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Had one in .284. Loved the way it looked/felt but it was the most inaccurate rifle I have ever fired. Would not keep three on a paper plate at 100. I think you'd have had a hard time trying to commit suicide with it. I never fired a m100 semi-auto, but Winchester's similar looking lever action m88 was a good solid rifle, and the one I fired was pretty accurate. At least accurate enough I could guarantee a guy wouldn't have trouble shooting himself with it
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I just sold 2 Winchester 100's. One a 308 and the other a pre 64 Winchester 284. I was very satisfied with both of them.
Both were reliable and capable of reliably shooting between a 1 and 1 1/2 inch groups if I did my part. I owned them for probably 20 years and neither ever jammed or failed to fire. The triggers weren't great, but not hard to get used to. I replaced the firing pins on both with the new pins supplied by Winchester.
The only reason I got rid of them was I haven't hunted with either of them in several years. I'd buy one tomorrow, if I ran across a good one in 358 Winchester.
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I just sold 2 Winchester 100's. One a 308 and the other a pre 64 Winchester 284. I was very satisfied with both of them.
Both were reliable and capable of reliably shooting between a 1 and 1 1/2 inch groups if I did my part. I owned them for probably 20 years and neither ever jammed or failed to fire. The triggers weren't great, but not hard to get used to. I replaced the firing pins on both with the new pins supplied by Winchester.
The only reason I got rid of them was I haven't hunted with either of them in several years. I'd buy one tomorrow, if I ran across a good one in 358 Winchester. Since Winchester only cataloged the Model 100s in 243, 284, and 308, finding one chambered in 358 would be a rare bird indeed.
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I bought one new in about 1965. It was in 308. Very nice rifle. Back in those days I would get the bug for something else.
That meant something had to go down the road for me to afford the new toy. Hasbeen
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I just sold 2 Winchester 100's. One a 308 and the other a pre 64 Winchester 284. I was very satisfied with both of them.
Both were reliable and capable of reliably shooting between a 1 and 1 1/2 inch groups if I did my part. I owned them for probably 20 years and neither ever jammed or failed to fire. The triggers weren't great, but not hard to get used to. I replaced the firing pins on both with the new pins supplied by Winchester.
The only reason I got rid of them was I haven't hunted with either of them in several years. I'd buy one tomorrow, if I ran across a good one in 358 Winchester. Since Winchester only cataloged the Model 100s in 243, 284, and 308, finding one chambered in 358 would be a rare bird indeed. You are right. I was thinking about the 88... I'm old enough to have a brain phart every now and then and that was my latest one.
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I just sold 2 Winchester 100's. One a 308 and the other a pre 64 Winchester 284. I was very satisfied with both of them.
Both were reliable and capable of reliably shooting between a 1 and 1 1/2 inch groups if I did my part. I owned them for probably 20 years and neither ever jammed or failed to fire. The triggers weren't great, but not hard to get used to. I replaced the firing pins on both with the new pins supplied by Winchester.
The only reason I got rid of them was I haven't hunted with either of them in several years. I'd buy one tomorrow, if I ran across a good one in 358 Winchester. Since Winchester only cataloged the Model 100s in 243, 284, and 308, finding one chambered in 358 would be a rare bird indeed. You are right. I was thinking about the 88... I'm old enough to have a brain phart every now and then and that was my latest one. I have the write things down or I'll forget them in record time, so I go through a lot of $0.35 notebooks and pencil lead.
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If you like the Winchester 100, take a look at the Winchester 490, too.
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I had the carbine and gunned a few deer with it back when we all had to have a 742 or a 100 to shoot deer with. It worked okay if I kept it really clean, but that mushy trigger finally got me to take it to a local bubba gunsmith who reworked it so that it shot twice with every trigger pull. Not wanting to double tap deer he refixed it and I sold it for a nicer one and done bolt action. As a youth, run and gun deer hunting with a semi-auto was more attractive than it is today.
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I bet there is a bunch here that have a lot of knowledge of Winchester 100s
I am not that familiar with them and I was in a local shop and there was one in 308. To me it felt light and felt good when I pulled it up. Are the dependable? Accurate?
I am just curious I would sure like to shoot one
Thanks Hank Let that one go... Trust me. I agree. You have probably worked on many of them and have seen all the issues I've listed in a previous post. If one were just wanting to collect one and maybe shoot it every once in a while, just to say they have, it wouldn't be bad. However, I would not buy one for more than $350 (and yes, I have seen them at that price last year: A member of my club had a nice pair of them at our clubs gunshow) and that would also be one made from '61-63. I'm thinking guys that have never had issues with one, just don't shoot much. That seems to be coming out more and more lately. Just how I see it. YMMV.. That's $349 more than I'd spend... 
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If you like the Winchester 100, take a look at the Winchester 490, too.
bruce Agreed, the Model 490 is the perfect understudy for a Model 100.
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I had just one. It was chambered 284. The brass was hard to come by and finding brass I fired was time consuming.
The trigger was mushy. A friend would tickle the trigger and often get double fires. I didn’t have that problem. But I let it go. There were nice things about that rifle, it was quick to point for instance.
But weighing the yeahs and nays - for me - I won’t be looking for another.
I prefer classic.
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