Thread: Mossberg Maverick 88 - any good?

well no one else has brought it up..so I will...the H&R that I so loved..is an American brand...but the metal reciever,the guts of it,is chinese made by Hawke..... pretty sure the gunshitty 870s will be the same..they are so close to remington the bits are interchangable from all Ive heard/read..... so there is a heap of solid reliable pump shotties on the market...the cheapies have basically the same guts/engine/heart but the finish isnt the same and they are HEAVY which is good for shooting steel loads from maimai or lots of rounds off ute spotlighting but not so good for long walks.
that H&R barrel took winchokes so another interchangable thing.

I still use shotguns that others wouldnt dream of using...single barrel break open...and they still kill well,its all about gun fit.

one of my most memorable days after water fowl...I had our son and his teenage mate along ,the mate had shot first duck night before,a circling parrie,he was using my break open external hammer .12ga, my son a SXS Bakail and I had the pump,we put in great stalk up on mob in a ditch,spread out and jumped them up. i dropped 5 with pump,son doubled...his mate with the single,who had fired less than 5 rounds before in his life, dropped duck RELOADED and got another....
was a really special moment...we sat on bank plucking all our birds and just loving life.