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Roger

Hey Jim,
Thanks for the tip on the. 375 bullets. I contacted the seller and will be able to buy whatever amount of them I want to start testing.I'll be putting together an order soon.
Thanks again,
Roger

Roger

Me too!!!
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Roger

Sir, Sarge is absolutely correct. We have discussed this subject here before. But to re do my response from earlier, I have used leverevolution ammo in all my 35 Rem. 8/81s. It has been accurate beyond any expectation and kills deer dead as a hammer. Unless your rifle is in questionable condition,(a...

Roger

Sir, Thanks for your tip. Really though,I've paid. 43@.44 cents apiece for the Sierras,when I've found them. They are designed for the. 375 win. Cartridge. I need to contact this seller to see what the minimum amount of the .375 diameter bullets I can buy.I'm really stunned at how the 38/55 is all o...

Roger

Sir, I had the same type problem with some loaded ammo I purchased at a gunshow. It was in an Ultramax box but I have no idea if it was factory loaded or not. I was trying to chamber it into my Winchester 1894 SRC in 38/55 wcf. I pulled all 20 bullets and they measured. 379 I then reloaded them with...

Roger

Sir, Welcome aboard. You'll find the members here to be helpful and friendly. To answer your question, then25,30,32 Cal. M-8 bolts/extractors are all the same size. Some however aren't marked at all,which can be even more confusing. It would be normal for your 32 Cal. To have the 30 marking on the b...

Roger

Phrybird, I just know it's easier to see the deer with the aperture removed. For me anyway,it's the best answer. My vision just isn't very good anymore,so it isn't easy for me to focus on so much stuff while hunting deer. It also makes it so much easier to focus on the front sight, which is most imp...

Roger

Hey sarge,
Looks like a Lyman peep for a winchester lever. I can't remember which model the D code would be for. It could also be for a Marlin lever too.
Thanks for your time,
Roger

Roger

Sir, I don't know if you will hunt or target shoot with your rifle. I own lots of peep sights on my rem. 8/81s and win. Levers. But I take the apertures out of mine when i hunt deer. That seems to work the best for me when hunting. I put them back on for target shooting,which is most of the shooting...

Roger

Sir,I have to concur with sarge. However, I recently saw several boxes of remington factory ammo in 35 Rem. at a local retailer here in central Iowa. They are gone now,because I was just there again this last week. I'm really sorry that I didn't buy them all when I had a chance. I have been reloadin...

Roger

Sir, Welcome aboard. It's good to see new members who are interested in rem. M8/81s. They truly are an important part of the evolution of the rifle in the USA. Your rifle looks to be a great example of the m.8. Your special order sights are of interest to me, because I shoot and hunt with my model 8...

Roger

Hey Cameron, Thanks for this posting. It's always good to have an experienced gunsmith as a go to guy. These are wonderful pieces of gun history in our great country. But they were somewhat limited in their production numbers. So you're sure right about people having limited experience working on th...

Roger

Sir,
If you send me an email,we can discuss your desire to buy a m.8 in 35 rem. I have one I might let go. Shipping isn't too much of a problem for me. My email address is located below in my address box.
Thanks for your time,
Roger

Roger

Hey Adam,
What an improvement you've made. It makes me feel proud that you cared enuf about this old war horse to bring her all the way back. I only did the first part of it. You really finished the job. Great work, and go blast off some ammo!!!
Thanks for your time
Roger

Roger

I'm sure that some of you know this already,but I learned about it this morning. Quite by accident I discovered that 30,32,@25 remington brass will fit nicely in my Colt 38 Super Auto shell holder. I don't know if this is a case of accidental luck. But I do know that both guns were designed by JMB. ...

Roger

Hey fellas,
My oldest son has a C@R license, but I've always avoided it because I don't want any government agency to be able to come see my guns at the drop of a hat. That's just one thing to consider.
Thanks for your time ,
Roger

Roger

Sir, I fully understand about finding FFL dealers that are willing to help you with gun transfers. And usually they want to gouge you for transfer fees. Some places here in Iowa, now charge as much as 75.00 for a FFL transfer. I was lucky enuf to find a dealer who does it for me for 25.00,and he act...

