Another LGS Find

yournodaisy · November 17, 2020, 02:07 PM

Ok folks...posted the other week about a LGS find. It was Husqvarna 9000 im 7mm Mag. Well...I found another old gun I liked. Winchester model 88 in .308. Has an older mint condition Weaver scope of the correct era. Rifle is a 1961 production and is conservatively about 90+ percent overall. Bore is bright and shiny no issues. Thought I would share. First one of these I've ever owned. Old man buying old guns.

yournodaisy · November 17, 2020, 02:20 PM

Here ya go

tsillik · November 17, 2020, 05:38 PM

Hope it shoots as good as it looks!

dgludwig · November 17, 2020, 07:12 PM

I've always liked the Model 88. The scope that came with your rifle certainly belongs there; a great set-up for then and now.

jar · November 18, 2020, 07:27 AM

Gotta admit though that hearing something made in the 1960s as old really hurts.

Experienced perhaps or mature but not vintage or old.

dgludwig · November 18, 2020, 11:23 PM

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Gotta admit though that hearing something made in the 1960s as old really hurts.

Boy, is that ever true.

GeauxTide · November 21, 2020, 10:11 PM

My departed BIL shot many deer with a 88 in 243. In 308, it will have some bite without a recoil pad, and the drop at the comb can put the scope in your face. Not as accurate as the BLR, but still MODeer.

yournodaisy · November 23, 2020, 01:35 PM

Thanks folks. I think its a neat old classic set up myself. Old man like myself appreciates old stuff

hub1home · November 23, 2020, 01:54 PM

The model 88 Winchester is a great gun. Now, you need its sister, the model 100 Winchester.

COSteve · November 23, 2020, 03:24 PM

Oh yeah, the Model 88 is one beautiful rifle. I looked for 20 years for a great condition, early style clover leaf recoil block, carved checkering version in .308. I finally found one in unfired condition with a beautiful stock with a factory added Winchester recoil pad (yes, they use to do custom orders all the time back then).

The owner said the stock was too pretty to hunt with it so he put it up but sadly got Parkinson's Disease before he could shoot it. I got it from the widow of the owner who ordered it for him for Christmas in 1959. All I added was a Redfield scope and sling.

dgludwig · November 23, 2020, 08:36 PM

Great looking rifle, Steve. The only thing lacking is a .358 Winchester chamber/bore.

jetinteriorguy · November 24, 2020, 07:15 AM

You sure have an eye for nice rifles Steve. Congrats.

yournodaisy · November 28, 2020, 11:50 AM

Beautiful rifle Steve. A 100 would be a nice addition.

November 17, 2020, 02:07 PM	#1
yournodaisy Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2011 Location: Deep South Posts: 306	Another LGS Find Ok folks...posted the other week about a LGS find. It was Husqvarna 9000 im 7mm Mag. Well...I found another old gun I liked. Winchester model 88 in .308. Has an older mint condition Weaver scope of the correct era. Rifle is a 1961 production and is conservatively about 90+ percent overall. Bore is bright and shiny no issues. Thought I would share. First one of these I've ever owned. Old man buying old guns. Last edited by yournodaisy; November 17, 2020 at 02:14 PM.

November 17, 2020, 07:12 PM	#4
dgludwig Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2005 Location: North central Ohio Posts: 7,486	I've always liked the Model 88. The scope that came with your rifle certainly belongs there; a great set-up for then and now. __________________ ONLY AN ARMED PEOPLE CAN BE TRULY FREE ; ONLY AN UNARMED PEOPLE CAN EVER BE ENSLAVED ...Aristotle NRA Benefactor Life Member

November 18, 2020, 07:27 AM	#5
jar Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2001 Location: Deep South Texas Posts: 1,669	Gotta admit though that hearing something made in the 1960s as old really hurts. Experienced perhaps or mature but not vintage or old. __________________ To be vintage it's gotta be older than me!

November 21, 2020, 10:11 PM	#7
GeauxTide Senior Member Join Date: April 20, 2009 Location: Helena, AL Posts: 4,424	My departed BIL shot many deer with a 88 in 243. In 308, it will have some bite without a recoil pad, and the drop at the comb can put the scope in your face. Not as accurate as the BLR, but still MODeer. __________________ Reloading For: 223R, 243W, 6.5 GR, 6.5 CM, 260R, 6.5-06, 280R, 7mmRM, 300HAM'R, 308W, 30-06, 338-06, 9mm, 357M, 41M, 44SPL, 44M, 45 ACP, 45 Colt, 450BM.

November 23, 2020, 08:36 PM	#11
dgludwig Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2005 Location: North central Ohio Posts: 7,486	Great looking rifle, Steve. The only thing lacking is a .358 Winchester chamber/bore. __________________ ONLY AN ARMED PEOPLE CAN BE TRULY FREE ; ONLY AN UNARMED PEOPLE CAN EVER BE ENSLAVED ...Aristotle NRA Benefactor Life Member

November 17, 2020, 05:38 PM	#3
tsillik Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2011 Location: Carter Lake Ia. Posts: 237	Hope it shoots as good as it looks!

November 23, 2020, 01:35 PM	#8
yournodaisy Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2011 Location: Deep South Posts: 306	Thanks folks. I think its a neat old classic set up myself. Old man like myself appreciates old stuff

November 23, 2020, 01:54 PM	#9
hub1home Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2014 Posts: 182	The model 88 Winchester is a great gun. Now, you need its sister, the model 100 Winchester.

November 23, 2020, 03:24 PM	#10
COSteve Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2009 Posts: 1,344	Oh yeah, the Model 88 is one beautiful rifle. I looked for 20 years for a great condition, early style clover leaf recoil block, carved checkering version in .308. I finally found one in unfired condition with a beautiful stock with a factory added Winchester recoil pad (yes, they use to do custom orders all the time back then). The owner said the stock was too pretty to hunt with it so he put it up but sadly got Parkinson's Disease before he could shoot it. I got it from the widow of the owner who ordered it for him for Christmas in 1959. All I added was a Redfield scope and sling.

November 24, 2020, 07:15 AM	#12
jetinteriorguy Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2013 Posts: 3,176	You sure have an eye for nice rifles Steve. Congrats.

November 28, 2020, 11:50 AM	#13
yournodaisy Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2011 Location: Deep South Posts: 306	Beautiful rifle Steve. A 100 would be a nice addition.