Winchester 131 A 50 Year old bolt action 22 rifle.
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- The Winchester 131 was manufactured between 1967 and 1973 with a beefy front lug bolt and double extractors, this old rifle is still a great shooter. The shorter Monte Carlo stock and thin barrel make this a lightweight rifle perfect for plinking and putting small game on the table.
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Thanks for posting this video. I have a model 121 and ever since I restored it, have never managed to remove the bolt. Seeing as these two models are so similar I watched your video and discovered that little tang inside the bolt feed. Just did what you showed and bingo! After four years I can disassemble it for cleaning .
Appreciate your video very much.
Glad it helped and thank you for watching!
Cycles smoothly, shoots well. Always a pleasure to shoot a rifle with zero recoil...
Really fun with the 22 shorts too!
Sir, thank you so much for making this video. My Grandpa passed away 17 years ago and this past Christmas I received his model 121. It's a single shot, but has the same bolt as the rifle in this video. I couldn't figure out how to get the bolt out to give it a good cleaning. But thanks to you I learned how. I have gotten to shoot it and I am impressed with this old rifles accuracy. It road on my Grandpa's tractor everyday for 20+ years and he used it to shoot ground hogs on his farm. Once again, thanks for the video, because of you, I learned how to get the bolt out so I could give Grandpa's rifle a proper cleaning!!
So sorry for your loss but cherish the rifle and remember the good times. Glad I could help, be safe, enjoy and thanks for watching!
Thank you for showing me how to remove the bolt, you’re the only person I’ve found so far. Also, love the video.
Absolutely, glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
Great 22 I’ve had mine since I was 14 years old I’m 56 ,She’s my tac driver LOLGreat video thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you for watching!
Nothing wrong with these old rifles, they can shoot real good, an it's real hard to wear them out, thx for the vid.
There's something about the older guns I really like. Thanks for watching!
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview , me to, love wood stocks for hunting.
I have a Winchester 121 single shot I picked up a few years ago. Nice rifle in similar condition. After one trip to the range one of the spring steel extractors broke. I waited over a year to find it in stock online. The rifle is back up and running great now. If you can pick up a spare set of extractors I recommend you do so. Thanks for the great review.
Glad you got it back in working condition but dang, that's a long time to wait for parts. Thanks for watching.
Great little rifle. The bolt design is same as used in the Model 70 and is 'controlled feed'. This holds the cartridge going in and out for positive control throughout the bolt cycle. Using two of these to teach 4H'ers small bore silhouette skills.
I'm a fan of the rifle myself. That's awesome that you're teaching kids about firearms! I think every person should learn gun safety and the value of human life too. Thanks for what you do and keep on doing it!
Really nice looking rifle. Definitely looks like a good 'un!
Shoots like a good 'Un too!
thanks for this video, i have a sears & roebuck 273.27510 which is a clone of this rifle. you helped me out a lot because now i see mine is missing the ejector and thats why the bolt just falls out the back.
There were a lot of guns made for different stores back then. I hope you're able to get the parts you need to get it working like new again. Thanks for watching!
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview hey my parts finally arrived but im having trouble figuring out how to replace the ejector. I was wondering if you would be willing to take the furniture off your gun and send me a couple pictures of how its supposed to look all in working order?
@@LordMorde I cannot do things like that on TH-cam (I'm sure it violates their terms of service) and I cannot provide links to firearms related things. TH-cam also did away with private messages on their platform, the only allow links to our other social media platforms on our homepage.
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview thank you anyways, i took a look at your closeup of taking the bolt out and i got her running smooth again!
@@LordMorde that's great! It sucks that TH-cam restricts the things I can do on here but I'll try to help any way I can.
Question about bolt assembly. I have a model 121 and something is not assembled correctly. On the back of the bolt there is a lug of metal that if looking at the butt of the gun is at the 4 o'clock position. I think it's supposed to be at the 6 o'clock position. I can not for the life of me figure out how to get it assembled correctly. The gun was given to me in this condition. Thanks for any help.
