I have had my 88 for 7 years now. I have never had any type of malfunction.
I shot close to 1000 shells thru it without any cleaning, cleaned it, put a new stock on it and now it just sits in the safe.
I would trust this shotgun with my life without any hesitation.
I also have one with a knoxx stock, 18 inch barrel for home defense and 28 inch barrel for clays... I think i bought mine for 169 at academy and the 500 18 inch barrel for 80 bucks on sale, so less than 300 bucks i have a shotgun that serves 2 roles...