I have owned a dozen or so Winchester 88s, still have 4 of them, 2 carbines and 2 rifles, all 284s. I don't care for the shallow radius of the pistol grip.

I have owned a dozen or so Winchester 100s, still have 3 of them, a 243 rifles, a 308 Carbine, and a 308 rifle that someone cut the barrel back to 17". The 308 100s are 2 of my favorite rifles for still-hunting in cover. I like the stock ergs of the rifle better than the carbine, as I find the carbine forearm to be too wide and I like checkering, even if it is pressed checkering. Even though the ergs of the 88 and 100 stocks are the same, I don't mind the shallow radius pistol grip on the 100 because the action cycles itself.

One of my hunting mentors, Harriet McCarthy, shot an 88 carbine in 243, the first 88 and first 243 that I ever shot back in the late 1960s.

IMO the Sako Finnwolf is the best hammerless lever action ever made, as strong as the Winchester 88 combined with the ergs the Savage 99.