I have no idea what the similarities or differences between a 121 and a 131 are but check with Numrich they have lots of diagrams and exploded views of many many firearms. You may find the answer there, I have found many there myself! Wish I could be more help. Thanks for watching!
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview I'm pretty sure I got it worked out. All I needed to do was get a hold of the back of the bolt and twist it so that lug was in the 6 o'clock position. Thanks.
@@MarkVieta I hope it works out for you!
@@MarkVieta That's what I was going to tell you to do, but you figured it out on your own. That is the bottom lug that rides in the channel of the receiver. Enjoy shooting your rifle!! 👍
Good afternoon, sorry for the inconvenience, could you make a video?
in which the charger mechanism can be distinguished. I would appreciate
I'm not sure, exactly what you mean by "charger mechanism". I also don't know when I could do another video on it, I have a whole list of videos I still need to do. Thank you for watching!
I have the 131 ...father in law’s actually...he got it years ago...like u said magazines hard to find but I’m new and wanted to kno the best places online to start...of course due to current state of our country w/ the covid-19 virus, it’s even harder considering online stores are on tougher schedules and greater demand...but nonetheless any help retrieving these mags would be appreciated
I haven't looked but check out Numrich, they have lots of stuff!
Still looking for the Winchester 131 magazine?
Hey is there any way you could do a video of the take down of the ejector and how it goes together
Maybe, I'll see what I can do.
I think those were made for Winchester by Cooey in Canada. They are ok guns but not pre 64 quality. Winchester later stamped their name on Australian Sportco’s for a couple years. They later became Kimber of Oregon. Very high end 22’s
Winchester has a few of their newer guns manufactured overseas still.
Model 320.
You have yourself a find!LOL
I do a lot of looking!
I have the same exact rifile. It’s a dream to shoot. I have a bad extractor know where I can get one?
Give these a try Munich.com but they are in New York and shut down for now. Also jacks first gun gun parts.
Good little rifle, nice review! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching!
I have the exact model. Does it have a serial number?? If it has a serial number it was made in after Jan 1 1968. Mine does not and it was made in 67.
Yes, mine does have a serial number. Thanks for watching.
No problem. There’s very little information on these firearms. I’m always looking for older wood and steel rifles. I can’t stand all plastic weapons.
@@lucivarsadiablo4191 I like all of them but there is a certain warm and classic feel that accompanies the wood stocks.
I totally agree!!
Working on one for a friend. The bolt doesn't close smoothly. It's very hard. Is there supposed to be a notch in the striker head? That seems to be the catch thats preventing the bolt to close smoothly.
I couldn't say for sure but I would look for areas with excessive wear marks and see what's causing it.
That's kind of what I did. Trying to decide weather to file out that notch or not. I'm not a pro but love fixing these old guns. Couldn't find the replacement part and just afraid if I file it out I'll be removing to much material. Thanks for getting back to me and for the video. Keep them coming.
I would check Numrich for a replacement, they carry a lot of parts for old firearms. Sometimes the parts are used, sometimes they are NOS and every now and then they will have reproduction parts.
Only mags I've found for it since someone stole mine were made by sears
They are like hen's teeth!
Just saw some on ebay. If your still looking.
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Great video.. I wish I could find a cleaning video for this rifle.. I’m 31 so this rifle was way ahead of my time and can’t find much info anywhere online
Once you pull the bolt out, that's just about all you need to disassemble to clean. Spray the bolt down with some RemOil, scrub with a nylon brush, then clean the bore like a standard .22 and it's done! I guess I could have done a little more "In-Depth" cleaning in this video. Thank you for watching!
Small Caliber Arms Review thanks I appreciate it!! I just finished it! I was thinking there was more to it! Lol I’ve been spectacle over cleaning this rifle for 10+ years because I didn’t want to disassemble it and mess up any parts and not know how to put it back together (being theirs very little info out there about the 121, 131 and 141 but your video helped! Thanks again! Btw, I noticed you said their was a semi auto version that was similar to the model 131, do you by chance know what model it is or was it just another configuration of the 131?
I don't remember what the model was and that was a while back when I was researching it, sorry. Thank you for watching!