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- Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:14 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Buffalo arms 30 Rem for sale
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18615
Re: Buffalo arms 30 Rem for sale
Heads up....Buffalo arms has Loaded 30 Rem. For sale. 150 gr RN Yes, it does show that they have "ample stock" of .30 Remington 150 RN - however, as an experiment, since I don't have a .30 but a .32 I ordered some .32 Remington 170 GR RN from them earlier this month. They said "backo...
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:22 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20089
Re: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
Thanks for the tips, Cam. With the prices as low as they are on any AR lowers, I got to buy one or two for a future build.
And I've really liked what I've learned about 6.5 Grendel ballistics, performance, and such.
Adam
And I've really liked what I've learned about 6.5 Grendel ballistics, performance, and such.
Adam
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:51 pm
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: M8/81 scopes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8000
Re: M8/81 scopes
Gettin' the job done on that hawg with the .300 Savage, Cam! I'm about to begin my own journey so to speak with a .300 Savage M81 - looking forward to it! No scope for me though - no holes in my receiver, and won't ever be any - I'll just wait til I come across a swiss-cheesed 81 in my future! The W...
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20089
Re: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
Adam, any standard lower will work. As you mentioned, only change in the lower will be the magazine itself (6.5 or 6.8 specific). A cool project for a gunsmith would be a Model 81 in 30Rem converted to 6.8SPC For the Grendel 6.5 you use, which mags have you had luck with? I've read a bunch, just wo...
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:54 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20089
Re: 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, .300AAC - daydreamin'!
Cam, it's been a while since I started this thread and I had a new couple questions for you. Prices on all lowers, regardless of material (aluminum/polymer/etc) are so cheap that I'm tempted to buy one or two just to get a project going. Questions: are the considerations for a 6.5 Grendel build rela...
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:45 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: M8/81 scopes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8000
Re: M8/81 scopes
I am glad to hear Joe's feedback on the choice of scopes - he's a great source of "real world experience" information. And a good history lesson for me to learn from, too - since it's all new to me! Adam A true "vintage" and "completing the rifle as it originally was" i...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:29 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: M8/81 scopes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8000
Re: M8/81 scopes
Weaver K4?
- Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Great Model 8 MEET & GREET!!!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 26610
Re: Great Model 8 MEET & GREET!!!
Jack, Roger, and Cam - cool deal! Glad to see some of us getting together at a big gun show event! Wish I had the chance to do so - maybe in the future. For myself, I was just happy to visit a small local show yesterday and score a green box of .300 Savage Core-Lokt PSP's from a vendor. (Also made i...
- Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:27 am
- Forum: The Great Model 81 'Woodsmaster'
- Topic: Double-check my Model 81 date code, help?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5177
Re: Double-check my Model 81 date code, help?
thanks, Bob - appreciate the double-check!
it's a .300 Savage, fyi
Adam
it's a .300 Savage, fyi
Adam
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:48 am
- Forum: The Great Model 81 'Woodsmaster'
- Topic: Double-check my Model 81 date code, help?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5177
Double-check my Model 81 date code, help?
Guys, I believe my recently acquired Model 81 shows a possible manufacture date of June 1948. I base this on my barrel jacket code, PTT, which is also serialed to my receiver - 39763. In fact, the serial is repeated in whole or part on all the usual places, including the butt stock trigger guard rec...
- Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Great Model 8 MEET & GREET!!!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 26610
Re: Great Model 8 MEET & GREET!!!
Guys,
Whoever gets together at the Tulsa show from the forum here - make sure to take pics & post here! Fun to see what all everyone's up to and such. Won't be there but wish I could be! Plus, what a great way it would've been to spend my birthday at the Tulsa show! (April 11th)
take care
Adam
Whoever gets together at the Tulsa show from the forum here - make sure to take pics & post here! Fun to see what all everyone's up to and such. Won't be there but wish I could be! Plus, what a great way it would've been to spend my birthday at the Tulsa show! (April 11th)
take care
Adam
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:19 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14921
Re: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
Xtimberman, Sir, I just had to make a comment. I was sorry to see all of your great 8/81 and Model 14 photos disappear. I can understand getting put off by one oddball post, but that guy (or girl) was one of the many billions on this planet - who just came in for a nanosecond of time for the only re...
- Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:23 am
- Forum: Welcome Wagon
- Topic: ammo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2879
Re: ammo
Texjack,
I'm about to see how long it takes for Buffalo Arms to come up with some .32 Rem rimless round-nose ammo.
My Model 14 won't feed anything else but RN very well.
Adam
I'm about to see how long it takes for Buffalo Arms to come up with some .32 Rem rimless round-nose ammo.
My Model 14 won't feed anything else but RN very well.
