HawkeyeNRAlifer
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So, I saw an 8 shot Maverick pump gun last weekend at the gun show and it caught my fancy. It didn't sound too bad either, at $235 plus tax. But since I wasn't up on the current street price of the piece I thought I'd look around town and possible find one cheaper. I'll state up front that I have had a Mossy 500 6 shot with an 18.5 bbl for twenty years and seldom shoot it. Three O/U's sit gathering dust in the cabinet since the German Shorthair and I have gotten a little less spry with age. But as you guys know, you can't have too many guns. Or so I tell my unsympathetic wife.
Anyway, the local dealers don't sell them, most say they are either too low brow or just inferior to most other shotguns. The local Mills Fleet/Farm store just has the 6 shot as do the Walmarts(at least the ones that even bother to carry firearms). Bass Pro Shop said they have never carried the Maverick line. The Dicks Sports store here doesn't even sale guns and the closest Academy or Cabela's is 150-200 miles away. If I had known it was going to be this hard to find one I'd grabbed the one at the show.
To those who have bought one: Is it difficult to find in your neck of the woods? And is $235 about the going price?
I think this is a decent gun at the price, especially since it's not going to war and won't have 300 rounds through it while I own it. And I know that a few of the dealers I talked to were gun snobs, but a couple of others surprised me at their lack of interest in the Maverick line. Maybe the markup just isn't there?
Sorry for the ramble, but I really thought this purchase was going to be a slam dunk instead of me laying flat on the court.
Anyway, the local dealers don't sell them, most say they are either too low brow or just inferior to most other shotguns. The local Mills Fleet/Farm store just has the 6 shot as do the Walmarts(at least the ones that even bother to carry firearms). Bass Pro Shop said they have never carried the Maverick line. The Dicks Sports store here doesn't even sale guns and the closest Academy or Cabela's is 150-200 miles away. If I had known it was going to be this hard to find one I'd grabbed the one at the show.
To those who have bought one: Is it difficult to find in your neck of the woods? And is $235 about the going price?
I think this is a decent gun at the price, especially since it's not going to war and won't have 300 rounds through it while I own it. And I know that a few of the dealers I talked to were gun snobs, but a couple of others surprised me at their lack of interest in the Maverick line. Maybe the markup just isn't there?
Sorry for the ramble, but I really thought this purchase was going to be a slam dunk instead of me laying flat on the court.