mossberg emaild me back they said this

Thank you for your e-mail. The difference between both is the trigger, the safety and the forearm. The Maverick 88 has the safety on the trigger and the model 500 has the trigger in the receiver and the forearm of the Maverick has one /two dual bars. [/align]Thank you. [/align][/align]i asked afetr getting there response where are the parts made and where are they assembled[/align]

Huh....I've got a Mossberg 500 that I'd always assumed was the Maverick model....I got it at Wal-mart for 149.99, it has a 7 shot tube and cylinder bore barrel....safety is the typical position on the back of the reciever. It's been a great gun , I've put hundreds of rounds through it with no problems. It's my under-the-bed home defense shotgun.

if the safty is on the back it i a 500 my 500 from walmart came in a plai box that has the repar address as maverick so who realy knows whats up if i find out there selling 500swith thecheap maverick parts in them i will be pissed

also look on the reciever it will say maverick or 500mossberg