My interest in rifles has been almost exclusively towards older deer rifles. I never had any real interest in the 788 but took this one in trade for some work I did. I did like the stock which I thought was pretty nice for a 788. It has a very nice trigger and it fits me well. The .44 magnum seems to be a very effective deer round, something I had not given much thought to either.

For some reason I do not see 788's very often.

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