I'm no authority, but if you actually do a little research, you won't need to take my word for it.
No, you're not. I'm sorry to say it, but your post is so full of holes it's more hot air than not. Do you want a line by line correction or just one blanket explanation? Hell, I have time.
First off, *ALL* Mossy's, Mavs included, use the same identical internal parts. There are no "made in Mexico vs made in the USA" parts. All of them are made in Mexico. The only parts that aren't are the receivers, both Mavs and Mossys, which were made by Mossberg in New Haven. Those Mexican parts were then assembled in New Haven for the Mossys and Texas for the Mavs (up until three years back when Mossy started moving all asssembly to Texas). The receivers are the same identical forged aluminum alloy items up until the machining process where the Mossy gets a tang safety slot. It's by skipping the tang safety and the stock and forearm that the Mav cuts costs, not by "inferior metal".
Your stated prob has nothing to do with the receiver being worn. The receiver has absolutely nothing to do with the lock up or hammer or firing pin. Your problem is a worn out mainspring. Your spring has lost its speed and the sear is catching on the hammer block safety notch on the hammer. Whoever told you that was a "worn out receiver" was an idiot. You can get a new mainspring for $8. If you aren't up to replacing a spring, you can get an entirely new trigger group from gunbroker in the $25-30 range.
My first Mav? 1991. It was one of the ones *before* Mav became a separate company. Still made and marked by Mossy. Fired literally thousands of rounds through it for more than a decade. Still functions perfectly....other than the same exact spring you have. Second? 1992. Thousands of rounds through it for more than a decade. Still going strong. Third? 1995. Refinished it three times so far. Been beat up badly. Still functions perfect. Fourth? Fifth? Sixth?
Mossy readded the second action bar to prevent binding in the slide, not to prevent non-existent wear.
The ONLY diffs in the Mav/Mossy are the extra machining steps for the Mossy safety, the use of cheaper synthetic furniture on the Mav, and the use of a one piece forearm without a steel slide action tube. Other than the lack of included swivels on the Mav, there are no other diffs. If you doubt that, feel free to forward this post of mine, verbatim, to Mossy and Mav and then post your reply here in the forum. I trust you.
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