. I do lightly oil the magazine tube on the outside and the action bars. If it moves and makes contact I always put a light coat of oil or grease on the parts. The 88 handles well enough to bust a round of skeet with a full stock. I always shoot a round of skeet to test accessories with the Maverick 88. I originally bought the 88 for Deer drives in close quarters. The large capacity has proved to be handy when a herd of deer almost ran me over.

My Maverick is quiet and you have to focus on moving the fore stock to get it to wiggle while you are shooting the gun. I tend to focus on the target, not on wiggling the stock. I never understand why the wiggle in the fore stock is an issue with any Mossberg product. You accept the fore stock and never give it a second thought.

I've owned them all and the Maverick 88 is the best bang for the buck. tom.

It's really just a model 500 with two major differences. The 88 has only one action bar and the cob is not removable like the 500. Some say the 88 is a bit less polished internally but I find Mossberg lets the customer do the polishing on all their guns.

http://www.maverickarms.com/pages/88security.htm

New Maverick 88s have two action arms. Not sure when they went to this but its been awhile. Same for the 500 I believe.

The forearm is either pinned on or the arms are formed/pressed into the forearm so that is true, not the same as the 500.

My HomeLand Security shotgun is the 5+1 Maverick 88 I bought in 1990 or so. It wears the 18-1/2" cylinder bore barrel.

Has never failed to go BOOM! on request.

I have owned a Maverick 88 with the extended magazine tube for several years. It is a good shooting gun. I have never had a moments trouble with my 88, nor can I recall it ever malfunctioning. My 88 has a full stock and I highly recommend the model with a full stock. People can say what they like but it is physically impossible to shoot as quickly or accurately with a pistol grip. The 88 is a great HD gun and a great deer gun when driving deer. On most deer drives hunters are very close together, making buckshot the load of choice. With 00 buckshot my Maverick 88 holds pattern just as good as any shotgun, bar none.

Mossberg has the tang safety whereas the Maverick has it near the safety which is what I prefer simply because that where I'm used to it being on my 10/22s