Maverick 88 Light Primer Strikes

[Narutakikun]

I'm having light strikes with my Maverick 88. Not every round; maybe two or three times in a box of 25. I took the bolt apart, cleaned the firing pin and channel, and put it back together. It helped a little, but I was still getting a bunch of light strikes. I ordered a new firing pin and spring from Midway, and hopefully that'll fix it. If not, somebody said to take the firing pin spring out completely - they said these were only added in the last ten years or so to make Mossberg shotguns a little more drop safe. I'm not quite sure about that. If the new parts don't work, I'm thinking back to Mossberg it goes for some warranty work. Does anyone else have any input or suggestions that might be useful? If so, please do chime in.

It's certainly disappointing - I haven't had a single issue like this with my 590.

[SkyHawk]

Do you leave it cocked with a round in the chamber? If so, new hammer spring would be my very first part swapped in. Then don’t leave it cocked anymore. Store it cruiser ready.


Anyhow, new hammer spring would be my very first purchase.

[Narutakikun]

No, I don't; my 590 is my ready HD gun, not the Mav, and anyhow I've always kept my HD shotguns cruiser ready and never left them with a round in the chamber.

Anyhow, new hammer spring would be my very first purchase.

The reason I went for the new firing pin spring first is that I heard that some of them are way too stiff, and that's been known to cause light strikes. I'd imagine that might especially be a problem with the Mav and its parts made for cheap down "south of the border". The new pin and spring arrive Saturday, so I suppose we'll see then.

[jbk]

Call mossberg, dollar to doughnuts they will fix free and turn around quick. I had great experience with their CS. I’m sure trigger group comes out. Ask nice they may just send a new trigger group.