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Post by logjam on Feb 9, 2009 19:51:18 GMT -5
I hear very little mentioned about this rifle. Mine is a 308. It handles better than an M-14 or an M-1 Garand. The 308 is fine and shooting off of the open sights seems fine.
The rifle has a rep for shooting around corners. Mine shoots fine.
When this rifle came out, it was all the rage, and then it rapidly fell from glory. Why? It's a handly little semi-auto and they aren't very expensive. Hard to find extra magazines. I've never been able to find one.
What's wrong with this rifle? Why isn't it more popular?
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Post by applegrower on Feb 12, 2009 18:00:44 GMT -5
I agree 100%, I've had one for 6 or 7 years and think that its a great gun. I actually shot a bear in the orchard last year with it. They had a recall on these because of an issue with the firing pin, and I expect this created some bad PR. As with any gun they needed to be kept half ways clean, and apparently more than one had the stock broken during a cleaning attempt when the owner didnt realize the bolt had to be retracted in order to get the stock off, and tried to pry the action out of the stock. So this spawned all sorts of comments about having a weak stock, etc. Mine came with an extra mag, but I have seen them occasionally on aution sites in the $40 range if I recall. Same mag as the Model 88 lever action, but you probably knew that anyway. Model 100's going for $450 -500 up here in eastern Canada, with the Model 88's about $50 more. I think I paid $400 for mine (with cheap scope)which is excellent condition.
Larry
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Post by logjam on Feb 13, 2009 17:44:27 GMT -5
applegrower.
I too have found that I can't get the stock off, but I don't try to hard, nor did I try to pry it off. I knew that if it didn't come off I was doing something wrong. I do recall the firing pin problem, when I bought mine the fellow said that the firing pin had been taken care of.
I'll retract the bolt and try again on the stock. I'd like the clean the gas cylinder. I guess it has one. I paid about $200 for mine, ten years ago, in Northern Calif.
No one writes about them. I recall the hype when they came out. They were supposed to be fantastic. That's what they said about the Model 59 shotgun too. Which came out at about the same time. Neither gun sold well. I have both. I like older quirky guns I guess. Not to mention that they weren't expensive. That helped.
You are correct, when you go to a gun show and see a Win M100 everyone turns up their nose and rolls their eyes. "Bad, gun" they say. Well, I like mine. It's handy and it comes up quick. It's handier than any of the military rifles of the same caliber.
LJ
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Post by tnrifleman on Feb 13, 2009 18:05:14 GMT -5
Logjam,
A friend of mine who was a real woodsman used a Model 100 in 308 for years. He really liked that rifle and killed many deer with it through the years. He passed away a few years ago. I've always liked the 100 and I have a Model 88 that is a fine rifle. Brownell's has the magazines for these rifles.
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Post by applegrower on Feb 15, 2009 20:28:34 GMT -5
They made a carbine version of the Model 100 which was a really quick handling little gun. I handled one a few years ago but have never had the opportunity to pick one up since. For any Canadians who are interested, Elwood Epps Ltd. in Ontario has at least six of these listed for sale on their web site. All are the rifle version with the long barrel, some pre-64's with the cut checkering and some of the later ones (like mine) with the basket weave checkering. For some reason I dont find the basket weave as offensive as it is on some guns...
Larry
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Post by tnrifleman on Feb 18, 2009 8:46:02 GMT -5
Applegrower,
My Model 88 is a post '64 and has the basket weave checkering. Like you, I don't find it offensive, and as good as this rifle shoots, I'd live with it anyway...
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Post by blackdog on Dec 18, 2010 2:18:40 GMT -5
I have a model 88 I bought new in'62. When I picked it up and looked down the sights it fit and felt better than any gun I had ever handled. My fondness for it led me to buy a couple 100's in the last few years now that I am able to scratch the itch. The 88 is a 308 which is my favorite caliber. The 100s are 308 and 284. The 308 is a carbine and I'm really liking it. I've always liked carbines for the ease of handling. The carbines were produced without checkering. If it had a hi-cap mag it would be a great battle rifle. The magazines interchange between the 88 and 100 but the 88 mag doesn't have the hold open notch on the follower. This 100 carbine has been hunted with heavily to the point the lands are not prominent but it still shoots great!
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Post by 351winchester on Apr 26, 2016 18:47:20 GMT -5
I remember you could buy the 100 or the 88 at JM Fields (long since out of business). Those were the days.
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