p89cajun
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A few years ago I bought a new Maverick 88 from academy for $149.99 as my first shotgun. I am getting ready to buy a beretta auto so the maverick is becoming a dedicated H.D. gun instead of all around gun. I decided to add a couple little parts to it and have a little fun. I am confident in this gun as I can't get it to fail on me. I use it hard, I don't clean it and it does nothing but keep working.
I wanted some kind of ghost ring sights but by the time I bought them and had a smith drill and tap for the rear and silver soder the front, I'd be spending about as much as the gun. After searching for the sights I came across the Truglo ghost rings they make for turkey hunting. Probably not the best combat sights but at in the house ranges you don't really use them but at longer ranges they will come in handy and for $30 you can't go wrong. Only problem was they atached to a vent rib and I had a plain 18.5" barrel so I took out my 24" vent rib barrel I picked up used for $50 and Chopped her down to 18". I cleaned up the cut end with the dremmel and then gave it a coat of rustoleum camo black paint. Threw on a sling and ammo carrier and she is what you see today.
I figure the barrel a wash since I am going to sale or trade the old one so all in all I have about $215 with accessories. I know some one is going to chime in that I could of got a used 870 for that, but comparing a used gun and new gun is like apples and oranges. At the time the new 870 was right about 2/3 more than the price of the new maverick.
I wanted some kind of ghost ring sights but by the time I bought them and had a smith drill and tap for the rear and silver soder the front, I'd be spending about as much as the gun. After searching for the sights I came across the Truglo ghost rings they make for turkey hunting. Probably not the best combat sights but at in the house ranges you don't really use them but at longer ranges they will come in handy and for $30 you can't go wrong. Only problem was they atached to a vent rib and I had a plain 18.5" barrel so I took out my 24" vent rib barrel I picked up used for $50 and Chopped her down to 18". I cleaned up the cut end with the dremmel and then gave it a coat of rustoleum camo black paint. Threw on a sling and ammo carrier and she is what you see today.
I figure the barrel a wash since I am going to sale or trade the old one so all in all I have about $215 with accessories. I know some one is going to chime in that I could of got a used 870 for that, but comparing a used gun and new gun is like apples and oranges. At the time the new 870 was right about 2/3 more than the price of the new maverick.
