Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Seeing lots of M88s in 308 lately

I once traded for a first year four digit .308 Winchester 88 that looked new. Fired three shots, didn't like the recoil, and traded it within a week of getting it for a 12 gauge Winchester 97 that was a lot easier on my shoulder.

Besides the heavy trigger one of the M/88's deficiencies is the stock has quite a lot of drop at the heel which makes the .308's recoil more pronounced than in a straighter stocked rifle.

Despite all it's deficiencies of being 55 years old, possessing bad design, having no gun writer respect, got excessive stock drop, a poor & creepy trigger pull, ugly pressed checkering, bland wood, and a honery owner, the old girl will still shoot good groups and kill deer regularly. I like run on sentences despite having a good parochial school education.

Popped one more deer with the Winchester M88, 308 WIN this week. 123 lbs. doe, neck shot at 128 yards. This old M88 keeps doing its job.