pre 64 Winchester Model 88 stock . ebay 27 min remaining

[Rod]

Looks like a great original stock for a pre 64 M88. These are very hard to find. It's at $255, at present.

ebay . . Winchester Gun Parts . . 140487012315

 

[Sako223]

Is the fact that it's pre 64 relevant? I thought the Model 70 was the rifle that was changed radically post 1964. Did the model 88 suffer as well?

 

[Boomer]

For one thing, the older stock should have cut checkering rather than press.

 

[H4831]

Everything Winchester changed in 1964. For one thing it was the end of the Model 69, 22 calibre rifle, and, I think, the 75 as well, and probably the end of the prestigeous Model 52 Sporter, plus, --

 

[Rod]

Anyways, there went a very nice, hard to find, pre-64 M88 stock. It went for $255. And yes, it had cut checkering, factory buttplate and pistol grip cap. The tang was the full round shape.

To answer the pre & post 64 question . . A whole new design team saddled up for post 1964. The mentality was to try and make money and not firearms that lasted 3 or 4 lifetimes. So the bean counters, at Winchester, endorsed the stamp, press and push techniques. Most pre-64 Winchesters required extensive machining from solid blocks of Winchester Proof Steel and hands on manufacturing methods. Contempary labor costs and the post war Remington competion forced Winchester's hand. So many North American Workers expected to earn the new big rate, but expected to buy Winchesters for the old low rate.

Post 64 M88 stocks did not have cut or machine checkering, but were a pressed on basket weave design. Like most post 64 Winchesters; high on glitz and low on quality.

For us that appreciate the pre-64 Winchesters, for what they were, we have a tough time with the stuff pumped out by the new design team's post 64.