A few months I bought a like new Mossberg Maverick 88 tactical pump shotgun with the 18.5"barrel at a steal of a price. It's basically a Mossberg 500 with the safety on the trigger guard and a few parts made in Mexico. I watched several youtube videos praising the Maverick 88 as an exceptional buy and comparing it favorably to the 500 model which it is almost identical for only about 1/2 the price. Then I saw a video where a guy was comparing the 500 and the Rem 870. He held the 500 about 2' off the ground and dropped it on its side. the impact, which was not much, made the pins that holds the shell lifter in the receiver move inward and locked up the action. You had to keep trying to pump to finally get it to work, He said every Mossberg 500 model (inc the 88 and I assume the 590) he has ever seen will do this. I tried this with my 88 and it locked it up on the first try. Looks like Mossberg would fix this issue.

Here is the video....

Don't drop it

A tactical shotgun should survive a 2' drop.

It's a $200 shotgun not a benelli m4

Happens with the 500 too and I assume the 590 which are both very well respected pumps.

Funny this was brought up.. I watched a video two nights ago about this issue. Ive got a couple 500's and a maverick 88 and never had a problem from any from normal use in the woods.

Go throw them In the yard

I had a 500 a few years back and liked it and the 88 is VERY hard to beat for the price. Hard to believe this did not show up with the 590 which is the same gun when it was adopted by the military. There are A LOT of 500's out there in the police forces. ANY gun should function after a 2 foot drop - ESPECIALLY one that your life may depend on.

The fore arm on the 88 is different too. It has no action slide tube. The action bar is pinned into the fore arm that has a lot of plastic molded into it to make up the difference of a steel action slide tube.

Try removing the shell carrier/lifter and pull the legs apart to put more spring tension on the shoulders that hold it in the receiver.

Thanks i won't be depending on those for SD

4 different agencies I've worked for, and never once had anything other than an 870 as a duty shotgun. That said, I've owned 3 500's and 1 old 600...never had a second's trouble out of any of them.

Even if you add the 500 and 88, it still doesn’t equal a 590.

Considering both are usable junk, sometimes you gotta spend an extra dollar.

I won't say they have the reliability of an AK-47,but in over 50 years of shooting probably every model they made, I don't remember any FTF's....

870.

That would be a tangible debate I'm not qualified for

Any of you guys ever load a pump shotgun in combat while being shot at, in the dark, with gloves on?

Ithaca 37 and Mossberg 590 for me thanks.

I just couldn’t, whats that STUPID phrase ole boy “goatkiller” in the other thread used? Oh, dats right “stand down”, too funny!

I think you're full of chit

Your thoughts are fine by me, but would you believe I have one rubber nut?

Several times a day I ponder and reflect on my life and I can hardly believe it.

I do that too,but you got me on the rubber nut...