Wish list item: Win. 100

I decided not to whitelist your link, but I suspect they did not mention the Win 100 slamfire problem.

Lee Roy's Ramblings has an interesting article.

https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun Articles/winchester_model_88_100_info.html

My gun club President had a Win100 and it slamfired. He was able to acquire from the factory the "firing pin fix", and it continued to slamfire. And that is when he got rid of the rifle.

I don't have one, and I don't want an out of production, out of warranty model, with a known design/manufacturing defect.

I heard Boeing is offering two free tickets on the 737 MAX. The plane only crashes when the pitot tube fails, which is only once in a while. Any takers?

mshootnit said:

I don't have one, and I don't want an out of production, out of warranty model, with a known design/manufacturing defect

I guess the whole spirit of the post was that I liked the concept, lines, looks and weight of the rife, but it would be nice if they would re examine it and bring back with upgrades to fix the issues you mentioned. The BAR Mk 3 DBM is fine rifle also. The wood stock version is sold out nearly everywhere though...

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Sorry if I came across too negatively.

I think the Win 100 was the out growth of military rifle developments that Winchester made prior to WW2, and after. The Winchester G30 rifle was a full powered rifle, and then there was the 224 Winchester rifle submitted in the late 50's. And around that time, they submitted the Win 100. And it did not last long, and I don't know why. Maybe too many problems were occurring with reloads and factory ammunition and they threw in the towel.

Factory ammunition is a real problem for Garand shooters, the vast majority of the stuff on the market is for bolt guns, not Garands, and new shooters don't know that, and get upset when their Garand malfunctions. I remember Ruger had a 308 semi auto they were going to introduce, and they walked away from the project. And I don't know why either.

Winchester is not the company it was in the 1940's or 1950's, it is basically a brand name that has been bought and sold. I am upset with them for not offering a ten round magazine for their box fed M70's. So I have very little belief that Winchester is going to spend any time or money on a lightweight semi auto in a full power cartridge. With all the AR10 type rifles, I wonder what company sees a market in lightweight semi auto hunting rifles. US hunting and hunters are fading away. Have you heard the joke, "What is the average age of a hunter?" Answer: "Deceased"!.

My father acquired a Winchester Model 100 in .308 around 1970. I remember it as being from K-Mart, but now that sounds strange. It was never reliable - it would simply fail to fire when the trigger was pulled. This was despite trips to a gunsmith and the factory. My dad claimed he liked it "because it gave the deer a fair chance."

Killed my first Michigan whitetail with one chambered in .308 back in 1964. Wish I still had it but traded it for a 1957 Chevy ?... No, an oil-burning, 6 cylinder, station wagon.

SwampWolf said:

led my first Michigan whitetail with one chambered in .308 back in 1964

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That's quite the coincidence. I killed my first Idaho mule deer with a Model 100 (also chambered in .308) just one year before that - in 1963. A lot of Idaho mule deer and a few Idaho elk fell to my Model 100 in the following years, except during the years 1968 thru 1971 when Uncle Sam made me live somewhere else.
Anyway, I still have it, and I guess it still works. I haven't used it in a while, but I did have the firing pin replaced sometime back in the '80s.

I just don't see the market, the need to get off rapid fire shots is greatly over rated for hunting purposes . Serious hunters are all using bolt guns for good reason even in thick woods. They are simpler, lighter, more rugged, more reliable, more accurate, and can be built cheaper. A top of the line bolt gun from any of the major manufacturers will cost less and do more than you could ever do with any semi. Remington no longer makes the 7400 series and I don't know how much longer Browning can justify producing the BAR.

Lever action and even single shots have a pretty decent following among guys for the historical and nostalgic purposes. And there are is a small group of guys who choose the modern sporting rifle concept for hunting.

The semi-auto hunting rifles have never had enough of a following to create much history. Most of them have had reliability and accuracy issues which hurts.

I had a Model 100 in 284 Wincester in the earlier 80s. It was very accurate , when it worked, It never fired a whole magazine without a failure. I remember buying a 10 round magazine for it thinking it was a mag problem, think i was a Colyer mag or something. It worked better than the factory one but would usually choke by the 6th round. I got rid of that rifle in a trade for a worn Savage .303 Model 99 takedown , and my beautiful Colt Police Positve Targe G model in .22 WRF . Talked to the guy later and said he really liked the Model 100, it was real accurate, Flat shooting and he only loaded it with 3 rounds at a time,!

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That's quite the coincidence. I killed my first Idaho mule deer with a Model 100 (also chambered in .308) just one year before that - in 1963. A lot of Idaho mule deer and a few Idaho elk fell to my Model 100 in the following years, except during the years 1968 thru 1971 when Uncle Sam made me live somewhere else.
Anyway, I still have it, and I guess it still works. I haven't used it in a while, but I did have the firing pin replaced sometime back in the '80s.

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308 Norma, enjoyed your post. I am a Winchester fan, hunted several years in North Dakota with my buddy who is native son. Hunted mule deer there, we used lever action rifles, he a Winchester 88 , I think in .308 and I used a Savage Model 99 in .243. Those were the days. I am vet of US Army, missed that Asian War by couple years. Have a good one.

Why would FN bring back a new and improved Model 100 when they already produce the BAR? The BAR is accurate and reliable but still suffers from the same issue as most semi’s, a bad trigger.

Gordon said:

I remember buying a 10 round magazine for it thinking it was a mag problem, think i was a Colyer mag or something.

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That's interesting. I know after-market, extended magazines were made for Remington Models 760 and (I think) 742s, but I never heard of them being made for Winchester Model 100s. That being the case, I wonder if they were also made for Winchester Model 88 rifles?

They took the same magazine, it was 35 years ago.

Here is one on ebay , the one I had I guess, a mere $199 ! And yes it fits both. Sarco and other has the stand capacity one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Winche...pacity-Magazine-7rnd-284-Caliber/174175295645

Here is a 10 shot for .243 or .308 that sold. So YES they did make them
https://www.gunauction.com/buy/6120608