WINCHESTER MODEL 100 in .284 Win.
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Cleftwynd, your action and barrel may be 1963 but your stock is a post 64 identified by the basket weave pattern. Yours may be one of the first post 64's out the door and they mated the new stock with pre 64 metal that was on hand. Over the years I have had dozens of M-100's apart. The basics of the metal never changed much from pre to post 64. The only change I can recall is the pre 64 had some stainless steel parts in the gas system. To save money post 64 they changed some of those parts to steel and there prone to rusting and seizing the gun up, as when the parts rust together you can not get the action open. Which means you can not even get the action back far enough to release the action from the stock. Out comes the penetrating oil.
The rifle will be posted in Exchange Forum next week (Pending Offer). Thanks for all the input fellas, I'm just not that into semi-automatic anymore. Im going back to the basics of bolt action (Remington 700 tac-AAC). Although the Model 100 does look nice beside my pre-64 Model 94 3030. Anyways, thanks again for all the information. It wasn't a waste of time on your part (cause I'm selling), it was extremely helpful.
Took it apart and cleaned it today... Finally. It was easy to disassemble, the reassemble was a tad more difficult but she works. The internals were mint, not a spec of rust on any of the parts. They are stainless as well which I was relieved to see. So it's all cleaned up now and ready to shoot.
what is it priced at?
yikes, that's what I feared it would be. I got a PM with that figure that has been offered by someone already. No sale for some reason, I guess. Too rich for me!
I did some research on the rifle and most .284 M100s are going for around the same. In the states they are crazy expensive. there are 2 .308 M100s here in town and one is going for $775.00, the other 600 and its in rougher shape.
if I was you, I would then have accepted that offer from the dude in Ont.
FYI, you can send the rifle into Long's and Winchester pays for the firing pin update and sends it back to you. If you send Winchester in the U.S. the firing pin they send you a new one and $30 to cover costs. First class for rifles a half century old. The risk with the old firing pin was that it could break and jam in the bolt with the tip protruding. That could cause it to fire out of battery without the trigger being pulled after a first shot. The new ones are slotted and pinned, I assume this prevents a broken pin from jamming that way should it happen and thus prevent firing out of battery.
Personally, even with it's age, lack of parts, etc., if it was a shooter I would have kept it because of the caliber.
Personally, even with it's age, lack of parts, etc., if it was a shooter I would have kept it because of the caliber.
"Going for" or selling price is certainly different than an asking price. I suppose something is worth what somebody is willing to pay for it but I would suspect that very, very few people would pay $775 for a Model 100 in .308 (in any condition). $600 is even high for that caliber based on my experience. So those are hardly reference points. The .284 does command a higher price. It's definitely a cool gun/caliber and harder to find, but not worth more than $700 tops. I've bought/sold many 88s and 100s in different calibers, so just my opinion. Although there's a Model 88 in .358 on the EE for $5000 so maybe I've lost touch with prices over the last couple years!
I would hazard a guess that it's been there for a long time or it will be there for a long time, unless of coarse JP falls in love with it
