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what a fun day! Great shooting, keep us posted if they bring some meat home!

not much else of the story, the rifle was posted on a public forum for sale that I had come across. I had heard the seller was not very willing to sell out of state, he wanted a local pickup. I received a few pictures of the rifle, definitely authentic. Nice find, we can't wait to see your pictures!

Jack,

your "F" grade made my jaw drop, AGAIN!

jack1653 wrote: and brace yourself.

haha

sting75ray,

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you got a nice set of rifles. Have you done much hunting with the 8 or 81?

Oh yeah it's a world of difference between the 30Rem and 35Rem! Just shooting half a box with the carbine gave me a dime sized cherry on my shoulder. I think it might end up getting hunted with this deer season. Your POE carbine is going to be awesome, I can't wait to see it in action! Here's a bett...

About 2 years ago I mentioned I'd do a Model 8 carbine video, well here it is better late than never! The barrel assembly, built by Pete Verschneider, is 17" and the rifle's overall length is 35.5", it's a thumper! The link below will take you to the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Momma doesn't need to know everything, haha. Your boys did some good shootin'!

Per the owner, " The serial # of the barrel and of the action are a match, 52xxx which dates it in the 1925 or so. The number impressed on the inside of the forestock is 504130 R You probably noticed the white inserts that adds to the character of the rifle. The blue is certainly not pristine, ...

here's a few more...

Just when you thought you've seen it all...

A man named Pierre contacted me in regards to his mannlicher style stocked Model 8. This is one competely custom Model 8, I've never seen anything like it!

I'll chime in with some agreement, I'm not a fan of the Polychoke, but have a '63 A5 Light 12 with a Cutts Compensator and an older "Browning" marked recoil pad. I was lucky enough that the shotgun came with 4 chokes. I ended up getting a reproduction Cutts 12ga choke wrench to go along wi...

Thank you Dennis! I think we will, I'd like to find out the mfg so we can tag it. Somebody is bound to know.

Kaintuck,

Holy cow that case is a work of art!

Hopefully somebody in here can help solve the mystery. I don't know the mfg of the site, there's one pictured in our "sights and scopes" gallery which I attached below. This one looks similar. I seem to think Circle B Bob has this sight too?

Mike,

you wouldn't happen to have pictures of your FN would you? We'd love to see it!

I must have missed this one. Great shooting J, and that's a fine boar!

Elvis,

Your Special Police didn't happen to come out of Florida did it? I have some information on a Kentucky State Highway Patrol 81 #1369X. I'd love to talk about it, PM or email me if you'd like.

Mike, we try to keep this forum as helping and friendly as possible, that's what it's all about! I think you did great on that stripper clip, that particular auction was a reasonable price for such an old piece. If you've got one model 8 or thirty model 8's, you gotta have at least 1 stripper clip! ...

Elvis,

You're very welcome to the forum. We'd love to hear (me particularly, haha) more about your Special Police rifle. You gotta share some pictures of it too! Very exciting.

The Model 8 & 81 values are from the 31st Edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values. They have certainly gone up over the last few years, but these are just estimates used as a guideline for value. The RIA auction showed us some high prices, especially on the higher grade rifles. I'm in agreement w...

Mike, Thank you for sharing your Model 8 story with us, love it! Great pictures too btw. The rifle looks in pretty good shape for 103 years old :D You can find original stripper clips on ebay and gunbroker from time to time. The auction below is for a WWII era steel Model 8/81 steel stripper clip. I...

Alright, we've added both of Bob's barrel takedown videos (thanks Bob!) under "Disassembly VIDEOS" or linked below... http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=842 In the "F.B.I. Model 81" page we've got some great photo comparisons. Be sure to check them out. Thank y'a...

Hey y'all, We've added a couple new sections to the homepage. One page for the F.B.I. Model 81 and another with the 2011 Blue Book values. The F.B.I. page is not definitive so if anyone has questions or comments please email me. Links are below as well... The F.B.I. Model 81's http://thegreatmodel8....

it's looking good! Great job, can't wait to see the final product.

if you haven't talked to Circle B Ranch Bob, I believe he has done the barrel bands already (circlebranch@cox.net).

