Bastardized Winchester 88

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I was at a gun shop on saturday afternoon and in the rack was a Winchester model 88 in 308.The store owner and owner of the gun handed it to me and said it's one of a kind.It sure turned out to be one of a kind, :puke: .He had inbeded a small white peice of diamond shaped plastic into the front knurling and at the back on the bottom of the but he had a floorplate for a Winchester 70 inbeded into the stock and under that was a brass plate with 4 holes in it to hold 4 shells when the floorplate was close.So in order to hold the shells the but was drilled upwords to handle the lenght of a 308 shell.There was also a white spacer in front of the butpad which was not original either.The metal was very good and was a second year gun.I just could'nt believe what I saw and what someone would do to a Winchester 88.If anyone owned that gun in my deer camp I think I'd tell them to leave it at home,what a mess. :bangHead:
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That's horrible :eek:

A desicration at it's highest levels !!!

It could have been worse....it could have been a Marlin :D :D :D :D


Just had to through that in for the gent only wanting "trades" for his 88 .358

I would dearly love (and pay) to have a Win 88 .358 to go with my Marlin .356. But alas I have no 86 45.70 to trade. :(
 
arch1965 said:
I would dearly love (and pay) to have a Win 88 .358 to go with my Marlin .356. But alas I have no 86 45.70 to trade. :(
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There a reason that fellow wants an "86" in 45/70 for trade on his 358.

The "86" is a WAY nicer rifle any day of the week. :rolleyes: :)



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One must realize , that before a rifle ( shotgun, car, whatever) becomes desirable to some , others want to try their hand at "customizing" sometimes.

I am sure in about 40 years they will be wailing about the "idjit that messed up these fine B78's and 1885's by wildcatting them"!:D ( My fav. rifle action)
I remember seeing a beautiful falling block 44 1'2 Stevens in a good friend's collection.
it was sleeved to 38/55.
When I commenteed about the " origianl value" I was told that this was done proffesionall and likely did not hurt the value too much, as it was common.
The rifle is in excellant condition, and this person at one time was Chairman of the Marrlin collector's club, so there was no cause to doubt him.
Inlaid diamonds in an 88 is a bit "over the top" however!:D
Question would be , does it shoot, if one wanted to buy it - I don't BTW!
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SuperCub said:
There a reason that fellow wants an "86" in 45/70 for trade on his 358.

The "86" is a WAY nicer rifle any day of the week. :rolleyes: :)



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Not to mention that an original Win '86 is probably worth a tad bit more.... I have an original Winchester 1886 saddle ring carbine in .45-70 that was mfg in 1892. Not too pretty in the finish department because it was well used. But it is shootable. Madis Winchester book says they only made 5,000 Win 1886's in the saddle ring carbine....:cool:

Think I'd trade it for a Win 88 in any ctg??? :confused: :eek:
 
I've seen the floorplates ("cartridge traps") on custom and European rifles before; it can be a really nice touch, but special, small "floorplates" are used for them. Eye of the beholder, and all that. I have a friend who bought a rifle from his father-in-law, a 700 BDL that Pops spent several hundred having a small amount of gold-filled engraving done to. They think it's lovely; I could spew!
 
$900 bucks is alot of money for a rifle like this.Even in A1 shape is takeing this to the top or more of the $ mark.Just my 0.02$ worth and this is me talking as a collector.
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So what are you going to give him for it Ed?:p
Speaking of 86's in 45-70, my next door neighbour has one and wants to trade it for a semi 30-06. Not a problem, but he's one of those guys that doesn't want a paper trail for the '06. An honest guy just can't win with a guy like that.
 
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