Strange Winchester

[widnerkj]

Well for my very first post ever on this forum I may as well come up with something pretty good. I need the advice of some barrel suckers older than me. For my birthday two years back my father picked up an old Winchester Model 100 for me. I truly love this little rifle on account of how most of the men in my family have model 88's and mine is somewhat similar. But my delima here is that mine is the post 64 carbine version with the 18" barrel. It'll never be a tack driver, but what accuracy should I be expecting out of this rifle? I've been contemplateing having a good gunsmith put a match heavy barrel on it, but on the same note that would nullify the coolness of this small rifle. Seeing as how any info for this gun gets a little more rare each passing year, all advice and facts are well recieved in this corner.

[Steven Mace]

http://virginiangunshop.com/db4/00364/virginiangunshop.com/_uimages/WinchesterModel100Carbine308.jpg

widnerkj, why not start off with trying to glass bed the stock? This should help relieve any pressure points the stock may have on the barrel. Also, this is much easier & less costly than a new barrel. Just my $0.02.

Steve Mace

P.S. - widnerkj, welcome to The Guns Network! Hope to see more posts from you.

[widnerkj]

Thanks for the advice Steve, like I said it is well recieved in this corner. I was actually talking with my father about doing some form of stock work on it. I'm a little timid about it though on account of it being gas operated. But I'll look into it. It sure is a fun rifle though. With the short barrel it kinda makes my ideal predator calling rifle.

[vit]

Don't do any permanent modifications to your 100, they are getting to be quite a collectors item. Make sure the firing pin recall was taken care of. Most of these that were fitted with a scope had the tip off bases that get loose, ditch them if that is the case. Have a smith check and clean up the crown.

[Rew]

Question, what caliber is it in? ;)

[widnerkj]

It's a .308. Love it. Kinda a cqb rifle being the carbine version. I love the short barreled monster, it's louder than my Savage 110 in 7mm rem mag, but it points really really quickly. The firing pin recall was done shortly after the orig piece broke and stuck in the foreward position, going full auto open bolt style. More punishing than a full auto M14 with a 20 round mag. Scared the crap out of me. It does have the orig scope mount and rings. It had a weaver on it that was older than me, but while I was playing around with a new weaver grandslam on it, my brother put the old one on his new remmington. Win some lose some right. Keep tryin to get the old man to trade me for his m88 though.

I doubt I'll do any perm mods to the rifle. It's just kind of nice the way it is. Maby I'll source another stock and try to make it look nice. (or recoil pad it. on account of the large amount of ammo that I feed through it.)

It's a .308. Love it. Kinda a cqb rifle being the carbine version. I love the short barreled monster, it's louder than my Savage 110 in 7mm rem mag, but it points really really quickly. The firing pin recall was done shortly after the orig piece broke and stuck in the foreward position, going full auto open bolt style. More punishing than a full auto M14 with a 20 round mag. Scared the crap out of me. It does have the orig scope mount and rings. It had a weaver on it that was older than me, but while I was playing around with a new weaver grandslam on it, my brother put the old one on his new remmington. Win some lose some right. Keep tryin to get the old man to trade me for his m88 though.

I doubt I'll do any perm mods to the rifle. It's just kind of nice the way it is. Maby I'll source another stock and try to make it look nice. (or recoil pad it. on account of the large amount of ammo that I feed through it.)

[Rew]

.308, I would not worry a bit about the 18" barrel. Here's one hint, before you glass bed. Remove the action from the stock, put two layer's of masking tape on the area the action is going to press against the wood and reassemble. Tighten the action screw's snug and one half turn toward tight. Disassemble if the tape had impressions, stop reassemble and test fire. If not add one layer of tape. You are temporarily fitting the action to the stock. See is it improves accuracy. ;)

[widnerkj]

Awesome! Thanks for the tips guys. Keep em comin. I'd like to believe that I spend all the time I possibly can learning more about things I don't know. I am so stoked I found this forum. I think I'll try bedding the stock. But first I'm going to source another out just in case.

[vit]

I would be surprised if you found another stock for it.

[SLAMFIRE51]

At first glance, I thought I was looking at an old prototype of a Ruger.

Nice looking Winchester.