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Fuck you buddy.

Posted by pirivalfang@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 92 comments

Fuck you buddy.

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masterscoonar@reddit

Oh my God I love the mavvy 88, eventually swap out the handguard and trigger assembly to the metal one (you should have an extra parts kit atleast anyways) And your golden, you pretty much got a 500 if you swap to a 500 forend and a 590 trigger group
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oooorileyautoparts@reddit

where’d you get new action slides from
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masterscoonar@reddit

Online, wolverinesupplies. Don't search up 88 action slide just buy any 500 kind for the type of pump hand fore hold area or whatever the shit it's called you want the 7 inch for shorter non field type pump hand areaI think alot of people don't realize how similar 88s and 500 series are, can buy 590a1 parts aswell like metal trigger group, barrel, etc
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jscores555@reddit

Lol, last week a saw the 88 on sale for $179 and it's still 100 times better than any turkshit shotty of any price XD
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darke0311@reddit

I got a Mav 88 when they first came out, only lasted a year before it started misfiring. I’ve got a semiauto ATA 12g that’s been excellent for 6 years now.
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chemicalgeekery@reddit

There was a run of 88s in the early 00's that had a lot of issues. I worked at a gun shop around then and we had a lot of them come back. They got it sorted out but it took a while for the 88's reputation to recover.
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darke0311@reddit

Same with the VSKA AK’s
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major_cupcakeV2@reddit

Atleast the turkshits are good for scrap metal
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heavymetalsculpture@reddit

But they're plastic, so....
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

What kind of "plastic"? A polymer? Hope to god it has Nylon in it LOL.
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heavymetalsculpture@reddit

I'm not sure what Mattel is using these days.
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Weak-Ad-2293@reddit

I wouldn't personally shoot either of them punk
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Thebeerguy17403@reddit

I love my turkenelli! Best $400 I've ever spent!
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Mike0xmol@reddit

Yeah, they're cheap but they're fun. Get wayyy too much hate
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Elijah_Man@reddit

Dude I recently got a Turkish Tokarev because I didn't know the company was still around... It's a marine shotgun for only $300 MSRP and it low-key fucks. Picked up mine for about $250 and I've put a couple hundred rounds through it and it's not yet jammed.
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pdirty21@reddit

They don’t even make the gun. Just slap their name on it
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Mike0xmol@reddit

I swear gun snobs just see a cheap price and start raging
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Perfid-deject@reddit

I loved and dearly miss my maverick 88 It's legitimately a perfectly fine shotgun
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dozen-gauge@reddit

I regret selling every gun, but I regret selling that one the most.
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

Im sorry but I have to ask...Why EVERY gun? ​ only reasons in my opinion could be.... 1. Birth of a child (even though I would feel safer with a weapon to protect them) 2. Needed the money 3. A woman 4. Became a Felon 5. Lost your damn mind.
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dozen-gauge@reddit

OH OH OH OH.... I didn't sell **every gun I own**. But I sold many. And every gun I sold, I regret, because I wish I had them still, instead of the money. Makes sense?
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Delicious_Piglet_718@reddit

I heartily approve of your username.
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dozen-gauge@reddit

Thank you. I love shotguns.
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Delicious_Piglet_718@reddit

Me too. I miss my Mossberg 500 that I sold in 2021, but I used it for ten years and somehow still made a big profit on it. I’ve got Benelli Supernova pumps and a couple of Italian semi autos, among others. Maybe someday I’ll get another Mossy.
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LiveNefariousness255@reddit

I have 4 88s and 3 500s and 2 590s. Do I like guns, yes. Do I have a problem? Not one. 🤣
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Perfid-deject@reddit

Same.. It really is like owning a 500 and not realizing it's a good shotgun worth keeping. The price kind of tricks you a little because you're like ahhh I need the money and I want this other thing, so I can just buy another laterr
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Fuckimbalding@reddit

Can't you just buy another
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Perfid-deject@reddit

Yeah, lol, but it was mine yk
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jscores555@reddit

It's the first gun I ever bought and I'll never get rid of it!
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Perfid-deject@reddit

I know right It's just a 500 that has a fixed forend and plastic monolithic trigger assembly /pack or whatever you want to call it and it bothers me when the newer youTubers want to trash it when it's far closer to the 500 than they realize. Finish and safety type and placement are the only ergonomic differences.
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EternalMage321@reddit

People that shit on it obviously haven't watched the burn down from TFBtv. The 88 survived with NO PROBLEMS.
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Snake_Bite_45@reddit

Eagle Pass, TX which is right on the border.
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Perfid-deject@reddit

Oh okay yeah, super cool
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djzl05l@reddit

Where is this 179$ maverick 😮? Been wanting to get one but just seeing overpriced ones around here
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b0ltscr0ller@reddit

I hit a gun show this weekend and, F, the amount of Turkish shotguns. There was a Saiga clone, and the tag read: "SAIGA! clone Turkish Made" Lionel Hutz level of salesmanship right thre.
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CompanionDude@reddit

