Schultz & Larsen M88

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Ok, ok... You guys and all your nice S&L guns up there made me 'have' to have one.

What do you guys know about the M88? What little I can find on the net says only a few hundred were produced, but perhaps 1k older M70s were converted by Schultz & Larsen.

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Read something about serials in the 28,000 are the couple hundred made that are not converted. Im guessing a lower range of serial would indicate a conversion.

Guess we shall find out! Either way, should be a cool addition to the collection regardless.
 
You have too many Russians living at your house and they will fight with the danish. That one should come live with me I think. LOL
 
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The M88 was the last model of S&L small bore target rifle. The older style M70/77 were no longer competitive with the target buying public. The M88 clearly shows the influence of stock styling from manufacturers such as Anschutz. Unlike the older M70's the M88 has dovetail grooves. From photos of what I understand is an M88 barreled action, it has two action screws, in front of the trigger, whereas the M70-style rifles had one action screw behind the trigger and a barrel lug. The M88 was presumably made beginning around 1988 (S&L designated model numbers approximately by year, I believe); the last M88 was made on December 14, 1992 with a serial number of 28230.

Edit: the M88 action screws are both in front of the trigger, not fore and aft as originally suggested.
 
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grauhanen said:
The M88 was the last model of S&L small bore target rifle. The older style M70/77 were no longer competitive with the target buying public. The M88 clearly shows the influence of stock styling from manufacturers such as Anschutz. Unlike the older M70's the M88 has dovetail grooves. From photos of what I understand is an M88 barreled action, it has two action screws, fore and aft of the trigger, whereas the M70-style rifles had one action screw behind the trigger and a barrel lug. The M88 was presumably made beginning around 1988 (S&L designated model numbers approximately by year, I believe); the last M88 was made on December 14, 1992 with a serial number of 28230.
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Excellent info and thank you. :)

I saw something on top of the receiver in the photos up under the rear sights that looked.... Different. Not sure what that thing is....

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Loose-Cannon said:
Excellent info and thank you. :)

I saw something on top of the receiver in the photos up under the rear sights that looked.... Different. Not sure what that thing is....
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That's bolt release. Put your finger under the rear sight and push it to the right and swing it out toward the bolt. Then you can remove the bolt. Pretty nifty. Mine has a spring loaded button, push it in with a small screwdriver and then I can remove the bolt.
 
The bolt on my M70 has nothing to impede bolt extraction, so I guess it's missing something. But I don't miss it at all and don't find it a problem.
A great way to spend some time on the range; single shot .22 to get your shooting skills from getting rusty and not breaking the bank doing it.
Another Tradex find that cleaned up nicely;

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Now I'll have to keep my eyes open for another S&L like yours! Nice......
 

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Excellent info and thank you. :)

I saw something on top of the receiver in the photos up under the rear sights that looked.... Different. Not sure what that thing is....

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Yes that "thing" is the bolt stop. The M88 in the photo must be a M70 or M77 that was fitted out to be an M88 as it does not have dovetails. Apparently S&L made some 100% M88's and some that were originally M70's or M88's. Only a small number of full-fledged M88's were ever made.

Here is what I believe is a M88 barreled action


 
Ah, gotcha. I haven't heard/read anything about a grooved receiver until you mentioned it. I'm guessing this is a conversion. No biggie, still an M88

Im noticing in your posted pics the receiver to barrel has a step.... I can't find any other pictures of an m88 with that 'step'.
 
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what does the trigger mechanism look like?
If it is a metal bar that goes from trigger forward but it is thinner in the middle, then it is M58. The metal bar is meant to bend in the thinner area which acts as a spring for the trigger. If the metal bar is thick and consistent in thickness, and at the the end away from trigger there is a pivot with a screw attachment to the barrel and there is a thin long screw behind the trigger, then it is M70 with adjustable trigger. If the trigger is enclosed like the pic above, then it is M77 (the enclosure should be painted black on the M77).
I have one of each, and wish I had the M88 as well....I will continue to dream that one day I shall obtain one.
 
does anyone know if this dove tailed receiver of M88 would fit into M70 stock? I have a suspicion that it may not as M70 has one rear action screw and the other goes into a socket dovetailed into a barrel. The M88 from the pics above look like it may have two action screws. Does anyone know?
 
Loose-Cannon said:
Ah, gotcha. I haven't heard/read anything about a grooved receiver until you mentioned it. I'm guessing this is a conversion. No biggie, still an M88

Im noticing in your posted pics the receiver to barrel has a step.... I can't find any other pictures of an m88 with that 'step'.
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I think the completely original M88's may have had a barrel and/or receiver that are of dimensions that differ from the M70/77 rifles. If you look closely at the bird's eye (overhead) view of the action you can see that on the left side there appears to be something that must be a bolt release lever, something which the older models don't have.
 
Loose-Cannon, let me/us know once you receiver the rifle how the action was fitted in the stock. The stock is definitely M88 and your barreled action appears to be M70 or M77 (the trigger group pic would dispel any uncertainty). I am curious if M88 action can be fitted in M70/M77 stock. If M70 action can be fitted in M88 stock (like your rifle) then I suppose, with some modifications, M88 action could potentially fit in M70 stock.
The protruding element that appears in the left side of the receiver in the pic above could arguably fit in the M70 stock cutout for the peep sight. The M88 has a rail mounted peep. Very cool indeed.
 
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