Adam
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:15 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: 141 transition
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14810
Re: 141 transition
Thanks for sharing those pics - I agree with you on the restoration. When the finish is all gone, and it's your gun anyway - enjoy it! The fact that it is another of those unique rifles with old-style 14 barrel on the second generation 141 receiver is great. Nice find, and nice looking end result. I...
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:58 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14921
Re: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
man that's a nice one. i let one go in a pawn shop, they thought way to much of it for me... Yeah, xtimberman sure does get me wishin' for a 14-1/2 all of a sudden! (Not really - always been on my radar - however, rarity inflates prices accordingly..) Joe, I noticed the 14-1/2 in .38-40 on GB too -...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:57 pm
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14921
Re: Rem. 14 1/2 Rifle
Neat gun! I like!
I'll be looking for a 14-1/2 to add to my .32 14 soon 'nuff....
I'll be looking for a 14-1/2 to add to my .32 14 soon 'nuff....
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:54 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Remington Model 16 info
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7961
Re: Remington Model 16 info
I need some info on the Remington Model 16 semi-auto .22 (which was only chambered in the .22 Remington Auto cartridge). The Remington Model 16 is supposed to be a take-down, but how do you do the take-down? Anyone have one of these? That's an interesting rifle - I had no idea about this particular...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:59 am
- Forum: Wanted to buy
- Topic: this post can be deleted, thanks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4252
this post can be deleted, thanks
Cam -
You can delete this post, since I have located the parts I need.
Thank you!
Adam
You can delete this post, since I have located the parts I need.
Thank you!
Adam
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:44 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: Can We Discuss Specific Handloads For Model 8/81s?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19016
Re: Can We Discuss Specific Handloads For Model 8/81s?
Joe, I am embarrassed to mention that I have as of yet STILL not fired any of those 170 FN .32's you sent me. Why is that, you may ask? My Model 14 is still completely apart - it has been in limbo, waiting for my attention. Let's hope that situation changes very soon! (I think it will - in a few wee...
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:00 am
- Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
- Topic: deleted
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4669
Re: Grade 4 Model-8 in .35 Rem.
Nice "tattooed lady" Timberman!
That is a 100% contrast to the Model 81 Woodmaster rusty dawg I won recently - a gun refinishing project if there ever was one - in .300 Savage.
Your yin to my yang!
Enjoy.
Adam
That is a 100% contrast to the Model 81 Woodmaster rusty dawg I won recently - a gun refinishing project if there ever was one - in .300 Savage.
Your yin to my yang!
Enjoy.
Adam
- Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:43 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: Differences in extractor shapes?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4638
Re: Differences in extractor shapes?
Why does my 1906 .35 Remington have a crescent-shaped extractor while my 1911 .35 Remington has a squared-off extractor? Wouldn't the crescent shape be more effective? Not that I know anything about this without looking at my own 1908 .35 Model 8, but I would also expect the extractor to be crescen...
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 4:55 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: Barrel switch. How easily can one change calibers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6358
Re: Barrel switch. How easily can one change calibers?
Roger had the right answers about springs being unique to each of the 8/81 cartridge groups - the .25/.30/.32 should have a "shared" recoil and buffer spring set, as would the .35 and the .300. That part is not hard to manipulate - in other words, if you have the proper .300 springs, that ...
- Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:47 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: C&R tips appreciated
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2711
C&R tips appreciated
Hey 'yall from Virginia once again! C&R (curio and relic) questions from me today - for your consideration. First off, just wanted to make sure my essential understanding of the legal stuff - that "most" guns 50 years old from today's date are covered by C&R rules. So, a 1964 Model...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:44 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: .32 Rem rimless rifle owners - share your stories!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4293
Re: .32 Rem rimless rifle owners - share your stories!
Hey olskool, Sounds like you may be coming down with a case of "jackitis". :D :D :D Those FN's are as rare as eyelashes on eggs! :o Regards, jack1653 So Jack, now that your attention was grabbed by the mention of FN Browning spring-poles! What I'd like to know about your own fantastic M8/...
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:29 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9695
Re: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
Thanks for looking, I was glad to have found this one!Phyrbird wrote:Good one Adam
My current Remington wish list: any of the other 2 orphaned calibers (.25 and .30) in M14's and M8's (M141's and M81's too!)
Let the orphaned Rem rimless collecting ensue!!
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 5:26 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9695
Re: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
Pics of the gun - nice surprise to see the s/n on the stock, buttplate, t/g, and matching. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-d1OWWuvrD0Q/VKXOHue2R6I/AAAAAAAANcw/4wkQgrtmG1g/w958-h425-no/P1190115.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--4ybD_QGJuY/VKXOIVARfxI/AAAAAAAANdE/nS0L_iOp4cY/w958-h557-no/P119...
- Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: .32 Rem rimless rifle owners - share your stories!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4293
.32 Rem rimless rifle owners - share your stories!
