Model 88 ... where will it end?

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:44 pm

I'd love to have one, but I thought $3500 was a lot for a 358. My problem is that I'd have to shoot it once I had it in my hands. Some collector is going to stuff this poor thing in his safe.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =136967476

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:58 pm

Thankfully, it does nothing for me.

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:57 pm

It doesn't do anything for me either....I can buy a whole bunch of other leverguns for $6700.00. AND a safe to put them in....LOL!!! Thanks, Tom

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:17 am

I would like it, but its going to be for sale for a long time at that price.....

-Tutt

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:31 am

CowboyTutt wrote:I would like it, but its going to be for sale for a long time at that price.....

-Tutt

AMEN BROTHER TUTT!!!!!

Granted it was a number of years ago, and a .308 Win, IIRC, but the last Model 88 i saw was priced way, under $1,000.00. I believe it was around $600.00.

Seems to me that some one has been hitting the jug while playing on GunBroker.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:33 am

what a knucklehead!

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:41 am

Doc Hudson wrote:Seems to me that some one has been hitting the jug while playing on GunBroker.

Or more likely "Honey, I TRIED to sell it but no one wants it so I guess I'll have to keep it..."

GoatGuy · Post by **GoatGuy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:52 am

At that price, you would think at least he could eat the 3% credit card fee!

SJPrice · Post by **SJPrice** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:58 am

for $6,900 you would think the butt plate would fit better

roughing it · Post by **roughing it** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:18 am

Cherrys has a Winchester model 88 358 caliber with scope in 98% condition for $2995.
http://www.cherrys.com/longguns.htm

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:01 pm

Not that I am interested in 88's. However, how many would you guess are 50 years old and NIB? If someone's gotta have it, perhaps he will get his price. I am hopeful some of the NIBers I've set back for my 'retirement' will bring such money.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:10 pm

Or more likely "Honey, I TRIED to sell it but no one wants it so I guess I'll have to keep it..."

I've been fortunate enough to have kept a few with that very same M.O.

I am hopeful some of the NIBers I've set back for my 'retirement' will bring such money.

They just might. But with the way things are headed, and if you're lucky, it might get you a full tank of gas and weeks worth of groceries.

TNBigBore · Post by **TNBigBore** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:37 pm

I know that 88s in 358 are rare, but come on.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:29 pm

The seller is doing what Americans do best........capitalizing

He is currently "fishing" and like P.T.Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute", so some dude who just hit the lottery who just has to have it will think nothing of forking over the bucks.

You know, don't we all do it with items we can afford? Primers for $40 a thou.-----powder for $30 a lb.-------gas for $4.50 a gallon

I used to run across those Model 88's in .358 from time to time. $7-800

Could have had the rarest of them all---.284 in carbine form for $1200 about 3 years ago. Oh well, back to work----------Sixgun

Gun Smith · Post by **Gun Smith** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:09 pm

Even at $40.00 for primers and $30.00 for powder, reloading is still a very inexpensive hobby, providing you don't shoot 10,000 rounds per month.

Bang · Post by **Bang** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:59 am

I bet it still has a horrible creepy trigger from NIB.

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:06 am

"They just might. But with the way things are headed, and if you're lucky, it might get you a full tank of gas and weeks worth of groceries."

Sounds just about correct for the luck I have!!

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:22 pm

awp101 wrote:
Doc Hudson wrote:Seems to me that some one has been hitting the jug while playing on GunBroker.
Or more likely "Honey, I TRIED to sell it but no one wants it so I guess I'll have to keep it..."

I am convinced that many such auctions are exactly that. Priced so high that if it did sell it would provide enough for more guns without the wife's knowledge but also so that if it doesn't sell he can say, "but honey, I tried."

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:01 pm

Saw a Model 88 new-in-box today at the Leesport, Pa. show. Caliber .308---era 1969----$2195

-----------------------Sixgun

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:24 pm

Sixgun wrote:Saw a Model 88 new-in-box today at the Leesport, Pa. show. Caliber .308---era 1969----$2195 -----------------------Sixgun

Must be the NIB factor. Around here you couldn't swing a dead cat around a used gun rack without hitting a couple of 88's in 308. And really ... what else are you going to do with a dead cat anyway.

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