The Chinese saiga is the best one. Mines been awesome for the last couple hundred rounds.
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Limited_opsec@reddit

The chinese vepr clone is even better, they didn't last long though.
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b0ltscr0ller@reddit

Now that I'd get if I could find one for a fair price. But the Turkish ones I think are junk from what I've read.
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CompanionDude@reddit

SDS stopped importing them but if you can still find some shop with them in stock they're 100% saiga parts compatible.
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

The real ones have a huuuuuge issue with gases pertaining to orings or something, I have owned tons of the real ones in a search for the perfect tactical shotgun. I am thinking of a letter, a solution if you will, it starts with a B.
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b0ltscr0ller@reddit

Yeah I know. I've seen a few for decent prices in local forums but I just couldn't do the 3+ hour drives that I'd need to do.
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

LMFAO that means a couple hundred to go hahahaha
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

It will never cycle properly, I tried every single one I could get my hands on when they were everywhere. In fact, I have a o ring kit left of the 100s of combos I tried to make that thing shoot twice......I am exaggerated on the never, but that shit is jam city.
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Kentuckywindage01@reddit

Can I sell you some volcano insurance?
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Caliber_captain@reddit

I have two maverick 88s, one in 12 gauge and the other 20 gauge. Absolutely love them, and they are really the best shotgun for the price. The cheap Mexican made parts in the 88 feel much nicer than anything Turkish. I have a Turkish double barrel that I like but only because I wanted a cheap gun for shooting trap and skeet. If I’m not shooting clays I use the other shotguns instead.
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GunnitRust@reddit

You are best served by pretty much never buying what the store employees are pushing. There are exceptions to this. I have a pawn shop on my route that calls me whenever they get that weird old shit I like so I can peruse whatever oddball they’ve got before it goes on the wall.
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

That was so on point jaha
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pirivalfang@reddit (OP)

Pretty much went into a LGS with my sights on a Mossberg Maverick 88. The clerk asked me what I'd do with it, and the instant I got "home defense" out of my mouth, this mfer was ADAMANT that this shitty 20ga with an action that felt like dragging a grand piano across a gravel beach would be better. Yeah. I'll totally put my life in the hands of that $275 Turkish made shotgun. Kinda feel like a moron for paying $325 for a maverick 88 now. Fuck.
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Trading_Things@reddit

Do you have a sportsman's warehouse near you? They have pretty good prices and the children behind the desk never bother me about anything.
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rabbit_killer82@reddit

They don't want to pay for knowledge behind their gun counter.
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Trading_Things@reddit

I see it as a bonus. I do my own research and don't want recommendations.
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rabbit_killer82@reddit

It's just annoying to me when I ask to see a tikka rifle and they hand me a Remington 700. They do have pretty good prices though.
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InsanityAmerica@reddit

That's very underrated. I went to a "gun store" and was looking for .260 ammo. The old man behind the counter, instead of looking where I was pointing and talking about, told me he hadn't heard of it, asked what it was for, listed a few calibers he knew of that sounded the same and so on. At scheels, they look where you're telling them and answering what you ask. That's all I want them to do and they don't have a problem saying I don't know
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999111333@reddit

>$325 for a Mav88 + tax. bruh
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bgwa9001@reddit

OP should've waited for black Friday for sure
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Verbal_HermanMunster@reddit

Probably just wanted to offload them because they weren’t selling. I have a buddy who wasn’t a gun guy, but was excited to tell me he bought his first AR15. Turned out to be one of those AR style shotguns. I’m assuming the LGS was trying to offload them onto someone who didn’t know any better.
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Delicious_Piglet_718@reddit

California prices? You should get $100 back, at least.
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Limited_opsec@reddit

Jesus assrape fuckery is that the retail market now? It wasn't *that* long ago I got a fucking blackwater edition 590A1 for $400. I think the "regular" was $350.
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Crashing_Machines@reddit

Yeah I traded a 590A1 for a s&w shield back in 2015. They were about equal value back then.
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Delicious_Piglet_718@reddit

No, no it certainly is not. Maverick 88s usually go for about $200, and the 20” model with extended magazine tube is only $30 more.
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InterviewKey3451@reddit

Bro, big 5 Sells them for like 250, not on sale.
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Gwsb1@reddit

I would have gone elsewhere.
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FappistMonk42069@reddit

I have a wonderful opportunity for you. How would you like to own the moon?
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TN_REDDIT@reddit

I'll name a star after you for $100
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hybridtheory1331@reddit

>an action that felt like dragging a grand piano across a gravel beach That is extremely evocative and I will be using this. Thank you.
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ClosetGamer19@reddit

simply put, the maverick 88 is a mossberg 500 with the safety in a different spot for less than half the price. aint nobody want that goofy ahh turshotgat
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CompanionDude@reddit

*made with Mexican parts to cut costs
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

Yyou dont see maybe how this might, I dunno...make you look a certain way? or actually confirm what you are? Are you from waxahatchie or Amarillo? I think I have seen you before.
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Royal_Emu_5564@reddit

