mossberg maverick 88 12ga

so, i was walking through academy sports yesterday, bad place for me to be!! i noticed a mossberg maverick 88 12ga 18.5 on sale for 169.99... i bought it.... figured it would be a great beater gun, anyone else have one? or familiar with mossbergs maverick line of guns? reliable?

 

basically a Mossberg 500 but its assembled in mexico instead of the US...all the 500 part like stocks etc will fit it

heres me shooting my brothers 88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6uLFP68o6c&feature=channel_video_title

 

I had a longer barrel 88 but it was a decent gun the only reason I didn't like it was it had a none replacable choke, and hard to put custom sites on.

 

thanks for the replies.. i dont know what the deal is, but lately im finding a lot guns for sale really cheap. picked up a high point 9mm for dirt dirt cheap a few weeks ago. like less than a bill cheap.. im snatching them up like crazy.

 

I've had an 88 for about 16 years. Got it when I was about 15. It's busted thousands of clays, slaughtered a turkey or two and a bunch of doves, even a few ducks.

Last few years it's been wearing HD gear:

 

same as above....i've had mine for around 16 years....beat the ever living hell outta it...and it refuses to surrender. no telling how many thousand round thru it without a single problem.

 

Bought mine 2.5 years ago for 189.99. great gun. only noticeable difference in it and the 500 is the safety location. sweet gun. I love the 8 shell capacity too!

 

I bought mine almost 6 months ago myself and have only recently got around to shooting it...I upgraded mine with the Knox SpecOps Stock
(below) and couldn't be happier with it...as someone said the 8-shot capacity is nice too

http://www.blackhawk.com/product/SpecOps-Adjustable-Shotgun-Stock,1158,165.htm

 

i have had mine for about 20 mabye more years and no problems with it at all