You know how you get really attached to a firearm for a while, then it just sits in the back of the safe? You know it's a great gun, as they all are, but you just don't have a NEED for it....
Thus is the case of my model 100 winchester. Built in 1966, and chambered in the mighty .308, this speedy autoloader is a great gun, but just does not fill the niche it did a few years ago.

A little history of the rifle:
I found it in the back of a used gun rack, beat up, but still in good condition. the wood was for XXXX, and the metal very dirty. I took her home, and cleaned her up. Thirsty for info on my new find, i happened upon BEARTOOTH bullets, a website full of info, and what do you know, a few gents were discussing the recall on the model 100. I contacted Winchester, they sent out the parts and my gunsmith repaired the recall problem. The Original Weaver Scope and rings came off, and was sent to Weaver in El Paso for a reconditioning and a new set of lenses with a nitrogen recharge. I refinished the wood, only because this preyy rifle deserved better than "muddy" wood. Now I have this pristine rifle, that I do not use.

That brings me to the point of this rather windy post. Please view the pictures, supplied via a link below, and tell me your honest opinion of what I should ask for her.

my Win 100 (http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=4042652&uid=682422&members=1)

She's a real beauty, but I think she need a new home. Thanks for your advice in advance.


best,

Chris! ;)

You will regret it. Keep it. 'Nuff said. Sean

You will regret it. Keep it. 'Nuff said. Sean
M14,
Take the advise of someone who has been there and done that.
Unless you are in dire need of ready cash,DO NOT SELL!
I have sold a couple of guns,because I was strapped for cash on each occasion.I wish that I had them back;but that is part of Life.I would sell one of my guns tomorrow,if I need to.
But I sold a very fine Springfield Mark 1,that I bought from the DCM for 15 dollars.I liked it a lot,but no longer needed it,because I just bought my Springfield Krag.
Frank

None of my business but I'll ask anyways, "Why don't you want to hunt with this rifle"? I've owned a couple semi-auto .308 rifles and have found them to be quite useful for elk.

Including scope and mounts, you should not accept less than $375. But I'd advertise for $399.
TR

None of my business but I'll ask anyways, "Why don't you want to hunt with this rifle"? I've owned a couple semi-auto .308 rifles and have found them to be quite useful for elk.

Including scope and mounts, you should not accept less than $375. But I'd advertise for $399.
TR


"Why don't you want to hunt with this rifle"?

Mostly because in the Northeast where I hunt, [VT,NH,ME,PA] it's more adventagous to use my levers. [30-30, 45colt, 38-55 and now my 35rem]. More times than not in the NE, your shot is less than 80 yards, and the scope is too much. Yes, I've thought of taking the scope off, and going irons...
:mad: NJ is a shotgun only state :mad:
And with the population in this state, your either encroaching on housing during a hunt, or tripping over another hunter, or chasing a deer that my lab is bigger than.

It's not that I need to sell it, I just have another itch that I need to scratch. It's not a big itch, just one of those annoying skeeter itches... :D

I had thought an asking price of $425, and i know it's on the high side, but the gun is mint. Maybe I'm startin high just to talk myself out of sellin. Thanks to all for your advise, and I'm always willin to hear more!!

chris~

Personally I would never sell a gun unless it were a bad shooter. When I am too old to shoot them, my kids will get them. Do you think you could get another like it for anywhere close to the same $.

Personally I would never sell a gun unless it were a bad shooter. When I am too old to shoot them, my kids will get them. Do you think you could get another like it for anywhere close to the same $.

No, I could NOT replace it for the same money, nor could I get one in the same shape. The only thing that could replace it would be a Browning BAR, but why re-invent the wheel, or replace good with good. Rem. has the 7400, but I believe that is '06...only that ugly new police carbine is 308.

I think you guys are talkin' me out of it.

Doesn't eat...sing Broadway show tunes (off key) in the shower...borrow your car...or tease the dog...why not let it live thee for a bit longer?

Admit, if you know you won't shoot it, it has no real use in your safe and could be sold off. Some of us have this urge once in awhile to "thin the herd"..usually about the time you're trying to get 16 rifles in an 10 rifle safe.

words of wisdom from Ribbonstone :cool:

Thinning the herd is kinda what I'm after. Getting rid of 8 of someting that are just OK, to get perhaps 2 of something else that are outstanding.[just an example]

16 guns in a 10 gun safe....hahahaha...I'm on my second 16 gun safe, plus a gun cabinet for my levers :eek:

.308's are my sickness. They just fascinate me, any variation and flavor.

I can understand what you want to do (trading 8 for 2). I sold five guns last year. They were guns that I did not or could not use anymore, I do not regret selling them. I did not have to ask others if I should sell them. My point being you asked if you should sell this rifle, which says to me that you'd rather not. So don't if you are thinning the herd and there are others you are selling that you don't need to ask our opinion on, then those are ones you won't regret selling. Sean

words of wisdom from Ribbonstone :cool:

Thinning the herd is kinda what I'm after. Getting rid of 8 of someting that are just OK, to get perhaps 2 of something else that are outstanding.[just an example]

16 guns in a 10 gun safe....hahahaha...I'm on my second 16 gun safe, plus a gun cabinet for my levers :eek:

.308's are my sickness. They just fascinate me, any variation and flavor.
M14,
I'm begining to understand your plan,now.
You are not really selling;you're trading up for something better.The key to not regretting this is;actually using the new gun more then you had used the old one.
If you wind up not using the new one either,you will not be happy.
Frank

Yep...ran out of room to store them (like you, a two safe family). Keep adopting old beat up, wounded ones, having fun nursing them back to health...but then find it hard to release them back into the wild.

If I was to sell this gun, I plan to replace it with yet another M1a. I will be building an M21 with the next one.
It's a matter of wants not needs, because if I was to hunt with a .308, I'd just use mt lefty 700bdl.

If I was to sell this gun, I plan to replace it with yet another M1a. I will be building an M21 with the next one.
It's a matter of wants not needs, because if I was to hunt with a .308, I'd just use mt lefty 700bdl.

What you get for it is not going to get you a lot closer to that M1a you desire and when your M1 is done - I suspect you will regret it.

I have dozens of guns that I haven't shot in years, some I have never shot. The mere thought of getting rid of any of them is blasphemy. Even though the safe is out of room, I will get another safe long before I sell anything that still works. If it shoots good or has some other intrinsic value that makes keeping it worthwhile, never, ever sell. As the others have said, you will regret it.

Here is what you do: sell your Winchester for a fair price and put that money aside for an axis deer hunt in Florida. Suwannee River Ranch and Brady Ranch offer plenty of animals in a wild environment. In other words, not a penned hunt at all.

Use your Winchester capital to pay for part of an adventure and wall trophy. Combine the axis deer hunt with a family vacation and you'll win both ways.
TR

Get another safe - they help hold the floor down in case of a tornado. ;)

Guns I've gotten rid of don't bother me at all -- they are few and far between. Make it three in the last 43 years, two of which were trades.

That one looks too nice to get rid of.

To redirect your inquiry to the original posting -

In this area, you will see them listed in the local papers starting a $400. Don't know what they finally end up going for. The Mod 88's and 100's are sorta sought after items at the local gun shows.

I thought that a good place to start, meaning that monitary range.

Thanks to all who have answered so far. i do appreciate your wisdom and comments.
I guess it is time for me to make a decision, sell to someone who can appreciate it, or wipe it down and put it back up.

Be well guys,

chris~