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Winchester 88

lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
POST 64...what cal. is hardest to find...anyone know how many made in each?
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi..does anyone know where i can get a picture showing the difference in a winchester model 88 clover leaf tang an non clover leaf..Thanks
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have come into the possession of a Winchester 88 in .284.

    I am going to add a scope using a Weaver #53 base [think that is correct].

    I need some advise on the scope size, ie. power - 2x7, 3x9.

    Thoughts?

    Thanks for the help
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Distant relative just passed (98 yo...good life) and I can get his long unused rifle as long as, "I'll use it". I can't just take it...I have to plan to hunt (deer, elk) with it. Chambered in 308. Anyone hunt with one of these? Thanks.
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi
    You so-called EXPERTS sure are a bunch of sore losers ! I don't mind being called a smart * from your kind. I'm glad I don't have to associate with you in public.
    Bawl Babies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Grow up people !!! Throw your books away, they will get you in trouble if you don't know how to read them.. LOL LOL LOL
    If you need any help with the 88, just ask.
    I thought you cave men hibernated in the winter ?


    Robert V. Reyan
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Will Winchester 88 stocks interchange, such as a .358 and a .308? Are the stocks serial numbered like a Savage 99? Thanks in advance.
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  • lonnlonn Member Posts: 58 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Where can i find a exploded view of a winchester 88...i want to take it apart to clean it but i can't find any pictures of the parts inside...i don't want to purchase anything
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,552 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would have to say 358 win I have only seen one and they were asking 2200.00 for it probably 95% condition that was at gunshow about 2 years ago
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 358s are scarce, 308s a dime a dozen.
    For what it's worth.
    W.D.
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  • br549br549 Member Posts: 1,024 ✭
    edited November -1
    in this area all are scarce i've not seen one for sale in 20 years.
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  • reddnekreddnek Member Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    284 or 358 everyone I've seen was 308
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The 243, and 308 are seen in about equal numbers with the 308 still being the most popular. In order of scarcity, it would be 358, 284, 243, then 308.

    EDIT: Post 64, would be the 284 Winchester, as they did not susposedly make any in 358. As a side note, these rifles, appear very simalar to the lever action SAKO made also. It was called the Finnwolfe...here is a link to an auction

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=90007679
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  • 2xbyu2xbyu Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Post '64 in .358 would be pretty hard to find. Winchester stopped production of the .358 in 1962.

    Post 1964 figures of production from the book by Murray "THE EIGHTY-EIGHT"

    243 = 35,733
    308 = 35,733
    284 = 32,405
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  • OdawgpOdawgp Member Posts: 5,380 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    358 would be the hardest to find.
    here is my 88 243
    IMG_1094.jpg
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  • 47studebaker47studebaker Member Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Know a friend that has been looking for a 358 for several years, just the other day he said he had found one local (north central PA) for 3000 and offered the guy 2500, no sale. He said it was NICE but not mint.
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  • 2xbyu2xbyu Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Am I missing something? lonn asked about post '64 88s. The .358 is a PRE '64 gun.
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  • OdawgpOdawgp Member Posts: 5,380 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 2xbyu
    Am I missing something? lonn asked about post '64 88s. The .358 is a PRE '64 gun.


    Hardest Post 64 would be 284
    Hardest pre 64 is 358 just what you said.

    your not missing anything the fact is the 358 is the hardest to find period.
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