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Well with the newest 81 being nearly 60 years old, you do often see some custom/modified stock sets and those heavily sanded. You are correct though in that there are only 2 forearms for the 81, the semi-beavertail and the flat side (if you exclude the Special Police 81 forearm, and the early "...

Wow that's incredible ROBO!!

Welcome ROBO, be sure to show off some of those fine rifles.

GREAT looking 81 Swamp, love those beavertail forearms!

ROBO, The serial numbers listed are just the numbers as advertised by Remington to their production according to John Henwood's research. Of course we know through Henwood they manufactured more than the numbers listed. In fact # 69540 sold a couple months ago on gunbroker... http://gunbroker.com/Au...

Welcome swamprat! Good looking rifle, nice vintage set up. Be sure to let us know how it shoots when you eventually get out...October sure has been a rainy month for my part of Texas too.

Welcome to the forum madtrapper, now c'mon you can't tell us about this model 8 of yours and not show us pictures!

Great to have ya.

Jack,

No I did not bid on that rifle.

Feel free to ask any questions you have, I certainly don't have all the answers but between all the knowledgeable members on this forum we can probably figure it out!

I have a few extra pictures of the rifle not listed on the auction; it has a replacment barrel and the area around the trigger plate screw looks buggered. I don't know, pretty darn early gun anyways!

Awesome rifle Kody! You definitely have the real deal there. I'd hang on to it, that's a real beauty and highly collectible. Your rifle appears to have a barrel jacket without rear sight holes too. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to talk with you about your rifle so that I may gather some more inform...

Great questions Kody, we'll have to put together a post/page on the FBI issue 81. I know only from what I have read (in John Henwood's book) and have never seen one in person, only pictures, so my knowledge is limited. From what I have been told, any factory documentation that lists the serial numbe...

sold for nearly $830, wow.

Thanks for the info guys. The best takedown tool i've seen is the one originally designed for the FN 1900, i'll see about uploading a picture of it later today.

Nekhunter, Congrats on the find. From your description it sounds as if the rifle was not engraved by Remington. The only reason I say this is because Remington, as far as I know, never offered factory installed aftermarket scope mounts much less engraved them along with rings and locking levers. The...

Carp,

Hardrada explains it well here...

http://vintagesemiautorifle.proboards.c ... &thread=31

This is truly and early bird currently up for auction on gunbroker...

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.a ... =141493894

Jack, the U shape ears seem to be a pretty poor design for removing the barrel jacket bushing. The originals, from what I have been told, almost always had broken ears from over-torquing. There are only a few that do not have broken ears. In fact, the sample wrench I was lent, which was in spectacul...

I recall seeing an article about the barrel wrench in a manual about dis-assembly of the Model 8. If someone can get me the dimensions of the wrench or an acurrate facsimile of the wrench, I have someone that can fabricate a model and I would make it available, unlike the fellow in the other articl...

colorcasemike,

It depends on when your Model 8 was manufactured. If memory serves me correctly earlier Model 8's had neither a firing pin spring nor firing pin buffer spring.

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some stainless steel buffing compound and a cloth wheel and these are polishing up great

I know with Winchester, special order guns usually shipped later than the serial number would indicate and I suppose Remington was the same way. Any idea on these markings? Nice rifle Chad, You are correct that years can span between when a receiver was made , and when the assembled rifle was shipp...

i hear ya ikeda, it finally sold for $2587.00

I got the wrenches back from Mid-South Metallurgical today, they have been heat treated to Rockwell 43 like good tool steel. They're a little discolored but no heavy scaling, should clean up nicely!

Good call Hardrada, I've heard some members using LeverEvolution without problems but many will tell you here that it's not recommended. Hornady states the ammo is designed for fixed breech firearms only (lever guns, single shots, etc.), some additional information can be found here ( http://www.mar...

Randy, not too many gunsmiths today have heaps of experience with Remington 8 & 81's. I'd recommend checking with local gunsmiths in your area to see if any do. A good wood guy could probably get your pistol grip back to the original profile, remove the recoil pad and install a modern reproducti...

here's an example of the variations in factory safety levers. It's also posted in the section "Everything Else 8 81's"

Welcome to the forum model8man, cool looking old 8 you got there!

Several members here actually have pictures of that rifle 35Remington. Being marked "G.H.D." I would assume that represents Guy H. Drewry who's cartouche you see on many WWII era firearms (Guy H. Drewry Lt. Col., USA - Smith & Wesson .38 Revolvers, Colt .45, 38 and .22 Revolvers and Pi...

these old "springpoles"

haha springpoles, never heard that - I love it.

Welcome to the forum!

Just when you thought you had seen everything, lol. Thanks for sharing Dennis. Can you tell us some info or history about the conversion?

Doesn't sound like they're Remington 8/81 stripper clips to me.

Rev., if you are referring to the loop in the middle of the forearm that is not a sling swivel but the forearm scew head. Using it as such can break it as it was not designed for that purpose; only to remove the forearm. Sling swivels for these rifles almost always, even from the factory, included u...

Well folks the model 8 carbine project if finally complete. Me, 2verpsters, and Packmule kinda had this idea at the same time to make a semi-recreation of David "Carbine" Williams model 8. The #1 hurdle was the barrel assembly which most of you have already seen was tackled by 2verpsters. ...

glad you got it fixed!

For those of you interested in Pete's carbine barrel assembly I did a side by side comparison using one he completed last week in .35Rem and a standard 22". We used a Competition Electronics ProChrono+ chronograph to measure average muzzle velocity from each barrel assembly. As you can see with...

I just received my .35Rem carbine barrel assembly in the mail today from Pete (2verpsters) and I'am floored! The quality of the machine work is absolutely first rate. No scratches or tool marks are present on the barrel shroud or the recrowned surface of the muzzle. The barrel from breech face to mu...

Real cool post, that looks like it was a LOT of fun! I bet Colt can't wait to go again.

Nice looking rifle Viper, welcome to the forum!

no markings at all ,was tig welded together ,was'nt removable

very rusty

Sounds pretty homemade. Got pictures of it?

15 round magazines are very scarce and typically alone cost more than a rifle (if and when you can find them). Beyond the monetary hurdle, modifications must be made to a number of internal parts, changes which most gunsmiths will not know unless they have a police 8 or 81 on hand for reference. You...

Those old magazines sure are cool! Thanks for the link 35REM.

Welcome to the forum Jeff, nice looking rifle!

Ken, you might post in the "wanted" section for what you are looking for. There are a couple used firing pins for sale on gunbroker but you'll want to check and make sure which type you have. http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=133377934 http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp...

ks114, welcome to the forum and congrats on your first model 8. Your rifle was manufactured in 1908. If you have the means we'd all love to see pictures of your rifle!

kenhwind,

Your rifle is almost surely a No. 3 Special, which is what they later deemed a "C" grade. Fantastic looking model 8.

Glad to have you on the forum Ken. I've never personally experienced your problem w/ a model 8/81 but sounds like a broken firing pin. That would be the first thing I check. If you need a copy of an original model 8 manual with instructions on how to remove the firing pin, go to the home page and cl...

Sounds like you got something special there Willys, apart from being an heirloom sounds like it's a really early production 81. Welcome to the site!

You got a great deal on that shotgun. Did the seller ever have a response about the bad spots?

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