Considering in the original post jharrie stated it was a 243 he is all good..
Rebore Model 100
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Considering in the original post jharrie stated it was a 243 he is all good..
It’s a .243 right now
Don't waste your time trying to make an accurate rifle with a great trigger out of your .243. Hang it on the wall in memory... Take it out once a year and shoot it to remember how bad the trigger is and how lousy it shoots...
... and remember there have been no replacement parts for it for many years...
... and remember there have been no replacement parts for it for many years...
The trigger has lots of creep but I can deal with it. It works good besides needing the recall done, never jams. I’m only asking it to be minute Of deer at 200-250 yards. It’ll never shoot anything further. I’ll Probally only take it out few times a year anyway. Most certainly not to be a papa puncher. I just grabbed a old leupy vx-iii for it today
I was doing some reading and I think I’m going to go with the 338 federal after all.
Just read this thread, it caught my eye cuz it mentions Ron Smith in it. I’ve got a 20yr old Tikka M695 at Ron’s right now for a rebarrel. I dealt with him several years ago when I brought a 338 Sako in for a rebarrel cuz I could not get it to shoot. He looked at it and said the barrel was still pretty good, took the stock off, saw the previous owner had bedded the barrel 1” past the receiver onto the barrel and said that’s likely your problem. Even removed the bedding from around the barrel, and now it shoots .5MOA. No charge. Really impressed me then, and is why he’s getting my barrel job now.
jharriet, if you’re planning on sending your gun to Ron Smith, make sure you ask him if he wants a set of reloading dies with it or not, I had to make an extra trip (2hrs) to his place to bring them to him. He’ll make the chamber to fit the dies you’ll be using on that round. And get him to true the action to the barrel, and I’ll bet your accuracy will be as good as you can expect, with the trigger you’ve got.
jharriet, if you’re planning on sending your gun to Ron Smith, make sure you ask him if he wants a set of reloading dies with it or not, I had to make an extra trip (2hrs) to his place to bring them to him. He’ll make the chamber to fit the dies you’ll be using on that round. And get him to true the action to the barrel, and I’ll bet your accuracy will be as good as you can expect, with the trigger you’ve got.
We have had a Winchester 100 in the family since the early 60's. It has always worked well "IF" the rifle, magazine (clip) and the ammo is kept clean and lightly oiled. In my hunt camp we had five fellas using 100's for several years. Remington 742's, 760's, and Win. 94's and 100's were by far the most common guns in most Ont hunt camps. None of the mentioned rifles have crisp glass breaking triggers by any stretch of the imagination. The gun was not designed to shoot targets at long distance. It was made to shoot deer etc. bouncing along at warp 2. It is semi auto hunting rifle so the trigger pull reflects that. The rifle gives reasonable accuracy to within min of moose, deer, and bear out to 200 yds.
I would suggest cleaning up your M-100 and enjoying it as is. Don't Bubba the rifle, if you don't like the rifle, sell it to someone who appreciates it for what it is.
I would suggest cleaning up your M-100 and enjoying it as is. Don't Bubba the rifle, if you don't like the rifle, sell it to someone who appreciates it for what it is.
