Mossberg Maverick

[mquaack]

Walmart has a new 12ga Mossberg Maverick for $177.00. It is black and 26" or 28".

Can anyone tell me the difference from the Mossberg 500 / 535 ?

I was wanting to get a pump shotgun for small game hunting and I don't see going wrong for $177.00

Thanks.

 

[steppenwolf]

I have this model and love it so much that I use it 90 percent of the time. Buy a bore snake to clean it after each use and you will have a gun that can use the chokes that are used in the Mossberg 500s. Great shotgun. I have owned too many to count and traded for years. Have fun using standard loads and resist using the pressure loads as the gun should not be used with them anyway. Otherwise it is my main shotgun. The others just sit and look pretty now.

 

[foghornl]

Mossberg 500 has the safety on the tang, Maverick safety on the trigger guard.

Maverick Arms is "Owned & Operated" by Mossberg. MOST of the Mossy 500 aftermarket stuff fits the Mavericks of same gauge and magazine capacity.

I have owned a Maverick 88 since 1990. No issues..was a bit rough at first, but a couple of hundred rounds 'work polished' it quite well. I have put just as much game on the table as my brothers with their pricier Rem 870's/1100's

 

[mquaack]

awesome replies. Thanks. So the only difference is the safety position?

 

[foghornl]

Safety position is it. Older Mossbergs & Mavericks (Pre-1999) have slightly different dimensions on the butt of the stock, so sometimes aftermarket recoil pads can be a bear to fit.

I have a Mossberg branded 18-1/2" cylinder bore barrel on my Maverick, and the OLD Mossy 500 I inherited from my late father-in-law has my original 28" mod-choke Maverick barrel. The OLD Mossy barrel only had a 2-3/4" chamber....The nice folks at Havlin Sales/Mossberg Collectors told me that the barrel swap would be fine.

 

[Onmilo]

Mavericks are also known as Mexican Mossbergs.
The guns are assembled from Mexican made parts down in Eagle Pass, Texas.
In addition to the location of the safety position,
The forend on the Maverick is rivited to the slide tube while the Mossberg uses a seperate forend that is cap screwed to the slide tube.

You cannot install a Mossberg trigger group in a Maverick but the Maverick trigger group will install on a Mossberg.

Maverick guns will have a thinner finish on the metal and the action will be a bit stiffer and rougher and the trigger pull is always heavier and with more trigger creep than a Brand name Mossberg gun.

The comparison is similar to the comparison of a Remington Express gun with a genuine Remington numbered shotgun.

 

[Striker]

Onmilo beat me to it....


The only other difference that I'm aware of is that the synthetic forend on some Mavericks are riveted/permanently to the action bars. So if you want to change the stock and forend, you need to replace it with a Mossy action bar that secures the forend with a treaded nut on the tube.

 

[mquaack]

From the one at Walmart I think i saw a threaded end cap on the tube. Is that what you all are talking about?

 

[Avenger29]

Yeah, the Walmart ones are a bit different from other Mavericks- they have the replaceable forend.

I have one with the riveted forend. A fine gun, and accurate. It's an older model, with what's probably a 28 or 30 inch with a permanent full choke barrel.