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by Bandersnatch
Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:46 pm
Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
Topic: something I found at the local gun show
Replies: 15
Views: 14340

Re: something I found at the local gun show

35Rem wrote:Which gun show?
The one at the civic center in B'ham.
by Bandersnatch
Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:16 pm
Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
Topic: Anyone heard of a Model 8 in .308?
Replies: 1
Views: 2647

Anyone heard of a Model 8 in .308?

This auction closed two years ago, but just take a look...

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/11418839
by Bandersnatch
Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:10 pm
Forum: For Sale or Trade
Topic: GB M8 huh?
Replies: 9
Views: 8854

Re: GB M8 huh?

Pretty, but not $1300 worth of pretty.
by Bandersnatch
Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:38 pm
Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
Topic: Anyone hunt deer with the .25 Remington?
Replies: 14
Views: 14901

Re: Anyone hunt deer with the .25 Remington?

As to wild boar, feral hogs, pigs or what-have-you, the .223 is just fine. I've managed to kill a couple of porkers DRT with that little round, so I say "pshaw". Any of the Remington stable of calibers in the 8/81 family ought to do just fine for pigs or deer, for that matter. For grizzly,...
by Bandersnatch
Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:11 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

Re: new reloading project

Given that that previous thread is 8 months old it seems things have changed somewhat. I have 100 .30 Rem cases in bound from Lohman's and they list both .30 and .32 in stock. $66 for the hundred. I'm glad I got the cases from GB, but I'm also glad to see another source which is, currently at least,...
by Bandersnatch
Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:10 pm
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

Re: new reloading project

These folks have .30 and .32 brass in stock. Also, loaded ammo, but it's a little spendy.

http://www.lohmanarms.com/default.asp
by Bandersnatch
Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: picked up a parts set
Replies: 5
Views: 5154

Re: picked up a parts set

I don't *think* so. The case bodies are the same diameter and all the cartridges are the same length.

At least this is so for .25, .30, .32.
by Bandersnatch
Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: picked up a parts set
Replies: 5
Views: 5154

Re: picked up a parts set

As I understand it, the bolt heads on all the small caliber guns are the same, so you could just swap barrels.
by Bandersnatch
Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

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...
by Bandersnatch
Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

Re: new reloading project

.30 is also getting harder to find so I think these cases are getting annealed about every other firing so maybe they'll last longer.
by Bandersnatch
Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

Re: new reloading project

Gunbroker.

Total of 90 from two different sources. A little spendy, but, yanno, reloading.
by Bandersnatch
Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:16 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: Rem. 8 Carbine
Replies: 40
Views: 66847

Re: Rem. 8 Carbine

Want.

Want.

Want want want want want!

Like burning!
by Bandersnatch
Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:51 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: new reloading project
Replies: 12
Views: 9603

new reloading project

Now that I have a stash of nifty .30 Remington En route, I begin yet another episode of reloading a weird or obsolete caliber. I make it a matter of policy to never take up more than one new caliber at a time. Thank heavens there aren't too many different ones for the Model 8. ;) Now, to find some d...
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:12 pm
Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
Topic: Barrel jacket scope mount
Replies: 8
Views: 7236

Re: Barrel jacket scope mount

No, the jacket doesn't move.
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:52 am
Forum: Welcome Wagon
Topic: New Owner
Replies: 1
Views: 2859

Re: New Owner

Howdy do! :)
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:48 am
Forum: Q & A about the 8/81
Topic: Barrel jacket scope mount
Replies: 8
Views: 7236

Re: Barrel jacket scope mount

I don't see why it wouldn't work. The pic showing the mount screwed into the sight base holes and then the inverted scope ring further forward would mount a long eye relief scope easily. Pistol scopes have to take abuse because they're designed to be mounted on things like .44 magnums that generate ...
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I found a barrel tool!
Replies: 4
Views: 5090

I found a barrel tool!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/bandersnatch45/IMG_20141118_160828.jpg Found on Ebay for 62.00. A trifle spendy, but I really wanted to get the barrel apart and check for rust. This is the 81 I found at the gun show and I had found some rust inside the receiver, so I was concerned for the in...
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:07 pm
Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
Topic: something I found at the local gun show
Replies: 15
Views: 14340

Re: something I found at the local gun show

as you can see, i finally got these dratted pics to upload. had to find a knowledgeable teenager.
by Bandersnatch
Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:06 pm
Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
Topic: something I found at the local gun show
Replies: 15
Views: 14340

Re: something I found at the local gun show

first 5 bullets at 100 yards. :D

Image
by Bandersnatch
Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:34 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: Welded Model 8 from Gunbroker
Replies: 20
Views: 20214

Re: Welded Model 8 from Gunbroker

The Remington Core Lockt stuff seems to work well in my .300 Savage model 81.
by Bandersnatch
Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:23 am
Forum: The Great Model 8
Topic: My 1907 model 8
Replies: 16
Views: 12381

Re: My 1907 model 8

what caliber?
by Bandersnatch
Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:24 pm
Forum: Wanted to buy
Topic: stripper clips
Replies: 7
Views: 8394

Re: stripper clips

Swedish 6.5x55mm stripper clips seem to work just fine for .300 Savage.
by Bandersnatch
Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:16 pm
Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
Topic: something I found at the local gun show
Replies: 15
Views: 14340

Re: something I found at the local gun show

Trying to upload more but having trouble making these things small enough.
by Bandersnatch
Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: Pics of your 8/81's
Topic: something I found at the local gun show
Replies: 15
Views: 14340

something I found at the local gun show

Something from the gun show.....
by Bandersnatch
Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:46 am
Forum: Welcome Wagon
Topic: Howdy Do!
Replies: 2
Views: 3221

Howdy Do!

Just bought my first 81 recently and was looking to learn more about this fascinating rifle.