Is their ore no good down there? Dang I am so ignorant, does anybody want my LM Morini ? I mean it was made by mexicans.
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uniqueidenti@reddit

I don't understand. Turkey shotguns are trash but when it comes to clone pistols they are not like their shotgun quality. Is it because of a different company?
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StevenMcStevensen@reddit

I’m pretty sure it’s a whole bunch of different companies making civilian firearms there. It’s like manufacturing in China - they are very capable of making quality stuff. However, whether or not they actually care about doing so and put any effort into QC depends entirely on the contract and companies involved. A respectable company with some brand recognition may have guns manufactured there (ie. CZ, Beretta, Stoeger, etc.), but they are going to have actual standards and reject garbage. They’re also going to work with factories that have demonstrated that they can make firearms competently. If however some obscure company is willing to pay a cheaply run factory to crank out garbage-tier tacticool shotguns for idiots, and slap their name on it with no care for how shitty the guns are, well they are going to do exactly that.
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MonsterMuppet19@reddit

I love my Poverty88. Runs like a champ. No failures ever, & she'll eat anything you can throw at her. Bird, buck, slugs, magnum bird & buck, you name it, she'll eat it just fine.
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damnit_cletus@reddit

One reason I want to start self-loading shells is so I can shoot random projectiles through my 88. The possibilities are endless. I'm thinking of trying spoons first
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Sea-Deer-5016@reddit

Got a Girsan Regard, it's an m9 clone. Haven't had any issues so far beyond a single pin in my safety falling out. It's like a $2 repair
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Haunting_Ad_294@reddit

Say what ye motherfuckin motherfuckers will, I love my Chinese h&r padna' pertekter pomp! Damn thing's a s.l.u.f, but I love er' black ass 😉
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smusser@reddit

I bought a Mav88 and literally only fired once, took it to a gunsmith and still would fire. Ended up selling it to buy a Turkish shotgun, a 12GA Black Aces semiautomatic. I'm glad yall had a good experience with Mav88's but I like my shotgun I have now as it literally has never failed.
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sacovert97@reddit

That's why I order it online first. I don't want to do anything but look at the gun and buy it. Tired of people trying to tell me about other weapons. No, I don't want a Glock lol.
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PriceEvening@reddit

I was told that while carrying a 1911, yeah dude I have several glocks too why specifically come up and try to tell me what I should carry? So I feel your annoyance there just like with cars we all have preferences.
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EternalMage321@reddit

Ya I order most stuff from PSA to my local pawn shop for this reason.
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Interesting_Flow730@reddit

About ten years ago, I went into a gun store absolutely dead set on buying a Ruger LCP. The store clerk tried *so hard* to talk me into a Kel-Tec .380 that just *looked* like a piece of shit. I'm glad that I stuck to my guns (no pun intended), and I still love that little pocket pistol.
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PriceEvening@reddit

I bought a Russian sks off gunbroker a few years ago and had it sent to one of the local shops. I go in to do the paperwork for it and the old guy working the counter proceeds to spend 20 minutes going on about how it's a communist pos and an M1a is so much better. Dude just run the paperwork take my $20 dollars I didn't come in for an opinion, it would be different if I asked what you think or what would be best. No I collect guns I have 2 M1a rifles and a garand already, I specifically sought that sks as part of my collection of com bloc guns. Never went back after that will not recommend them either, no different than when I'm carrying and someone feels obligated to tell me you should get a glock or a sig etc. Fuck it I'll carry my luger if I feel like why do people including gun shop owners/employees need to add their 2 cents?
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unresolved-madness@reddit

I looked at some turkey trash, but when I pumped it, it did not sound scary.
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DryDig8242@reddit

I bought a Tokarev TBD semi-auto for 200 shipped. Been using g it for slugs and 00 buckshot. Feeds great and is short enough for in the house defense.
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CannibalDog@reddit

I’ve shot a few Tokarev shotguns and they’ve all been pretty good honestly. Pretty heavy tho compared to a Mossberg
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DryDig8242@reddit

True a bit heavy but for me helps with recoil. And I'm not out in the field hunting with it. Really bought for home defense.
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Murphy338@reddit

Only gun i’ve ever had pushed on me by a sales clerk was a Springfield Hellcat.
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Murphy338@reddit

I’ll defend the turkish made Winchester SXP shotguns. Other than that, fuck ‘em
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hey_getoff_mylawn@reddit

What's a turkshit 20gauge
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Dexcessive@reddit

I will defend Akkar/Churchill, the rest range from not great to shit.
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ShrimLord@reddit

Are Turkish guns at least cheap
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Limited_opsec@reddit

Most are shit, there are a few that are decent but exception proves the rule.
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dozen-gauge@reddit

They often cost less than counterparts, but that doesn't mean they're cheaper. Buying something that will break after 10 shots for $150 is more expensive than buying something that will last a lifetime for $200.
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