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cantgrowup

I just shot my recently acquired 1936 first year Model 81 in .32 Rem using handloads of Grafs brass. All 10 rounds suffered split necks and/or shoulders. These were first loads using new brass. I had previously shot 20 of these same loads in my Model 8 .32 Rem and did not have any splits. So..... ov...

cantgrowup

I would really recommend taking the trigger housing out. You do not want to risk buggering up the threads, and that mainspring is under pressure from the hammer, and will not allow the mainspring screw to easily re-engage the threads in the spring. There are several videos on how to remove the trigg...

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Your best best is to remove the trigger housing and relieving the main spring tension by slowly releasing the hammer. Otherwise, you will probably bugger up the threads on the main spring screw or on the mainspring by trying to reattach it without taking the trigger housing out. It is pretty easy to...

cantgrowup

Just bought a 1936 first year 81 (.32 Rem) and it came with a Lyman 1AT rear tang sight. However, the post when raised is canted to the right. The sight post itself doesn't appear to be bent... It looks perpendicular to the base mount. The rear receiver sight screw hole seems like it was drilled in ...

cantgrowup

Nope... no one ever contacted me with the correct measurements. Not even the member who was going to make new barrel nuts.

cantgrowup

Thanks for your reply. Now I can rest easy!

cantgrowup

I'm looking for a Model 81 buttstock in good shape to replace a badly damaged one. I don't need the hardware but would buy the completed stock if necessary. Contact me at cantgrowup@hotmail.com. Thanks
Mike

cantgrowup

I need an original tang peep sight hole plug screw. I know that I can get modern reproduction screws off of eBay, but would like to have an OEM if possible. Anyone have one for sale?

Mike at
cantgrowup@hotmail.com

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I just got a "first year" 1906 .38 Rem (SN 17xx) and am doing a complete teardown for cleaning and inspection. This is my first 8/81 that has no side magazine leaf springs. Obviously, the upper lips of the magazine box are curved in on both sides to retain the cartridge. However, I am havi...

cantgrowup

I will be receiving the next batch of 25 barrel shroud tools from the machine shop in the next couple of weeks. I already have a waiting list of eight or so new customers, but if you'd like one of these tools for your Model 8/81 "ladies", drop me an email at cantgrowup@hotmail.com. I still...

cantgrowup

Hey guys,

I have a batch of 25 tools being fabricated now. I've got a list of people that have contacted me on this forum and will send you an email or message when I get them from the machine shop. You can write me directly at cantgrowup@hotmail.com

cantgrowup

Schofield.... I had been trying to determine the actual barrel thread sizes on another post, and someone just reminded me that you were going to possibly try and manufacture barrel nuts and probably know what sizes the threads are. Do you know what the thread dimensions are for the barrel nuts that ...

cantgrowup

You know... I didn't even think of that. I'd told him that I'd order one or two of the barrel nut/washer sets but did not even think to think that he might have the actual sizes. I'll ask him. Thanks!

cantgrowup

Shot my new "troublesome" .30 Rem for first time. Twenty rounds. Functioned okay... had one failure to extract, but empty case wasn't stuck (I guess the extractor just didn't get a good grip). Fired two and three rounds okay from magazine. Two times, the bolt didn't fully go into battery a...

cantgrowup

I'm in for a set. How do we order?

cantgrowup

Well.... he said that he did not cut the threads again, but merely chased it using that setting. So, the original factory thread dimensions would have been different. I'm not doing the math because that sounds an awful lot like 16/32" or 1/2" which is what I had a die for and it wouldn't f...

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Well.... my gunsmith was able to mount the barrel in his lathe, centered it up on the bore axis and re-turned the barrel threads. He said the setting that he had to use to chase the threads was 17/32" - 24 tpi. Now the barrel nut threads back onto the barrel easily... and I've now reassembled t...

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Yes... reinstalling the barrel in the shroud assembly and getting the little washer nub to line up with the groove in the barrel thread used to give me fits. Then I started marking the end of the muzzle with a black Sharpie indicating where the groove is and then I can easily rotate the barrel to li...

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Okay... I give up. The 1/2"-24 tap and die came in and they don't fit either. Too small, and the 9/16"-24 tools were too large. So... I brought the barrel and barrel nut to a competent gunsmith that builds rifles and he is going to mount the barrel in his lathe and chase the threads. I'll ...

cantgrowup

I'd already put in a request for a nut and washer. Do you have any idea of what they would cost per set if you get the 12-15 order? I may order two to help you make the minimum.

cantgrowup

I got my replacement bolt assembly yesterday and took it apart to clean and inspect. The rear of the bolt cavity is different from the broken one. The back surface is flat. I don't remember seeing a raised cone on the rear of any of the other bolt carriers in my other eight Model 8/81 rifles when I ...

cantgrowup

Well, I just had to buy another Model 8 in .30 Rem (1927) and having issues with getting the barrel nut back on the barrel threads all the way. I had taken the rifle completely apart and the barrel nut came off easily. However, when trying to reassemble the barrel assembly, the barrel nut started ha...

cantgrowup

Sound advice. Will use entire replacement bolt carrier/bolt assembly when I get it.

cantgrowup

I just bought a really nice Model 8 in .30 Rem with the plain flat-knob stock. Bluing is 90-95% and wood is free of any significant scratches or dents. The bore is perfect. It doesn't look like the gun had been shot that much, but when I tore it down completely prior to firing, I discovered that the...

