Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Winchester 100 is fixed!

A few months ago on this forum, I had responded on a thread about the M100's that my 100 in a 284 Win would not eject the empty cartridges. I had all the internal parts I thought that I could without spending more $$ than I wanted on a gun that, even if I had replaced the $300 part, there were no guarantees it would then operate correctly.

There was a gentleman responded on that thread that he had replaced 2 springs in his rifle with 1 spring that Wolff Springs sold. His rifle was acting the same way as mine was. It couldn't hurt as the spring was only $12 so I ordered it. Bottom line, I just got around to getting it changed out. Took it out today, put 3 rounds in the magazine, loaded 1 of them into the chamber. It cycled the 2 in the magazine perfectly! I am not tickled to death.

My only regret is, I wish I had known of it before I had the chamber polished and the parts changed out. It would be interesting to know if the spring would have fixed it without the other stuff. $12 instead of all the parts changing out. Anyway, if you have a 100 that is not wanting to eject the empties as it should...give it a try. I am including the link.

M100 Recoil Spring Pack

To the gentleman who gave me the key to it working. Many thanks as I was ready to part it out. Thanks, my Friend!

A little chamber polishing is never a bad thing...

On a M100, it's a must..

Point ceded!

The thread title had me thinking acetylene torch.

Not a bad option..

Redneck, I know your affection for the Win 100...

Compared to the Rem 740, which one is mo worser/mo better...?

DF

Thank You. Haven't needed one yet, but sounds like I will.

I hope he chooses the 740 or 742. I'm not a big fan of the 100 as I have had one in all 3 calibers and this is my 2nd 284. I'm just a fan of the 284 Win. This 100 will have to do until I can find an old 77 in it that I can trade into or afford.

I am sure most of the old 100's need the chamber polished. My point was, I had the chamber polished and other things done to but it still would not eject the empty cartridge. I was throwing this out there in case anyone had the same problem and it is a cheap thing to check before having a lot of what could possibly be unnecessary fixes. It certainly seems to have fixed my issue...cheaply.

If you are using handloads in your autoloading rifle, you should probably use small-base dies to size your brass. Having owned a Remington 742 in 308 and handloaded for several others, I know this to be so. Years ago I loaded for a friend who had a 742, and for his father, who also had a 742. His father wouldn't use handloads as he had a problem with them once. He scrubbed the chamber with some sort of plumber's brush as a remedy for jamming. I loaded ammo for him using Remington 180 grain round-nose bullets and polished up the brass. He thought they were factory rounds, and used them with complete satisfaction. The problem wasn't the rifle, it was the brass.

That's like wondering which vacuum sucks better, Hoover or Oreck...


At least the 740/742/7400 et al are easier for the owner to see how to remove the trigger group; two pins and VOILA!.. I could always tell right away when a M100 came in and the owner never figured out how to remove the stock w/o damaging the action.. Geez.. WTH was Winchester thinking?

All I've ever used in the gun is factory ammo.

Smart man...