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Rinascere said:
Maverick 88s use a cross-bolt safety, not a tang. There's also plenty of shotguns further up the market that have both a pistol grip and a stock. It's a perfectly workable config for both pump and semi-auto.
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Yeah, it's just the tang safety that makes pistol grips more cumbersome. I'll be honest, I've never actually held the 88, I assumed it was just a cheapskate version of my beloved 500.

What really gets me chuckling is how easy it would have been to spend a month or two studying the basics of the thing, find a place to shoot one in person, maybe even buy a replica to practice some kind of manual of arms, and by the time he did that he probably could have put aside the extra few hundred to get a better gun. Truly a 'deletes his million subscriber channel' move.

We don't follow these people because they do smart things.
 
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VF-1S Valkyrie said:
Yeah, it's just the tang safety that makes pistol grips more cumbersome. I'll be honest, I've never actually held the 88, I assumed it was just a cheapskate version of my beloved 500.

What really gets me chuckling is how easy it would have been to spend a month or two studying the basics of the thing, find a place to shoot one in person, maybe even buy a replica to practice some kind of manual of arms, and by the time he did that he probably could have put aside the extra few hundred to get a better gun. Truly a 'deletes his million subscriber channel' move.

We don't follow these people because they do smart things.
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It's definitely a watered down 500 but they're alright for the price, I had one for a while and it did a decent enough job. The main thing it loses out on is aftermarket but as far as a barebones 12-gauge goes, it beats Turkshit by a country mile.

I think Dickers did just enough to get what could be quantified as a not entirely shitty purchase that he can post online and never actually learn anything about. Unless he's get paced through Thunder Ranch (lmao) or some other practical course of usage, his local NRA shill or ex-E4 is going to take money off of him for things that he frankly could have learned by watching like half an hour of videos on YouTube.
 
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Rodeo Roadrunner said:
It's a Mossberg Maverick 88. No reason for him to have a folding stock pump shotgun though, personally I would get a fixed stock shotgun that is semi-auto. Primarily because if he doesn't shoot guns at all and especially if he hasn't shot shotguns before (even trap shooting), a high-stress scenario like home defense might mean that he hesitates to rack the pump after each shot, since he doesn't have the muscle memory for that. Yes I understand pump actions are technically indestructible, but I would rather have a semi where I can just spam birdshot down a hallway rather than pump after every shot.
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Assuming he'd need more than one shot to blow out the back of his head. He probably just wants to pretend racking it alone would scare someone off.

But to your point of it being indestructible, I personally would always take a pump action for the reliability.
 
Congrats on your Mossberg, work on some tactical reloading drills with it, they're more useful and important at improving your skills than just sending scatter shot down range. Plus you can do them at home
 
What are the odds he:

-Knows nothing about ammunition, buys the cheapest Birdshot he can.

-Thinks shotguns work like videogames and you have to be close.

-Thinks shotguns work like videogames so he doesn't need to aim because in 3 yards it'll have a 2ft spread.

-Leaves it leaning against a wall somewhere stupid.

-Bonus: finds out you can modify guns and Aliexpress' the worst chinese shit onto it possible.

Anyway, doesnt really matter.
Everyone knows the only acceptable shotgun for home defence is an 1897 with a bayonet.
 
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Silent Seeth said:
What are the odds he:

-Knows nothing about ammunition, buys the cheapest Birdshot he can.

-Thinks shotguns work like videogames and you have to be close.

-Thinks shotguns work like videogames so he doesn't need to aim because in 3 yards it'll have a 2ft spread.

-Leaves it leaning against a wall somewhere stupid.

-Bonus: finds out you can modify guns and Aliexpress' the worst chinese shit onto it possible.

Anyway, doesnt really matter.
Everyone knows the only acceptable shotgun for home defence is an 1897 with a bayonet.
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I really hope to god whoever sold it to him warned him about shotguns not being drop safe
 
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Silent Seeth said:
-Leaves it leaning against a wall somewhere stupid.
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100% this. If Rich even takes it to the range once, that will be all the use he gets out of it. Calling it now. He's going to show up with his gun at his closest gun range, get told he'll have to call in and make a reservation, and he'll leave and never come back. The gun will sit at the back of his closet until he gets arrested for brandishing it at a family member in an argument.
 
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Rodeo Roadrunner said:
It's a Mossberg Maverick 88. No reason for him to have a folding stock pump shotgun though, personally I would get a fixed stock shotgun that is semi-auto. Primarily because if he doesn't shoot guns at all and especially if he hasn't shot shotguns before (even trap shooting), a high-stress scenario like home defense might mean that he hesitates to rack the pump after each shot, since he doesn't have the muscle memory for that. Yes I understand pump actions are technically indestructible, but I would rather have a semi where I can just spam birdshot down a hallway rather than pump after every shot.
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FamicomGorby said:
Kinda surprised he didn't just get a turkshit shotgun. Do agree 12GA isn't a great self defense option for someone who doesn't shoot a ton and is horribly out of shape like Rich is. Wonder if he wanted the shotgun specifically or a fudd salesman told him to get it.
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The choice of weapon is simultaneously baffling and understandable. Which makes me think he probably walked into a gun store and asked the boomer fudd behind the counter what he should get and the guy handed him the used mossberg he's been trying to sell for the last half a year.
A 12 gauge shotgun and cheap buck shot is what anyones going to walk out with if you go into a gun store asking about home defense (which has different considerations than just your plain ole typical self defense situation.) and have zero gun experience.
 
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I'm no expert but I do own a couple of guns and there's one thing I've noticed and have confirmed with several friends is that right after buying a gun there is an immediate urge to get another. You start looking at different types and that little voice in the back of your head starts to justify it. Of course anyone with any impulse control just ignores that, but then there are those people that own shit tons of them.

Dickers is not a man known for his impulse control and I predict that within a year he'll be bragging about how many guns he owns.
 
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We all know how this is gonna end with Rich. Also is he sleeping on a fucking fold out futon bed? Lmao.
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I know this might be autistic, but I honestly think if you are truly afraid for your family's safety and your own, you would not advertise that you are an inexperienced gun owner. You just broadcasted to people that you have no idea how to handle the thing until "next week". And you put to rest any worries potential assailants may have had, as you confirmed that you weren't armed prior, and are barely armed now.
 
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I know this might be autistic, but I honestly think if you are truly afraid for your family's safety and your own, you would not advertise that you are an inexperienced gun owner. You just broadcasted to people that you have no idea how to handle the thing until "next week". And you put to rest any worries potential assailants may have had, as you confirmed that you weren't armed prior, and are barely armed now.
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It's almost like he knows that nobody is going to actually attack him and he just wanted to buy a new toy.
 
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