I really like the Mod.100 Winchester semi-auto's. Personally, I think they're one of the most elegant of the semi's, followed by the Remington, and then the BAR. Though I'm predominately a bolt guy, I like the idea of having the quick follow-up shot for certain occasions so I started looking for a nice semi. I've had several of these Mod.100's pass through my hands and sold them off for one reason or another. I lucked upon my "keeper". I found one that basically had 1 box of ammo through it back in '64, was cleaned and put away and sat in a closet for the next 50 + years. Essentially a new rifle and not even really broken in. It came with the nice oak motif basket weave stock but I personally like the older beefier stock from the earlier models. Granted, they're not as pretty but they are a better fit for my hands and less prone to cracking and damage. I tore the rifle down and indeed, it was almost pristine! I sold the nicer stock at a gun show after I got my older used one. These rifles are finicky in what they like in ammo, but I found an acceptable 150 gr. deer load (1-1/2"-2" @ 100 yds.). The dings and dents in the stock always kind of bugged me, as did the fact that the plastic butt would beat up my old bones, so I decided to cut the butt down, install a recoil pad, and refinish the stock. So my fellow gunnies, here's the result. Comments and/or observations more than welcome.
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