Another gun for you to check out would be the H&R Pardner Pump Gun. It is basically an 870 clone, but takes mossberg chokes. I had one and it was pretty nice. They sell for around $200 or less with nice wood. Imported from china though. I had one and it was a nice gun for the money. Looked better than any mossberg or 870 field model I have seen, and was less money.

The maverick is basically a mossberg 500 though. Great guns for the money and pretty versatile. Throw some clamp on fiber otpic sights and a turkey choke and you should be ready to roll. My first turkey gun was a mossberg 500 bantam with the 12 ga ported barrel.

Paul