I'm glad I could add my opinion and help! Make sure to post up pics and whatnot.

Sure it comes with the basic beaded sights and basic finish and whatnot, but realize you do have the option to add accessories like ghost rings or stocks or shell carriers etc as well. 590 or 870 or whatever, you get more with a 590 or 870 like the option of ghost rings or adjustable stocks or parkerized finish and all that jazz, but for a flat price of $199 that I got my 88 for brand new, you just cannot beat it. Sometimes that is the issue, but for the Maverick 88, I will say that it is just as good as a 590 or 870 or anything other well-known 12ga. Many think something that is a little less money than something else means it is cheap, low quality, or won't function well. It's nice to be able to swap barrels between a cylinder bore for HD and a VR barrel for clays and hunting. It is one of my guns I have set up for HD and shoots any and all loads well. Yes, I've dropped it and hit it and beat it up but it still keeps on going and I don't need to worry about something 'going wrong' with it, because I trust it 100%. The action on my 88 is effing butter and it racks inbelievably smooth. About 80% of that count is used for clays and 20% for HD training. I would estimate round count through it to be upwards of 15,000 shells. I can tell you I have not had 1 problem with it at all in this time. I knew it was basically a Mossy 500 but partly assembled in Mex, but accessories and barrels and parts all can be interchanged. I bought it about 2-3 years ago and decided to go with an 88 because the low price tag interested me, as well as the positive reviews online. I have a Maverick 88 and it is definitely in my top 3 favorite/most used guns in my collection. that gun blah blah blah but in the end, anything can fail or jam or any other issue could come up in a $2k gun while the $400 gun is still going on and on and on like an Energizer battery. Eh, people can argue all day this gun vs.

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