Winchester Model 100 semi-auto .308 rifle - question
My daughter's boyfriend recently inherited a brand new Winchester 100 semi-auto .308. The receipt shows it was purchased in 1971. His grandfather passed away and left it to him. Apparently it had never been shot before.
He was showing it to me and I noticed that he was having to pull the clip out to get the action to close. (unloaded of course) I looked at it for a minute and couldn't see any type of quick release to get the action to close without removing the clip. I didn't have much time to look at it but I'm thinking we just missed something. I've been out of the hunting world for 15-20 years myself so I'm pretty rusty when it comes to guns. What did we miss? Most semi-autos I've been around (not many) have a release mechanism of some kind that closes the action.
Can anyone offer any assistance on this ? Thanks