Winchester 101 fires both barrels at once

mpolk · August 28, 2011, 07:46 AM

My Winchester 101 fires both barrels at once. Not loaded, it works correctly when dry fired, but fires both barrel at once when loaded. Any ideas?

zippy13 · August 28, 2011, 11:33 AM

Sounds like the second sear isn't fully engaged. It's okay when dry fired but slips under recoil. It could be a broken part, tired spring or a bit of gunk. Have you given it a good cleaning? Or, on the other hand, did you just clean it… I had a minute bit of rag lint get in a sear and become bothersome.

TheKlawMan · August 28, 2011, 04:55 PM

Worse than rag lint. I made the mistake of cleaining with a paper shop towel until I saw it leafing bits of rag like paper under a shell stop.

mpolk · August 28, 2011, 06:29 PM

Its my brother-in-laws and I haven't gotten it yet to look at. He said that he had it cleaned and looked at, but it still is doing it. I was just wondering if it was a common issue or not.

Jeremiah/Az · August 29, 2011, 01:31 AM

Not normal @ all. Get it to a gunsmith ASAP.

Rifleman1776 · August 29, 2011, 08:20 AM

The ATF could define that as a machine gun. Get it repaired immediately.

August 28, 2011, 07:46 AM	#1
mpolk Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2009 Location: Waco, Texas Posts: 111	Winchester 101 fires both barrels at once My Winchester 101 fires both barrels at once. Not loaded, it works correctly when dry fired, but fires both barrel at once when loaded. Any ideas? __________________ "A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again." Mike: aka FFLMike Greenlawn Sports

August 28, 2011, 06:29 PM	#4
mpolk Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2009 Location: Waco, Texas Posts: 111	Its my brother-in-laws and I haven't gotten it yet to look at. He said that he had it cleaned and looked at, but it still is doing it. I was just wondering if it was a common issue or not. __________________ "A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again." Mike: aka FFLMike Greenlawn Sports

August 28, 2011, 11:33 AM	#2
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Sounds like the second sear isn't fully engaged. It's okay when dry fired but slips under recoil. It could be a broken part, tired spring or a bit of gunk. Have you given it a good cleaning? Or, on the other hand, did you just clean it… I had a minute bit of rag lint get in a sear and become bothersome.

August 28, 2011, 04:55 PM	#3
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	Worse than rag lint. I made the mistake of cleaining with a paper shop towel until I saw it leafing bits of rag like paper under a shell stop.

August 29, 2011, 01:31 AM	#5
Jeremiah/Az Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Location: Az. Posts: 509	Not normal @ all. Get it to a gunsmith ASAP.

August 29, 2011, 08:20 AM	#6
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,309	The ATF could define that as a machine gun. Get it repaired immediately.