Jerry,

the rifle looks in great original shape, what a find!

Dru, The marking to which you're refering, the "F" and the circled "K" have nothing to do with the grade (class) of the rifle. These are simply fitter's/assembler's markings. Below is a rough breakdown of the five grades of Model 8... A grade (also known as #1 or standard grade) ...

she's a beaut!

Many thanks to all the veterans too, for serving our country.

Does anyone know about the U.S. Navy Model 81's? The only information that I know of on these rifles comes from John Henwood's book. He lists a government contract number of "S-23518" for 100 Model 81's priced at $75 each delivered to Springfield Armory. A forum member, who I can't remembe...

The only evidence I've seen is a still photograph taken from a History Channel documentary. I'll make a new topic about the U.S. Navy rifles and repost the picture! Maybe we can all learn something.

Great observations Remcrazy! As far as I can tell, "MNPD" stands for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (http://www.police.nashville.gov). This is probably the same as the Nashville, TN Police Department, unless they changed names once upon a time. A google search using both names re...

fixed! great job kaintuck. Now you need one in .25Rem, haha.

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For those of you who didn't catch the Rock Island Auction today, quite a few Model 8 & 81's sold for some high prices :shock: Here's a brief rundown of some highlights. Two Model 8 "F" grades sold for $9,560 and $8,962 A gold inlayed FN 1900 - $4,250 A standard FN 1900 with barrel rib ...

Jerry, you struck it rich. I think regardless of condition all FN's are highly collectible to us 8/81 junkies. We'd love to see pictures sometime of #336. In regards to rifles without barrel ribs, I've documented them by serial number as high as 28XX and as low as 11XX. The very first rifles and the...

you picked up a NICE one Clint. I like how someone checkered the magazine release button, it's a classy touch. Hope it shoots as good as it looks!

This is probably the best barrel assembly takedown explanation I've come across. Thanks Bob you did a fine job! (We should make a short video tutorial) Now I never did a lot of testing with the wrenches I made, but I would agree that the design is pretty weak and not up to the rigors of breaking fre...

smart move on that one, it turned out looking good too! I really like your checkering job as well.

A coworker brought in this Model 8 in .25Rem. It started out as just a parts gun that was in rough shape. He decided since there were already several scope mount holes and it didnt have any collector value, he had it redone. The metal has had some kind of paint job and the wood he rubbed with emu oi...

This thing is so WILD and unique looking I have to like it. Whomever did this once upon a time put a lot of effort into it for sure.

Jerry, After dissasembly, the safety must be cautiously depressed where it points directly down (most place something underneath the safety to prevent scratching the receiver). The safety must be facing down as there is a keyway that has to be alligned in order to remove it. If it's not alligned, al...

I've seen the occasional Model 81 with them also. I don't think they were a standard item as the majority of rifles I've seen don't have them.

As a side note F.B.I. Model 81's came standard with them. We got another article coming soon regarding that with pictures.

JJ, The wrench you have is not the same as the ones made from this thread. You probably got yours from Circle B Ranch who made some reproductions as well. I believe his were heat treated in a similar fashion to these. Did you have a stubborn barrel jacket bushing? I'd just email Bob, he's always a p...

I concur, gorgeous set of rifles; especially the C grade 8.

I can't recall seeing a factory checkered 81 with a double border either, but that pattern sure does look like Remington's. That's a nice find.

I haven't used them all, but I like either Remington or Federal brand 200gr. soft points.

What a brute! Congrats Jay you did a fine job bringing that monster down. That hog is built like the hogs we've got in Mitchell Co., TX but a heavier. I bet your heart was pumpin while you were followin that blood trail.

Nice work.

We've created a new page called "Disassembly Video" with a tutorial by gunsmith Jim Green. It's also at the link below.

http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=842

God bless,

sounds like you did good Ken, can't wait to see it.

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