Your Winchester Model 100 firearm will be inspected, the firing pin replaced and tested and the firearm returned to you. If you own a Winchester Model 100 Rifle or Carbine, please send your firearm to one of the authorized Winchester Model 100 Firing Pin Replacement Centers indicated below. The new firing pins will be available in April 1991. A new firing pin has been designed to replace the firing pin originally made for the Winchester Model 100 Rifle and Carbine. WARNING DO NOT SHOOT YOUR WINCHESTER MODEL 100 RIFLE OR CARBINE. If this occurs, the firearm may fire before the action is locked causing severe damage to the firearm and possibly injury or death to the shooter and bystander. It has come to our attention that the firing pin in the Winchester Model 100 Rifle or Carbine may break due to use and metal fatigue and become lodged in the breech bolt face. In July of 1990 the following product safety warning was issued by Winchester. WINCHESTER MODEL 100 FIRING PIN RECALL - A notice dated 7-1990 relates the following 'PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING AND REPLACEMENT NOTICE.Īttention owners of Winchester model 100 rifles and carbines please read this notice. For the benefit of anyone else who reads this topic post, I finally found the complete recall memo that was sent out by Winchester

Winchester 100 recall firing pin