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As the title says, I'm looking for a gunsmith willing to work on my Win. M-88 trigger.
As I understand it the geometry of the trigger mechanism doesn't lend itself to a great trigger pull, but isn't there something that can be done with the triggers on the M-88?

I've never heard or read about anybody improving the Winchester 88 triggers, but if you find somebody, I'd be interested to know how it works out.

I wish I could remember who did mine. He lives in California and I was told he did M 88 triggers for Rogue River Arms. This was back in the 90s. When most trigger jobs were $35 this was $100. The trigger improved, but not enough to justify the cost.

As an Fyi, if you ever decide to take it apart, have you 3 slave pins available to get it all back together. I suppose Wifey got lucky with her 88. Trigger ain't as bad as most. Some prior owner may have had it worked on. Just don't know. I ain't touching it!!! She's happy with it!!!

I once had an 88 trigger adjusted to a very nice 4 pound letoff by a gunsmith at Charlie's Sporting Goods in Albuquerque. This was about 5-6 years ago. The guy did a great job. You wouldn't know you were shooting an 88.

Another example of "Happy Wife, Happy Life!".

I got the book before taking mine down. Glad I did.

It's not as bad as a Nylon 66, but worse than most.

DF

I remember Ross Seyfried wrote an article about the Diana rifle by Rouge River Arms. My M88 in 358 Win. got a workout a few weeks ago, and it reminded me to see about fixing the trigger.
If you find a number for that gunsmith who worked for Rogue River, I'd appreciate a head up.

I'll see what I can do.

Anyone with an 88 needs to have this write up on file.


http://www.gun-tests.com/special_re...r-action-rifle-12480-1.html#.VxlptY-cHIU

Hey that was a great article. Thanks saddlesore!

The best thing I did for my 88 trigger was to shoot it enough to get use to the pull. When I was hunting with it on a regular basis, I could tell exactly when it was going to go off by a rough spot in the pull. I guess I have gotten used to the way it feels and kind of like it the way it is.

There is an interesting article written by McPherson that's worth reading:

https://www.levergun.com/articles/what-is-possible-with-the-marlin/

In the article he refers to a M-88 that goes off while the rifle was being carried with the safety on. This might go some ways to explaining why a lot of gunsmiths won't touch these triggers.