Thread: Mossberg Maverick 88 - any good?

Originally Posted by scottrods

I have an 88 maverick. Aluminium receiver makes it lighter to carry.
I have fitted a 500, 18inch turkey barrel with screw in chokes. Great wallaby gun off the quad or out of the truck.
Had it for about 10yrs, bought it second hand and its still going. Kicks a bit if shooting 36s, so I stick with 32 or 34s.

Not as hardy as the 500, which has a steel receiver. Those military ones are parkerised steel receivers and can take a bashing.

The 500s have an aluminium receiver too, not that that's a downside, ARs have aluminium receivers and they run 5.56mm just fine despite 5.56/223 being loaded to about 5 times the pressure at 12 gauge