Winchester model 63.....22LR

I have an old Winchester model 63, .22 had been in the family attic for YEARS. For some reason I never thought much about it.

1..I think my Dad got it down and cleaned it once, and didn't do or say much about it.

2..Around high school, I dragged it out one time and it had a cartridge stuck in the chamber. I didn't do much with it.

3..The stock and forearm has some wear dings, as if it's been "banged around."

"Until the internet."

Dragged it out the other night and it simply won't feed the first round, or any other. After looking it over I got on the internet.

I WAS AMAZED

Evidently this is regarded as a very nice little gun, so much so, that it was copied by at least one importer.

(The weapon started out as the 1903, then 63, and was manufactured all those years up until about 1958)

According to the SN it was made around 1941. And of course, like the internet, I was able to find strip down and cleaning diagrams for it, and that will be the very first project

But the end of the magazine follower has sort of a "homemade" look. At least it's very beat-up looking. I don't know whether the follower IS homemade, or just damaged from the internal action.........which "catches" it when closing

If a good cleaning does not straighten it out, then I did find at least one www site who claims to have both followers and complete magazine tubes.

WHO KNEW!!!