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Hey folks, was out shooting yesterday and my model 100 308 doubled on me. I promptly unloaded it and put it away. I know this gun had the recall preformed back in the early 90s. My dad still has the paperwork. What do yall think?

This was my first rifle as a kid. A couple yeas back I stripped her down and refinished her for a new lease on life. Puts factory 150 grain power points in nearly 1 inch at 100.If the shooter can over come the 10 pound trigger the is gritty as a gravel road.

Sounds like it needs a cleaning real bad.

It would be fun if one could tell when it was going to happen.

forgive my ignorance, but how would being dirty cause a double fire?

Stuff in the trigger works as well as the firing pin hole.

have seen a few on some older 22 Winchester rifles but the same thing applies.

They get dirty sometimes and it don't cost much to flush out the works.

clean the trigger assembly

That... - and then checked over by a competent gunsmith..

10-4 Thanks fellas!

Who will then say trash that bastard.

I had the earlier version of the M100, I took it apart to clean it and had to bring it to my gunsmith for reassembly sweet gun , wish i still had it .

That same competent gunsmith... It's the incompetent ones that'll try to fix it..

What's the worst thing about a Winchester 88?



Its looks remind you of a Winchester 100.

The original pamphlet that came with my then brand new model 100 had a warning in there about this problem. \\\it is unique in that it warns the shooter to ensure he has a firm grip on the rifle, the trigger hand. What happens is the recoil from the first round caused the rifle to bump the trigger finger and cause the second round to fire,I know, it happened to me. There is nothing wrong with the rifle.

Jim

Interesting, thanks Jim!

There was a recall on Model 100s that covered issues with the firing pin. Have yours checked.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/winchester-model-100-308-safety-question.436987/

The recall was issued in 1990 and Winchester has since gone under and been resurrected, so I don't know the current status of the recall.

Per the original post, the recall work has been preformed.

Ain't got nothing to do with the firing pin rccall

They kind of remind me of the SKS rifle when a piece of material gets in the firing pin hole and it touches off several rounds at once or maybe all 10 rounds.