I’ve never seen a gal take to a 12 gauge. My riflery instructor in college was on the US Olympic shooting team (mean bitch, too) and she used a 16 gauge. Just too much kick. A 2-3/4” shell might help, though. I’ve only used three inch.
Since it’s a security model, it probably doesn’t have a plug. I grew up in Texas and Louisiana, and for some reason, they want your gun to be limited in the rounds it can have while hunting. Go figure.
18-1/2” barrel? That’s damn near sawed-off. I guess you won’t be duck hunting with it.
Yeah, the Maverick Security line has two models: the 18-1/2” and the 20”. I’m guessing they’re intended for use inside the home where you sometimes don’t have enough clearance for swinging the longer barrels in an arc to aim at an intruder or two.
http://www.maverickarms.com/pages/88security.htm