which cheap shotty
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Skeetin'870
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I agree in the maverick 88 a friend of mine has on and after two years of constant use with minimal cleaning it still works
If I wanted new, & really cheap, I'd buy a Maverick 88. Academy has them with 5+1 capacity, blue steel & synthetic stock, 18 1/2" bbl, for $149. Or the same gun, but with 28" VR interchangeable choke barrel, for $138. Figure that one out! 
For ~$200 new I'd get a Remington 870 Express. Not too pretty, but it should last for several lifetimes.
Used, I'd get whatever Rem 870, Win 1200/1300, Ithaca 37, or Mossberg 500/590/Maverick 88 I could find a good deal on.
the guns you listed may be OK, but I'd stick with something I'm familiar with.
For ~$200 new I'd get a Remington 870 Express. Not too pretty, but it should last for several lifetimes.
Used, I'd get whatever Rem 870, Win 1200/1300, Ithaca 37, or Mossberg 500/590/Maverick 88 I could find a good deal on.
the guns you listed may be OK, but I'd stick with something I'm familiar with.
My pick for best value shotgun is the Maverick 88.
After dissasembling my uncle's 590 I can tell you that the stock, forend*, barrels, bolt, bolt carrier, elevator, and both of those little bars that lock shells in the mag tube will interchange.
The trigger group might interchange but then you would have 2 safeties and I believe that they wouldn't function together.
*the forends will interchange, but you need the COMPLETE mossberg forend to do it because it is more than one piece (websites selling forends ussually do not include the tube with the action bars, so that is why they say it wont fit the maverick).
I've put ~800 rounds through it without a single problem, which is more than skeetin 870 can say for his 20ga. (J.K. skeetin, it was those danged supersport reloads wasn't it?)
The maverick is cheap because of the cheap labor used to make it and a simplified forend. It is made in America and is a dang fine shotgun.
Happy shooting,
rugerdude
After dissasembling my uncle's 590 I can tell you that the stock, forend*, barrels, bolt, bolt carrier, elevator, and both of those little bars that lock shells in the mag tube will interchange.
The trigger group might interchange but then you would have 2 safeties and I believe that they wouldn't function together.
*the forends will interchange, but you need the COMPLETE mossberg forend to do it because it is more than one piece (websites selling forends ussually do not include the tube with the action bars, so that is why they say it wont fit the maverick).
I've put ~800 rounds through it without a single problem, which is more than skeetin 870 can say for his 20ga. (J.K. skeetin, it was those danged supersport reloads wasn't it?)
The maverick is cheap because of the cheap labor used to make it and a simplified forend. It is made in America and is a dang fine shotgun.
Happy shooting,
rugerdude
3 weelin geezer
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recoil is much better managed by tucking the full stock up into your armpit/ribs as you go "trigger happy" pumping out buckshot while you scream "take that you inbred sack of dogsh........but I digress
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I would just smile and do that thing Dr. lecter does. That slurping/sucking sound just before it goes BOOM!!! Or maybe I might say: "Goodbye, Mr. Anderson. "
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I would just smile and do that thing Dr. lecter does. That slurping/sucking sound just before it goes BOOM!!! Or maybe I might say: "Goodbye, Mr. Anderson. "
Skeetin'870
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Yes it was bad shells I dont recommend reloading supersport AA's for reloads. They dont resize properly every time i put one in the mag it does not feed. I made snapcaps out of it and loaded the magazine with 7 different shells and had to take out the magazine spring and plug to get the damn things out 
But if you want a cheap pump you probably wont be reloading 
But if you want a cheap pump you probably wont be reloading
You mean cheap mexican labor in south texas/ north north mexico