Winchester Repeating Arms 63 (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 9)

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inspection and cleaning. All normal cleaning and
basic maintenance can be performed with the rifle
at this stage of disassembly.
WE RECOMMEND THAT YOUR MODEL 63
NOT BE TAKEN APART FURTHER THAN
THIS. THERE ARE MANY SMALL, FINELY
FITTED PARTS, SMALL PINS, SMALL
SPRINGS AND SPRING-LOADED PARTS
THAT CAN EASILY BECOME DAMAGED
OR LOST. SOME REASSEMBLY PROCE-
DURES REQUIRE SPECIAL TOOLS AND
AN ADVANCED LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO
ACCOMPLISH. IF YOUR RIFLE SHOULD
NEED FURTHER DISASSEMBLY CON-
TACT ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED
SERVICE CENTERS ON THE LIST
ACCOMPANYING YOUR RIFLE.
later in this manual to assure there are no rounds in
the magazine, chamber or feed areas before taking
down your rifle.
D ISASSEMBLY —
1. Remove the magazine from the buttstock by turn-
ing the Magazine plug handle about 1/8 turn coun-
terclockwise and then pulling the inner magazine
tube out rearward from the outer magazine tube
2. Begin to takedown the rifle by loosening the
takedown screw on the rear of receiver (see Figure
5). To prevent dropping either half, it’s a good idea
to do this with the rifle laying on a table, on top of a
padded surface like a soft rag or other non-marring
protection.
3. Separate the gun into two halves by pulling the
butt stock to the rear and forearm to the front (see
Figure 6). Your rifle is now in two compact halves.
3. This exposes most of the internal mechanisms to
Carefully loosen the take down
screw at the rear of the receiver.
F I G U R E 5
F I G U R E 6
With the rifle laying down, care-
fully pull the two halves apart.