Is it a specific brand that fails or do all brands fail? My son's Maverick 88 was doing that with Federal from Walmart but was fine with Winchester. I solved the problem by polishing the chamber with fine steel wool and a few drops of oil.
I was a bit surprised, too, when I learned of the shotgun merit badge. Knew there was a rifle merit badge and he earned that at Scout camp a couple of summers ago.
My wife is 5' tall and owns a 500 Youth Bantam in a 20 guage. At this point, the only reason she doesn't like it is because she doesn't shoot clay targets as well as me and my son. lol Other than that, it's a great fit and she handles the recoil with ease. The most important thing when we...
So wife and I gave our son a Maverick 88 12-guage because he earned his Eagle in Scouts. It was a total surprise to him because we never said we'd get him something for the achievement. On Saturday, we went out as a family and he was so excited that he could finally shoot his Maverick...
Glad to be part of this forum. I have the Mossberg 500 All Purpose, wife has an Mossberg 500 Youth Bantam and just the other day, because he earned his Eagle Scout ranking in BSA, wife and I surprised our 15 year old son with a Maverick 88.