OK got to get a message out before work - as a new Remington rimless orphan ammo club member, with a '23 M14 and 20 rounds of Joe's xlnt reloads, I ask this question: .32 Rem rifle owners - M8's/M14's/M30's and even those rare lever action Stevens guns - share your stories if you can! I wish to fine...
- Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:33 pm
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9695
Re: Model 14 in .32: it's home!
It's definitely home now. Pics! https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7flsuQSxTKk/VI3lg4vyssI/AAAAAAAANcM/uWl-ChJ85mg/w951-h192-no/P1190084.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lyS58QLFQpA/VI3lg5obhsI/AAAAAAAANcE/RAOSiwtCF6w/w951-h283-no/P1190083.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4-NFt1G3QxQ/VI3...
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:51 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9695
Re: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
Going to meet my local FFL this weekend to pick this gun up. Will spend an inordinate amount of time photographing the girl once she gets home - expect some old Remington eye candy to appear! Joe (Sarge756) gets a big "thumbs up" for generously providing me with some .32 to get her started...
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:47 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9695
Model 14 in .32 coming soon!
Here's a few GB snaps of the 1923 Model 14 coming my way soon. I am very anxiously awaiting her safe arrival! Notice - no d&t holes anywhere - yeah! s/n 87021, with apparent factory repair code of September 1930. I've joined the Orphaned Remington Rimless club! Adam https://lh5.googleusercontent...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:12 am
- Forum: The Great Model 8
- Topic: new reloading project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9645
Re: new reloading project
BS Take a look at this previous thread re Lohman`s http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3646 I remember that thread, Joe!! I think I was even involved! LOL PS....now, I got a .32 Rem Model 14, and I committed myself to the Orphaned Remington Rimless Club! Pics ...
- Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: The Great Model 8
- Topic: new reloading project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9645
Re: new reloading project
I only have a .32 Remington, and fortunately it came with 90 rounds of ammo, and 10 empties. 15% have been cracking though. .32 Remington ammo is getting absurd as well so I have decided Santa is getting me a lathe for Christmas to make my own brass from 30-30. Annealing is in my immediate future a...
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:39 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Model 10 bolt is apart - yippee!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6117
Re: Model 10 bolt is apart - yippee!
Figured a follow-up was WAY past due! 1. Nothing has moved since the 10 was disassembled - well, I take that back. I have not rebuilt the bolt is what I meant. I am in need of the sear, which was broken when I got the shotgun. 2. I did strip the buttstock, the "corn cob" forearm wood, and ...
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:42 am
- Forum: The Great Model 81 'Woodsmaster'
- Topic: Check out Handloader for 300Sav
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6387
Re: Check out Handloader for 300Sav
Not that I have a dog in this hunt, so to speak, but I am just pleased to see mention of one of our/my fave .30 cal rounds in a recent mass-market gun magazine.
Thanks for providing your own experience with heavier-than-150 grain bullets, Norm & Joe.
Adam
Thanks for providing your own experience with heavier-than-150 grain bullets, Norm & Joe.
Adam
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:03 am
- Forum: The Great Model 8
- Topic: 1908 Model 8 with 1935 jacket: my first 8
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23395
Re: 1908 Model 8 with 1935 jacket: my first 8
Cam, Mitch, Carl, Roger, et al - thanks for the kind words and welcoming me back! Roger, this rifle has indeed been a "labor of love" and I am just as glad as you are to see it completed and shooting well. Along the way, I've of course been tinkering with 2, 3 maybe 4 other gun projects at...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 3:58 am
- Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
- Topic: Let's revitalize the 30 Remington (Not AR)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12523
Re: Let's revitalize the 30 Remington (Not AR)
Just a note, they still haven't made it to the range. A side note: I'm loading 7.62 Tok with them and 45C with 158g 357s using sabots too. We will have a range report when they go... Hey Carl, Always wondered how the sabot rounds performed for you with the .30 Rem out of a Model 8 or a Model 14. Al...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:13 am
- Forum: The Great Model 8
- Topic: 1908 Model 8 with 1935 jacket: my first 8
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23395
Re: 1908 Model 8 with 1935 jacket: my first 8
Guys, I've been out of action for some time, and today's post just updates this fun Model 8 as she stands right now. Nothing fancy - I have not pursued trimming the barrel and jacket into a "carbine length" quite yet. Instead, I wanted to get her shooting sooner rather than later, so I reb...
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:07 am
- Forum: The Great Model 8
- Topic: 2-Gun Action Match with a Remington Model 8 (video)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10842
Re: 2-Gun Action Match with a Remington Model 8 (video)
+1 from Adam Lee in Virginia - great to see you putting our classic Browning weaponry through the paces!
Super website - been there before - and that's some great shooting you do!
Adam
Super website - been there before - and that's some great shooting you do!
