My collection lacked a door kicker, so last night I was surfing the interweb, and purchased a Mossberg Maverick 88 with a Hogue pistol grip. $145 for a HD shotgun seemed like an okay deal to me.
Anyway, I'm a wood & steel guy, so after some (perhaps too) cursory research, I bid on ebay for some nice wood furniture for a 500. I read the 500 and 88 were interchangeable, as long as I stuck to 12 GA parts. If I win the auction, it's another $40 + $10 shipping. Still okay . . . . . .
Now further research seems to indicate I'll also need a new slide tube and nut. About another $50-$75 + shipping.
If I continue with this project, I'll probably be close to what a brand new wood stock Mossberg 500 costs . . . .
But I'll probably see it through and consider it a teachable moment . . . . .
Any advice out there? Am I right about the 500 furniture not dropping right onto the 88? Any other parts I'll need that I'm not aware of? Are all 88 forends molded to the slide tube, or just the newer ones? It looks like mine might have a set screw holding it to the slide tube?. That would still leave me lacking a tube nut. There aren't a whole lot of YouTube videos out there about putting wood parts on shotguns - everything is ATI or Magpul. If I wanted to add a laser, flashlight, folding stock and turkey fryer, I'd be all set.
A project gone awry . . . . .
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Don't go where the road don't go - Ringo Starr