Winchester Model 63 - 03/05/23
Traded into this good condition Model 63, recently:
Fascinating mechanism. It actually flings the round from the tubular magazine directly into the chamber before the breechblock can close on it. That’s really something worth seeing.
I had one of them during my juvenile delinquency period in the mid-‘60s. I figured out that the fire control system is the same as in the M1 Carbine (it may have even inspired the Carbine’s design). So, I made a tiny drop-in part to go between the trigger and the floating sear/disconnector which converted the little dickens to full-auto. As best I could determine, it cycled at about 600 rounds per minute. I even made a wooden bipod for it, too, sorta like the bipod for the M16. A three round burst of hollow points could sure do a number on a plump California ground squirrel, I can tell you. A handy feature was the 63’s quick, easy take down. If the federales came over the ridge to investigate the source of the noise, I could have that 63 apart, with the offending itty bitty part into the dirt and stepped on before they could reach me. “Yea, I know, officer. Musta been some kinda dirt in there. Think maybe I got it cleaned out. Seems okay now, though. Wanna try it?”
Fascinating mechanism. It actually flings the round from the tubular magazine directly into the chamber before the breechblock can close on it. That’s really something worth seeing.
I had one of them during my juvenile delinquency period in the mid-‘60s. I figured out that the fire control system is the same as in the M1 Carbine (it may have even inspired the Carbine’s design). So, I made a tiny drop-in part to go between the trigger and the floating sear/disconnector which converted the little dickens to full-auto. As best I could determine, it cycled at about 600 rounds per minute. I even made a wooden bipod for it, too, sorta like the bipod for the M16. A three round burst of hollow points could sure do a number on a plump California ground squirrel, I can tell you. A handy feature was the 63’s quick, easy take down. If the federales came over the ridge to investigate the source of the noise, I could have that 63 apart, with the offending itty bitty part into the dirt and stepped on before they could reach me. “Yea, I know, officer. Musta been some kinda dirt in there. Think maybe I got it cleaned out. Seems okay now, though. Wanna try it?”