Adam
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:30 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Wannabe tailor strikes again: ACU modifications, part II
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2182
Wannabe tailor strikes again: ACU modifications, part II
Guys - Schools been out almost a month for me, one thing I've been able to do is practice my sewing skills with my "new" birthday Bernina 350 machine. (My wife's gift to me in April!) I posted a few pics of the "button replacement" mods I did on my multicam ACU shirt - got rid of...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Turn a collectible to trash - another Gunbroker example!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2570
Turn a collectible to trash - another Gunbroker example!
What NOT to do to your collectible WWII military-marked shotgun: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=429701782 Just had to post this. A cautionary tale, perhaps? Friends - don't let friends paint up your vintage Stevens 620 ordnance-marked shotguns in "barbed wire cammo" pa...
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:30 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: I wonder if John Browning would Approve ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8742
Re: I wonder if John Browning would Approve ?
With the collection of emails in my box this link appeared today. I immediately thought of Adam and others here that enjoy the genius of John Browning`s designs and are not afraid to tackle a new project. Looks like it could be fun and has some good information on the working innards to add to our ...
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:53 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Angry as heck, gun shop issues.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20703
Re: Angry as heck, gun shop issues.
Mr. Mike -
Wow.
All that drama sure ended up with one sweet looking restoration - from swiss cheese to factory-fresh!
Enjoy your toy!
Mitch - mucho gracias for helping with the photo uploads!!
Great outcome for you, Mike.
take care - Adam
Wow.
All that drama sure ended up with one sweet looking restoration - from swiss cheese to factory-fresh!
Enjoy your toy!
Mitch - mucho gracias for helping with the photo uploads!!
Great outcome for you, Mike.
take care - Adam
- Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:16 pm
- Forum: For Sale or Trade
- Topic: CCCP-marked T-62 tank tools - grease gun, wrench $75
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2161
CCCP-marked T-62 tank tools - grease gun, wrench $75
Have had these two items from a few years back - Gulf War I to be precise. These items both came from the tool bin of a (former) Iraqi T-62 MBT. Ex-Soviet tools - the grease gun is functional, does not have the threaded fitting shaft/flexible grease fitting hose, and is clearly marked in Cyrillic wi...
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Three of a kind
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3287
Re: Three of a kind
Carl & Mitch - thanks. The Model 10 is currently representing the ugliest gun in the house award-winner. That shorty 20" barrel on the Model 10 (as well as the mag tube) is from a parts set, somewhat older than the gun. I think the shotgun is 1913 or 1914 and the barrel is 1912. Regardless,...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Three of a kind
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3287
Three of a kind
Just like it says....three of a kind.
My favorite kind....
My favorite kind....
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:22 pm
- Forum: The Great Model 81 'Woodsmaster'
- Topic: Range report 32 Rem reloads and my Model 8
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6319
Re: Range report 32 Rem reloads and my Model 8
Nice work, Joe.
You know I need to buy some of your .30 brass....and from Carl, too.
Just let me get away from these 6th graders.
16 days.
You know I need to buy some of your .30 brass....and from Carl, too.
Just let me get away from these 6th graders.
16 days.
- Thu May 29, 2014 3:49 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: Remington Model 30: the forgotten soldier
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3565
Remington Model 30: the forgotten soldier
Feel free to add your own assessment of this gun to this post, but I just had to bring it up. The Model 30 Remington bolt action has to be one of my favorite and most elusive Remington rifles that I'd love to capture - especially in condition such as this one, just freshly auctioned on GB.....missin...
- Thu May 29, 2014 3:42 am
- Forum: Other Remingtons'
- Topic: P proof marks without flaming bomb stamps Rem 11/Savage 720
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4425
Re: P proof marks without flaming bomb stamps Rem 11/Savage
Just checking back in while I have a moment - anyone with any knowledge of the wartime P proof markings WITHOUT flaming bomb ordnance markings, please chime in. In my short time researching wartime issued shotguns (WW2) I have seen mixed manufacturers of shotguns with both stamps, but so far only on...
- Wed May 28, 2014 11:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: My new hobby: sewing and quilting!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5908
Re: My new hobby: sewing and quilting!
Bill, Carl, Jim - glad my posting about sewing and quilting was well-received, for various different reasons! I, Unfortunately have zero time to even respond to any of this. 19 days left. This is all about getting released from the current batch of lunatics under my care here at Crazytown Elementary...
- Mon May 19, 2014 3:27 am
- Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
- Topic: New member....35 cal. 81....what model is it?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11741
Re: New member....35 cal. 81....what model is it?
Welcome and thanks for the photos. Your rifle is a standard model 81 made in 1941. The compass and the retractable sling are aftermarket additions. Always thought the slings like that were neat. I had a J.C.Higgins .22cal rifle years ago that had one and it was a handy carry strap and always there....