Thank you for your comments. I am sort of Mauser oriented and have "several" as some of you well know.
I only have one take down and thats a 71 Mauser shotgun - quite a nice old gun actually. So I've been gathering up the pieces for a 98 style take down, so far I have a 22H series receiver and bottom metal DSTs and all, an octagon to round Oberndorf barrel, bolt, a couple of 22H stocks to choose from etc. I like the switch barrel idea the most but I've not discounted other methods.
The point I was making about the 88 was that it is basically a take down already, good rifles IMHO.
--- John