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I, too, would like to buy a .35 Rem nut and washer (and according to the Henwood book, it is the same for the .300 Sav). I would also be interested in a barrel nut and washer combo for the .25/.30/.32 Rem in the mid-length (with 24 or 40 tooth configuration), if you choose to manufacture a set for t...

cantgrowup

Email me at cantgrowup@hotmail.com .
I have one tool left for sale.

cantgrowup

I'm looking to load Hornady 117gr RN (#2550) bullets with IMR-3031 and WLR primers in Graf brass. I've seen comments in this forum about 27.0 gr being the max. I've also read that the .25-35 Win load data can be used for the .25-Rem. The current Hornady reload manual says that the max load for IMR-3...

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Okay... Physician heal thyself. I took the Model 8 apart again and studied the mechanical workings of the individual parts. The magazine indicator lever is pushed upward up by the magazine follower and after the last round is responsible for locking the bolt back. Since this was a NOS follower that ...

cantgrowup

The small side tab on the magazine indicator spring is in the correct slot in the receiver. The spring itself is slightly bent where it is inserted into the magazine indicator itself, most likely just from being in compression for 97 years. The weakened spring is still trying to lift the indicator a...

cantgrowup

No comments? :roll: Come on guys... you are supposed to be the experts on keeping these ol' Model 8s going. Nobody has commented yet. I'm thinking that it may be a problem with the magazine indicator spring being "bent" after a century of constant stress. I now have 8 of these rifles and t...

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Shot my .25 Rem Model 8 for first time and tried Hornady 117 JSP with IMR-3031 at 21.0, 22.0, 23.0, 24.0, and 25.0 (5 rounds loaded for each but I fired them in 2 and 3 round batches). The rifle was ejecting and chambering at each load, but the bolt would not lock open after the last round until I g...

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Looking at the pictures in Numrich for the .25 Rem springs (part number 33) shows a stiffer spring with 7-8 coils. My spring from my .25 Rem has 13-14 coils. Is that correct for the .25 Rem?

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I just noticed that the barrel extension on my "new" Model 8 .25 Rem is slightly loose. It rotates very slightly and will separate a few thousandths when pulled/pushed laterally. How are these barrel extensions affixed to the barrels? Screwed in and then staked (those little index marks)? ...

cantgrowup

I just bought my first .25 Rem Model 8 (1923) and am disassembling and inspecting. When I removed the barrel shroud components, the buffer spring looks very different from my other Mod 8/81 guns, and there were two washers on the receiver end of the buffer spring. None of my other .30, .32, .35, .30...

cantgrowup

Thanks! I just ordered one. I still would like to eventually have an original, but this repro will get me shooting.

cantgrowup

I just bought a 1923 Model 8 in .25 Remington that is missing the magazine spring. Does anyone have a spare magazine spring that is riveted? (I may have to use a non-riveted spring if I can't get the early style). Also... the rifle was missing a magazine follower, but I just bought an "8/81&quo...

cantgrowup

Thanks Cam.

cantgrowup

Well... to be honest with you I figured if I couldn't garner enough interest in the only website dedicated to Remington Model 8/81s for a new barrel takedown tool, then there isn't much value in marketing outside of the the forum.... or hope in making more than the remaining two prototypes. Apparent...

cantgrowup

I can understand that. I like your suggestion of using a ruler and crescent wrench for a stubborn rusted up bushing. My tool is more for normal barrel assembly work. I broke down the barrel assemblies on all of my seven 8/81s the first time using a friend's die wrench tool with an insert that had li...

cantgrowup

Here's another

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854075165

cantgrowup

Thank you very much! New barrel removal tool for sale in Sell or Trade section (with linked pics thanks to you!).

cantgrowup

UPDATE: The first "production" batch of 25 tools sold out. The second batch of 25 is now ready for sale.... and of those only 8 are still unspoken for. I'm asking $95 which included shipping, and one operating handle "protector" cap. If interested in one of this batch, send an e...

cantgrowup

I previously used Photobucket to share photos in forums online, but now they want $8 per month for their previously free service. I don't have enough photos to share for $76 a year! Can anyone recommend a FREE photo sharing site?

cantgrowup

I'm noticing that it is very difficult to insert rounds into my 1929 Mod 8 in .30 Rem, with the one spring magazine. None of my other Mod 8/81's are this difficult, and rounds easily pop into their magazines. Is it recommended to maybe slightly bend or file/polish the lip on the box mag or maybe try...

cantgrowup

Old thread, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. I liked the feel of the movie in that I think it captured the era well (from what I imagine and have read of the era). But there was way too much poetic license and ignoring of actual history (e.g., Hamer never talked to old man Henry Barrow at th...

cantgrowup

Is it just me, or have all the linked photos on Photobucket been blurred and watermarked? I assume that they now want everyone to pay for the previously free storage, and any previously linked pics are worthless as visual aids. Extortion!!!!!

cantgrowup

Wow! Sub-MOA! I'm lucky to get 4 MOA with my old eyes. Great shooting!

cantgrowup

Remington may have held the leftover Type 2 levers until the end of the 81 line was in sight, and decided to use up the old stock instead of making more Type 3 levers.

I've only seen one Model 8 on GB that had the lever tack-welded on its shaft.

cantgrowup

I loaded the brass for a second time and fired twenty in my 81 and thirty in an 8 that I had not fired yet. I got one more split neck in the Model 8, but no more split necks in the original 81. I had replaced the original six brass with six from my other unopened bag of 50, and fired three from each...

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Grafs suspects my chamber might be too large, so I've ordered some Cerrosafe metal to caste the chamber.

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