Valmet M88 Valmet Hunter Rifle, .308 - Excellent Condition, 4x36 Original Scope

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A rare opportunity to own and shoot Canada's only non-restricted AK platform rifle. These don't show up on the market very often.

The Valmet M78 and M88 Hunter are also named specifically as protected from bans in the regulations. Historical Exemption: The legal carve-out for the Valmet dates back to the early 1990s, when a batch of these rifles was reportedly issued to Indigenous hunters for subsistence hunting.

• All original and unmolested.
• Bright bore with strong rifling.
• Very clean, excellent condition.
• Test fired by current owner. Cycles reliably and accurately with multiple
• 308 and 7.62 loads.

Includes 4x36 original scope and 1 magazine (in excellent condition)

 

[Gundan777]

Is this NR or Prohib? I was under the impression the M88 Hunter wasn’t covered under the exemption.

 

[Thunderhog]

Is this NR or Prohib? I was under the impression the M88 Hunter wasn’t covered under the exemption.

Read the first sentence in the description........

A rare opportunity to own and shoot Canada's only non-restricted AK platform rifle.

 

[kapanak]

Is this NR or Prohib? I was under the impression the M88 Hunter wasn’t covered under the exemption.

As far as I understand it, nobody can tell the difference between the two as the models are not marked on the receiver.
https://www.armalytics.ca/firearm/104638-valmet-m88-hunter
https://www.armalytics.ca/firearm/23247-valmet-hunter
These two firearms are indistinguishable from one another, and yet one has a NR status and the other has prohibited status.
If I understand it correctly, the M88 Hunter is basically just the regular Hunter but imported a bit later in the 80's when Valmet had become Sako.

 

[KotKotofeich]

As far as I understand it, nobody can tell the difference between the two as the models are not marked on the receiver.
https://www.armalytics.ca/firearm/104638-valmet-m88-hunter
https://www.armalytics.ca/firearm/23247-valmet-hunter
These two firearms are indistinguishable from one another, and yet one has a NR status and the other has prohibited status.
If I understand it correctly, the M88 Hunter is basically just the regular Hunter but imported a bit later in the 80's when Valmet had become Sako.

No, they are not indistinguishable. Read the FRT entries at your own links carefully, they describe the features. The prohibited one has a crossbolt safety.