Model 8 & 81 DOWNLOADS
Here you will find a plethora of Model 8 & 81 information that you can download by clicking on the highlighted links below. You may also right click the highlighted portions and hit “save as”. This page will be updated when new information is available!
Manuals
Model 8/81 Field Service Manual
Model 8/81 Gunsmith Supplement
Catalogs
1909 Remington Catalog (selected pages) – courtesy of Gerald King
Patents
John Browning’s original long recoil patents
- – recoil operated firearm 659,786
- – recoil operated firearm 701,288
- – recoil operated firearm 984,263
John Browning’s patent for a type of Model 8 front sight (1901)
John Browning’s patent for the Model 8 operating handle (1905)
Patent for converting the Model 8 action to a type of delayed blowback with stationary barrel (1909)
Patent for mounting a small caliber barrel underneath the existing barrel (1910)
Theodore Layman’s patent for an improved trigger plate with detachable box magazine (1912)
Patent for using a top tang thumb safety (1912)
C.C. Loomis’s patent for the Model 8/81 magazine with dual side springs (1931)
Newton S. Hillyard’s 15 round extended magazine patent (1934)
C.C. Loomis’s 2 piece firing pin for the Model 81 (1943)
Model 8 & 81 Parts List
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