ORIGINAL: waiting_for_a_gift
I have an 88 12 ga., bought it brand new for $150 about 10 years ago. No complaints with this gun. It is everything you'd want in a 12 ga pump.
I just recently bought a plinkster bolt action 22. It is made in Brazil. Haven't shot it yet, but out the door for $182 brand new with a cheap 3 x 9 scope on it. The trigger has a slight creep to it, but way better than my 10/22.
You got jipped [8D] They have them on sale here for $109 with the cheap 3x9 on them. I own a Mossy 500, paid $350 for the combo because i got the synthetic stock and mossy oak breakup and i love this thing. It shoots awesome at the trap range and wonderfully out to 150 yards with SST's in the rifled barrel. The Mossy to me is a working mans gun.
One a working man can afford and one that will take a beating and get the job done. Who cares what the gun looks like as long as it gets the job done and does it well. It looking all pretty isn't going to kill the deer, shooting accurately and flawlessly will. I am seriously considering the ATR for bear hunting in NY with my uncle.