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teraph wrote:I ended up buying a Maverick 88 as well, but I must be the odd man out because I kept having issues with the forearm breaking on me (the action rod is pinned to the plastic forearm). So...... I turned it into a project gun. I bought a 500 bolt and action assembly with two action bars and drilled out the receiver, put a side saddle on the receiver and added a Knoxx recoil absorbing stock. This is what it looks like now......

http://s1060.photobucket.com/albums/t44 ... hotgun.jpg

I invested about $300ish into it and it functions flawlessly

Was that on one of the 1st Gen single slide bar models? or a post 1990 dual slide bar model?

steve817 wrote:I got my Mossberg 500 at a pawn shop for $175.00. I think Academy even has them from time to time for under $200.00

They have the Maverick 88 for that, but not finding the 500 for those kind of prices..

GREAT topic as I was looking just today to buy a new HD shottie

I hate pawn shops, due to my dislike of haggling, I know some folks love it, but not I,, Give me a fair price, I'll likely pay it and we both are happy.

That said I hit the pawn shops on the way home... Used Mossberg 500 18.5 barrel, $428 price tag

For the gun you get at a nice price, the Mossberg Maverick 88 sure seems like a good buy on a gun that by all tales I've read, goes bang every time you squeeze the trigger.