Roger

Hey fellas, This is one beautiful model 8! The Rock Island auction is quite a massive operation. They've been selling quality pieces for a long time now. They are located only 3 hrs. from my hometown in Iowa. I've purchased some pieces from them back a few years ago ,but not recently. The problem wi...

Roger

Sir, I'm not sure this story would even correlate to your problem, but I thought I'd just throw it out there to"chew" on anyway. A long time ago, when I first tried to re-form 33 wcf from 45/70 gov., I annealed the cases for too long and down too far with the flame of the torch on to the a...

Roger

Sir, I've been able to trace some M-8/81 to worn or poor fitting barrel nuts,(just as phyrbird said). This is after massive testing and bench time with these fine old rifles. I've fired literally thousands of rounds thru these m-8/81 s. There is no caliber that seems to be worse than any other. If y...

Roger

Hey Cam, I tend to agree with you about the highly figured wood. My guess would be that this might be a C-grade gun.However, if this were a winchester lever gun it could have been ordered with "extra figure wood" and or checkered wood on an otherwise standard rifle. If you had the money,th...

Roger

Sir, Welcome aboard! We love to share our love of these great rifles with others. I agree with sarge on the redo of your family heirloom m-8. It looks good in the pics you posted. Have fun with it and enjoy the memories it gives you of your family members. I have 3 of my my Grandfather's guns and fe...

Roger

Hey Adam, I have done a speed-load conversion on a standard 16 Auto-5 browning. I made it(late 40s x-series pre-war type safety) into my deer hunting shotgun. I swapped the trigger plate for a sweet sixteen post -war rear safety version at the same time. I tapped the back of the receiver to accept o...

Roger

Hey Cameron, This is really good work on your part. I've never heard of these stories, so I'm grateful to you for bringing them to light here on our forum. That must have been an exciting time,during the fledgeling development of semi automatic firearms. And our hero JMB was right at the heart of it...

Roger

Hey fellas, Being a Browning Auto 5 collector for the last 35 + yrs. ,I'm a stickler for original only A-5s. But on the cool factor scale this is high up the scale. It also makes the A-5 more effective for modern day house protection. And by the way Sarge, I'm wondering if you have any of those 30 r...

Roger

Here,here!!! I'm sure glad you got your rifle back. The fact that it looks good makes it all the better. Congrats on a happy ending to a potentially bad situation.
Thanks for your time,
Roger

Roger

Hey Joe,
That's pretty good shooting for 50 yds. with iron sights. I don't even shoot past 25 yds. any more because my vision is so bad. I'd like to post some pics of my FN1900 rifle targets that I've shot.
Maybe I'll get it done one of these days.
Thanks Roger

Roger

Sir, Upon closer inspection of your post link for the rifle you bought, I can see it already has a williams receiver sight attached to it. This requires 2 extra holes to be drilled and tapped in order to mount it . The damage is already done. In my humble opinion, it will not lower your gun's value ...

Roger

Sir, I'm sorry but I was mistaken. The only tapped rifles I have are model 8 s,and pieces I won't sell.
Thanks for your time ,
Roger

Roger

Sir, If you would send me an email,we may be able to work something out. My email address is in my signature box below. Thanks,
Roger

Roger

My opinion is,that Imfuncity is absolutely right. Don't drill it. I too would trade you one that's already tapped.
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Roger

Sir,really Your rifle is very cool. Anyone would be proud to own it in my opinion. It has a highly desirable Lyman tang peep sight, and also the fairly scarse top tang rifle type buttplate. These buttplates are not too often seen today on model 8s. It also has the "Whelen "type fluted stoc...

Roger

Sir,. I've often thought the same thing,but it was JMB designed to be that way. I'm sure that at the turn of the century(1900s),it was cheaper and easier to use wood for the plug. In 30+ yrs. of collecting ,I've never seen or had any problems with those wooden plugs. Actually pretty amazing when you...

Roger

Hey Adam,
Unfortunately my opinion would be that Jerry (sighthound) would have known the answer to this question. I only wish he we're still around to answer it. Sorry if I sound like an idiot,but I miss his input and posts here on this forum.
Roger

Roger

Hey fellas, Since I'm fairly new to the computer, I responded to the email from these crooks only by asking what I could possibly do from here in Iowa. They sent me a ridiculous response asking for 1550.00 . I knew in my mind that Jack would not be emailing me for money but my curiosity got the best...

