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  • Jarhead
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2007
    • 2847

    Winchester 63

    What is it, how does it work, is a tube fed auto...........
  • #2
    swifty
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 929

    It's a rifle.
    Blowback operated.
    Yes.

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    • #3
      Jarhead
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 2007
      • 2847

      [QUOTE=swifty;12248549]It's a rifle.
      Blowback operated.

      Collectible ? Made in 1952, looks really clean, 80-90 % of the bluing there and bright

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      • #4
        swifty
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2008
        • 929

        They can be, if in original condition.

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        • #5
          redcliff
          Calguns Addict
          • Feb 2008
          • 5676

          Very collectible and great shooters. They're considered one of the best semi-automatic .22 rifles ever made. Check the prices on Gunbroker and you may be surprised how highly they're valued.
          "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
          "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
          "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"

          "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
          although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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          • #6
            Jarhead
            Veteran Member
            • Feb 2007
            • 2847

            Been turning into a Rimfire Nut with an Uzi, MP-5, Sig, AR .22's along with my 10-22, CZ ............so I added a Savage Model 19 NRA and looking at the Winchester 63

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            • #7
              redcliff
              Calguns Addict
              • Feb 2008
              • 5676

              A late model 1952 should have dovetails on the receiver for scope mounting which is a nice feature; most Model 63's don't have that. Mine is a very nice 1945 vintage model which lacks the dovetails and is too nice to modify for scope mounting.
              "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
              "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
              "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"

              "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
              although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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              • #8
                Jarhead
                Veteran Member
                • Feb 2007
                • 2847

                Originally posted by redcliff
                A late model 1952 should have dovetails on the receiver for scope mounting which is a nice feature; most Model 63's don't have that. Mine is a very nice 1945 vintage model which lacks the dovetails and is too nice to modify for scope mounting.

                Is there a Recommended Spare Parts List?

                Is that tube Mag fragile?

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                • #9
                  Californio
                  CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
                  CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 4169

                  I have a Model 1903, 1903 modified for .22LR both 18.5" barrels and Model 63 with a 23" barrel, would love to find an original Model 63 with a 18.5" barrel.

                  These guns just run, should not need any spare parts.
                  "The California matrix of gun control laws is among the harshest in the nation and are filled with criminal law traps for people of common intelligence who desire to obey the law." - U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez

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                  • #10
                    redcliff
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 5676

                    Originally posted by Jarhead
                    Is there a Recommended Spare Parts List?

                    Is that tube Mag fragile?
                    I haven't needed any spare parts. I personally like tube magazines and on the Model 63 it's contained in the butt stock and you load rounds through a port in the right side of the butt stock.

                    Even if you don't purchase the one you're looking at I hope you get a chance to shoot one; they're very nice shooters and well constructed which helps explain why they have such a following and are so collectible.
                    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
                    "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
                    "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"

                    "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
                    although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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                    • #11
                      Jarhead
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 2847

                      I'm buying it

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                      • #12
                        redcliff
                        Calguns Addict
                        • Feb 2008
                        • 5676

                        Originally posted by Jarhead
                        I'm buying it
                        I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine
                        "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
                        "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
                        "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"

                        "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
                        although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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                        • #13
                          Jarhead
                          Veteran Member
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 2847

                          Originally posted by redcliff
                          I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine
                          Thanks sure I will

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