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I have exhausted my search on the internet for drawings of the internal parts for this rifle. I was the winning bidder on gun broker, It is missing a sear and the pins for the hammer and trigger. Knowing all the finer gunsmiths frequent this forum I am asking for help. The pins measure .156 arived at using a drill shank. Got a sear from Numerich. slot in searmeasures .i30. The pin holding the trigger also holds the sear. Do I open the hole in the sear or turn a smaller pin? Where can I find a print for the sear?

GB auction pic
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=266506338
Thanks for any help
Tom

Did you try these people?

http://www.leesgunparts.com/

This old 63 deserves to be put back into service. Glad you are saving it.
Get you some pin stock of the right size, drill the sear, and your good to go.

If cost is not an object, pack it up and send it to a professional restorer. It's a good candidate for that.

Post some pictures after you get it up and running.

I don't have parts drawings, but do have the Jack First catalog which has the 1903 & 63 parts lists. They show the same part numbers for the 03 and 63 sear and sear pin. I have a 1903, and the trigger/sear pin is significantly smaller than the hammer pin. Hammer pin measures 0.160". I can't remove the trigger/sear pin to measure, but it is on the order of 0.130".

It is possible that either someone has drilled out the frame or that you have a 1903 sear. It would be interesting if a 63 owner could measure his.

I just looked at two Model 63 rifles
The hammer pin is .160
trigger pin is .130

Both measurements approx w/o taking everything apart, but you can easily eyeball the difference in diameter,

Rifles are 124xxx and 177xxx ser#s.

I've worked over alot of them and as far as I can recall the trigger pin was a smaller diameter than the hammer pin, but perhaps there were 'engineering' changes in there somewhere.
...like the plastic forend caps.

Would enlarging the hole in the sear to take the larger dia pin make it kind of thin in a couple of spots?

Thanks guys.
This rifle was born 1941 fron #47185 It is totaly original except for the sear & pins no pitting anywhere bore bright and shiny I repaired the splits in stock with CA adhesive. I think it might be easier to enlage hole in sear than bush the trigger and frame. Now all I need is ambition. i want to get this rifle back to working as I think to me it is a real classic and finally got one I could afford.
Thanks so much.
Tom

The 63 is up and running thanks to a lot of healpfull advice from this forum. Bought new trigger,sear,spring and pin from Numrich.Locktited bushings into the frame to fit the new pin .125. Will tag the trigger as to where it came from if the .156 hole is origina. Next guy can sourt that out.
You handle this rifle for awhile and it realy grows on you. I'm starting to understand the high prices the good ones bring.
Thanks everyone.
Tom

Tom, for over 30 years I sought the 'perfect' squirrel rifle and the 63 was always high on my short list. The only drawbacks I could find were the magazine (I like box mags) and the necessity to clean from the muzzle. Over the years I've owned 3 of them and wish I had at least one back again!

Altogether a splendid little rifle in a MOST useful caliber, you are fortunate.
Regards, Joe

Tom,
Looks like nulineguns.com does a lot of winchester restorations.

They list a takedown and assembly guide if needed
Bob