1956 Custom Winchester Model 88 .308 Win 22” Barrel Short Throw Lever Action

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Winchester Model 88
Place of origin United States
Production history Produced 1955–1973
No. built Approximately 284,000
Specifications
Mass 6.53 lb (2.96 kg)[41]
Length 42.1 in (1,070 mm)[41]
Barrel length 22 in (560 mm)[41]
Cartridge
.243 Winchester
.284 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.358 Winchester
Feed system Four detachable box magazine

Introduced in 1955, 60 years after Winchester's last all-new lever-action design, the Model 88 was unlike any previous lever-action. A short-throw lever operated a three-lug rotating bolt and rounds were fed vertically from a detachable box magazine: in effect, it was lever-operated bolt action. These features in a lever-action permitted the use of high-powered modern short-case cartridges with spitzer bullets: .243 Winchester, .284 Winchester, .308 Winchester (essentially 7.62x51mm NATO), and .358 Winchester. The Model 88 was discontinued in 1973 and is the third best-selling lever-action rifle in Winchester's history, following only the M1894 and M1892. The later Sako Finnwolf and Browning BLR have similar actions. The Model 88 Carbine was offered with a 19-inch (48 cm) barrel.

The rifle had a steady run; some 280,000-plus copies were made from 1955 until its discontinuance in 1973. Hands-down favorite was the .308 Win. at 110,289 rifles made. Second in popularity was the .243 Win. with 74,294 produced. The 358 Win. edged out the .284 Win. with 35,636 vs. 35,330 rifles made respectively. In all, just 28,330 Model 88s were produced as carbines.

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