u/ArceusTwoFour_Zero

A used Maverick 88 SBS. Handy, compact, and surprisingly shootable. But no more than 50 rds at a time at a time. Anymore and you'll be hurting. It patterned well out to 20 yards with some cheap buckshot which surprised me. Maverick 88 shotguns feel so cheap and it rattles like crazy, but is dead reliable. Which is all a shotgun needs to be.

It was a 18.5 inch barrel and I cut it down to 15.5 after my form 1 cleared. OAL is a handy 25.5". The front grip was already on and i Installed the hogue grip on the rear. I added a taller bead sight and also added a polymer heat shield that has actually held up really well and protects the hand. The obligatory esstac shotgun cards, and a simple one point sling.

Nothing too crazy.

This is my blue line solutions pump, it is a Chinese made Remington 870 clone. I originally bought it for $156 out the door from classic firearms. The shotgun originally had an 18 1/2-in barrel, a 5 round tube, and a full stock. It is also chambered for two and three quarter and three inch shells.

The finish is kinda weird, a greyish slightly purple color. But the shotgun isn't supposed to be pretty. The brass bead is large and very nice to pick up. The only things on the gun that are not metal are the polymer forend, the original stock, and the safety button. Everything else is steel or aluminum. The pump was rough out the box but has since smoothed out. The lifter doesn't pinch my fingers and the internals are smooth with no sharp edges around the loading port. Everything feels solid and sturdy.

I added a +2 choate mag tube extension for an 879, it fit great after drilling out the tabs in the mag tube. Now the gun went from 5+1 to 7+1 capacity. During the first 50 rounds, I had two or three malfunctions related to the magazine extension, specifically the follower/spring. But after those first 50 rounds, I haven't had a malfunction since, it was probably the brand new magazine spring that needed to be broken in. I added a Magpul mag tube forward sling swivel, it fits snugly. I used a para clip adapter for mounting that leather sling. The stock I switched for a vintage knoxx breacher grip. The knoxx has a spring in the grip which allows for recoil reduction. The grip is long and has a slide or rails coming out the rear, when the gun fires. The whole grip reciprocates on the rails, which really does work at reducing recoil, even with 3 inch slugs. While the grip is comfortable and effective, due to the increased length to the rear of the grip due to the rails, when shooting this thing at eye level, one has to be very careful for the rear of the grip to not punch you in the teeth. There we are the grip also has another sling point swivel. The Knoxx breacher grip also gives the shotgun a sort of double recoil, the initial recoil from the ammo that you fire, and the second recoil of the entire pistol grip and shotgun reciprocating on that rail at the end of the grip.

Overall, for $156, the shotgun is great and I would highly recommend. I have read online that it is completely compatible with 870 stuff, except the barrels. But some fair warning, if you're trying to put a hogue pump on the forend, it will not fit on this particular 870 clone. So I just stayed with the original pump that came with it. I also put on a 7-round esstac side saddle.

These are just some alligator clips I got on Amazon to hold up my paper targets on some wooden target stands. I was patterning my shotgun and obviously some of the pellets stray off Target and hit the clips.

I was patterning my shotgun at a distance of 15 yards for testing and decided to take this picture. But even at 7 yd, it still fails to go through. Just a reminder to always use buck, I personally prefer #4 buck. Birdshot is most definitely lethal, but obviously it is less effective at being so compared to buck of any kind.

Anything that is capable of stopping a human threat effectively, also has the capability of going through interior walls. So don't miss.

A tisas 1911 a1 service model in .45 ACP with a sarco wood stock. The Woodstock also doubles as a holster like a c96 at home. It also has a leather harness in order to mount it to your belt like a holster. And it comes with an extra mainspring housing with a slot that accommodates the stock. I've always wanted a stocked pistol like an artillery Luger or c96 mauser, so this was my attempt at one and my first ever SBR!

The mainspring housing did need some fitment to be installed on my tisas and the muzzle break thing is actually a barrel bushing, it's purely for aesthetics. It does not do anything to reduce recoil in my opinion. Also, this pistol came with black polymer grips, but I switched them out for some Altamont croc walnut grips.

Due to the angle of the stock in the weight attaches to the pistol, it is impossible to aim the sights. When I was at the range today and shooting at USPSA size to targets, I had to aim almost 6 inches underneath the bottom of the Target in order to land hits Center Mass in the A zone. But since there's no way to aim, You're basically doing the most extreme Kentucky windage of all time and praying your shots land. But after you get the angle right, you can actually hit your shots. It's very similar to advanced hip shooting. And I was shooting at a distance of 10 yds.

But this was more of a range toy and not a serious gun, and for that, it does its job very well. Also, I mainly have eight round magazines for it, but I do have the one 15 magazine in the picture, surprisingly, it only jammed once with that big mag which surprised me very much.

I got the pistol on Black friday, it was 330 for the pistol, 25ish for the muzzle brake, 150 for the sarco stock/holster combo with the replacement MSH, and 45 for the grips.