I have had a fondness for the 88, but some of them had a problem, a trigger problem, they just went off for no apparent reason, the only close encounter with this problem I had , close, not me, had his 88 slung on his shoulder, safety on , chambered round, we were walking, not over particularly rough ground, and it fired, this was in the mid 70's, we, and several smiths, and ww, never figured why, I heard of similar ocurrances, with other 88 winnies, mint ones, worn ones, as far as I know, it was a problem a cure was never found for, not sure if design or tolerances were the problem, but for some reason, Winchester stopped production of it and the 100