Roger

Sir, Welcome to our forum/website. We are pretty big fans of John M Browning here for sure. My own collection is centered around his I genius designed firearms. Colts,Winchesters,Remingtons,and Brownings are all included in my herd. My own collecting also started with the Auto 5 shotgun, and lots of...

Roger

Hey fellas, I've got quite a bit of 25 rem. reloading experience and have found that some of these older rifles,25 rem included, actually like slower burning powders. Namely winchester 760, which I now load all my 25 rem. Loads with. I only have 2 -model 8 s in 25 rem.,but they both shoot pretty wel...

Roger

Fellow members, My new FN 1900(new to me) went on it's first trip to the range this morning. From the looks of the dried oil/turned to varnish,that was on the inside of everything,it hadn't been fired in a long time. I cleaned it up as best as I dared and oiled it up well. It seemed to dry function ...

Roger

Sir, I reload and hunt with 32rem. I use it in both rem.m-8@81 s. It's a great deer caliber. Send me an email and i'll be glad to discuss it with you.
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Roger

Complete shock and sorrow is all I can say about how I felt when i read Mitch's post about our friend and fellow collector sighthound . I always felt a real connection with Jerry King because of our common interest in the Auto 5 shotguns. And I always enjoyed reading his posts and responces on this ...

Roger

Sir,
Please count me in for any testing you need done. I have rifles in all 5 calibers. I reload them all. I'm always at the range shooting/testing. My email address is listed below in my address box.
Thanks for your time,
Roger

Roger

Hey fellow members, My latest bout with jackitis arrived safely today. I'm like a little boy on Christmas morning. I just can't believe that I truly own an FN 1900 rifle after a lifetime of collecting JMB designed guns. It's in about the same condition as I expected from the posted pictures on gunbr...

Roger

Fellas, Some of these m-8/81s seem to like slower burning powders. Win.760,and Leverevolution powders are two I can think of right now.Try these out on your old model 8. Every part of the loading will effect the accuracy of that particular loading too. Phrybird is right about the Colt 1911 pistols a...

Roger

aFellas, I've used hornady ftx bullets and leverevolution powder with great success in a wide variety of calibers and guns. These would include handguns and rifles both. I've also used ftx bullets with BL-C2 powder too. The dead deer I've shot certainly wouldn't argue with the effectiveness of these...

Roger

Thanks again guys, Hey Jerry, my son's messenger gun needs some restoration work,which I'm generally against,but not on this particular piece. As you well know,they're really rare. So it deserves to be restored. All it takes is money,which is in short supply at my son's house. But at least he has on...

Roger

Thanks guys, I'm really hoping for a good outcome on this deal. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on it next week. I'm sure i'll have some questions for you guys since it's my first and only FN1900. It'll feel right at home in my gunroom though with all my Auto 5 shotguns.My oldest son ...

Roger

Well fellow members, After waffling around for about 2 days, I finally pulled the trigger on the buy it now button for this FN1900 auction. This is the holy grail of m-8/81 collecting,and I hope this all works out for me. Time will tell.I'll keep you all informed as to the progress of this transacti...

Roger

Hey fellas, My experience with hornady leverevolution ammo is pretty extensive. I've used it in factory loadings,and reloaded many calibers with the bullets and powder.In most of my rifles,they have all been quite accurate and very deadly on deer.I've used factory rounds in 35 rem.-32 win.spec.-and ...

Roger

Sir, Welcome aboard and Congrats on a stroke of unbelievable luck. Your rifle may be a M-8C or else a M-8 A with checkered wood. I can't tell from the posted pics,but in either case , it is a rare piece of American gun history. Have fun shooting and " playing" with it. Thanks for your time...

Roger

Sir, Welcome aboard. I can't believe that you just walked into some gunshops and found a 25 Cal. M-8@ a M-8D 32 Cal. for sale!! I don't know where you are from,but here in Iowa, you never see any M-8/81 s anywhere. I'm the only guy here in central Iowa,who even cares or knows anything about them. We...

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