My Wilson book on Winchester's incicate's that the Model 88 was introduced in 1955 and as Calhoun stated ended production in 1973. Chambered in .243, .308, .284, and .358. Total production of 283,913-SN #'s 1-283,913. I had a 4x scoped 88 in .243 for a while on loan back in the early 70's. Guy I worked with wanted me to sight it in, gave me around 100 rds, only took 15 or so, advised to shoot the rest up. Then asked me if I wanted to buy, kept it awhile, shot maybe another 100 rds in it. At the time I didn't reload and had no use for it, should have bought it.
