Win Model 100

I recall that taking it apart and reassembly is different from most rifles, you might study a manual or talk to someone before attempting that unless you are mechanically inclined and have a well lit work area.

A buddy had a carbine that I worked up loads for in the 70s. It would touch holes with 150 gr. Hornady spire points. The only problem he ever had was keeping the action clean. If not clean, the bolt lugs wouldn't completely lock up and it would go click instead of bang.

Don't dry fire it and you won't have to worry about the firing pin.

rc

Spent primers do not protect the firing pin after the first snap or two beats them out too deep to stop the firing pin from bottoming out steel on steel in the bolt.

Buy Snap-Caps.

Or don't do it a tall.

rc

What recall is it?

order 2 of the new pins for spares

Mine liked 150 grain bullets. I sold it in the early 80s but is was 1.5" accurate with good loads. Winchester Silvertips of the day were it for hunting and it allways was reliable.

it would go click instead of bang

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Actually, the recall fix is to keep it from going bang when it should go click. If the firing pen breaks, it can protrude in front of the bolt, which can then cause an unintended discharge when the bolt closes on a live round.

They are beautiful rifles, I was lucky to find one LN in .308 several years ago, I would love to have one in .284. Congrats on your find!!

Its amazing that they are still running a recall program for a rifle that has been out of production for decades and the company has ceased to be except in name.

Its amazing that they are still running a recall program for a rifle that has been out of production for decades and the company has ceased to be except in name.

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That's true, but it is a very dangerous condition, probably more so than the Rem 700 situation.

I did my own 100 recall swap after they sent me the part. I didnt know why mine was going click instead of bang and the trigger was a little mushy so down the road it went. I wish i knew why it would fail to fire occasionally.

I have two of them that also fail to fire on occasion.
I was told by one of my gunny friends that there is an additional pin that I need to check.
The way he described it, this pin is somewhere in the bolt assembly and that it will fall out during regular operation of the rifle. When it does fall out, the bolt will sometimes not fully close and fail to fire.

I have been looking for mention of this... Anyone else ever hear of it??

I need to get him to point it out to me, I guess.

My father had a Model 100 in .308 Winchester and harvested many deer with it. On dad's passing I inherited it. When dad was still with us he wanted to go to Montana with our little group and he wanted to take the Model 100. He had not been to the North Woods hunting deer in years and the rifle had not been shot in over20 years. We took the rifle to a friends range to checked the sights. We had quite the discussion about how much recoil there was with this gun and I thought you put three rounds in the magazine ... twice! Well, to make a long story short, unbeknownst to either of us, Winchester had a recall on the firing pin and this rifle needed the work done as there were two small piles of empty brass about three feet away from the shooting bench after only two pulls of the trigger!

Needless to say, we found out about the recall information when we took the rifle to the gunsmith for repair. The rifle was sent in and returned and no problems have existed since.

These really are nice rifles and if you are lucky enough to find one, the Model 490 is a .22 rimfire look alike. You will like the Model 100.

The firing pin parts looked crystalized. I have seen similar things in truck axles that had broken.

Thank you for starting this thread and thank you to the others about posting about the recall. My Dad has a Winchester 100 that has not be shot in years. I think I have only had part of a box of ammo fired through it.

Where can I find the disassembly instructions for it as I would like to replace the firing pin also?

Here's a vid: Win 100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJS8_XVfB_s