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Wow! Amazing.... A Peace Officer Equipment 15 round-mag was sold for 2.000$ today! It was in a good condition, but such a price is a lot. For that money you can reproduce one and start a production line..... Well, ave to look further, for such a mag to buy! Right about $2,500.00 by the time the tax...

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Magazine sold to an onsite bidder.

Congratulations to whoever won!

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Hey Hibby, I apologize for the posting I made on the Facebook Remington thread. I had not seen the posting on our Forum. I had not checked our Forum for several days and just now saw your posting. My congratulations on finding this FN. it is in very good condition and will be a great addition to yo...

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chas1949 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:24 am Could this possibly be because of a difference in the ammo produced at the time for these overseas. Lower pressure ammo like our 7.62x51 nato ammo vs commercial .308 ammo.

Unfortunately, i can't comment on that.

My spring was between 1.5" - 2" shorter than a spare on the shelf.

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Welcome to the forum.

Hope you find the information and help that you're looking for. Good luck with your 300 Savage.

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I wish i had a way to measure the pitch on the screws, any thread pitch gauge i have access to doesn't go that small.

Pure guess from looking at other posts on the forum. 5-48 range ???

Best would be a good genuine gunsmith or well outfitted gun shop to help.

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While having some coffee i read some more of the posts in here.

No way to substantiate anything, interesting enough the left of my buttstock has this stamp. Wish they showed the 139 stamp in their photos.

Neat to have some theories, but I wouldn't bet on anything.

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canuck wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:57 pm She really shines with a fresh rub down!
As I said on FB, great score!

It sure did! The worst of it "which wasn't bad' was the magazine where it sits inside the receiver, around the screw heads and below the safety "old varnished oil."

Thanks Canuck.

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All gussied up. Burnt the midnight oil finishing my thorough cleaning.

81Police- It certainly didn't give any trouble and upon full tear down, cleanup was relatively easy.

Dan- Thank you, I definitely feel lucky to have come across this one!

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Nice work 81Police.

Very rare opportunity for someone!

Definitely interesting to see what price the hammer drops at!

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Thank you Hibby, it now has a place beside its M8s and 81 relatives. I do have do have a couple questions that may be answered here. The FN barrel nut is quite different, longer and with no hole for removal tool. The spring is also shorter. I have attached pic. Upon dissambly, I checked the length ...

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Thank you Roger. The FN surely feels like a highlight in collecting these auto-loaders. I completely disassembled and thoroughly cleaned up the barreled assembly last night. Fortunately it came apart with ease and was not filthy at all. Now to give the receiver a solid clean, inspection and get read...

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Oliver, I private messaged you a link that would help you out.

Edit- This is TIME SENSITIVE! The auction ends in 6 days.

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Very cool. I sure wish I could know some of it's history too.

Thank you Cameron!

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Thanks John, good tip on removal should i decide to clean out the stamping.

A couple more pics.

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Another photo.

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Big smiles today! I was finally able to score an FN. :D I may have missed it, I’m very thankful John “54BULLESYE” gave me a heads up on it! This one came to me from a gun shop in Colorado. Unfortunately the last owner, who also had a gun shop in the same city passed and his firearms are being sold t...

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Willkommen!

You found the best place to find out more about these ol' long recoil semi-auto's.

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Phyrbird wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:36 pm Is that the original bolt handle??

No it's not.

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Sweet C grade John.

That wood sure has some figure to it. That's a rare sight combination, those flip fronts are really cool and the King rear are seldom seen.

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I was given this Butler Creek shotgun sling and figured it would be fit for a springpole.

There is leather stitched where the sling goes around the barrel "holds tight." I wouldn't recommend using this on a higher condition gun, although on a user I see no foul.

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PM'ed you.

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Heard back from 81Police that this one wasn't in the database. Pretty cool!

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serial # is 44813

Ok 81Police, I can send you pictures from the auction.

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Howdy Chas.

I may be interested in the bolt carrier. Could you send a couple pictures showing extractor channel and a couple angles, front/rear.

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One just sold today in Pennsylvania through Dan Morphy's auction .

Hope it's a good one and congrats to the new owner if they're on here. The bolt handle should be an easy fix.

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Nice dove and cool auto loading shotgun!

I haven’t hunted doves since my late teens/early twenties,

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If you look at any 8 or 81 in less than mint condition, you'll see those 2 spots on a factory gun where the 2 "rivets" in question are. I haven't seen a lot of special police rifles to know if a rivet "of sort" was done on others. I do know that the spots they correspond with are...

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Got it the other day. Thanks for getting the design around and shirts made.

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Happy to hear you had a positive change in the rifle! Hope that ironed out your problem. A couple of my rifles when I took apart the shroud were pretty cruddy and rusty. Cool that you made a tool yourself to break the barreled assembly down. Looks don't matter as long as you can safely take it down ...

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Looks nice, I’m sure I’ll be happy with the shirt.

Do all shirts have your name on them? That wasn’t on the original design you shared.

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The new to me K2.5 arrived over the weekend and was installed in short order. The glass is clear and the tube is clean & free from ring marks. I mounted it 90 degrees counter clockwise of the traditional way so I could use the open sights. First shot on paper at 30 yards was 1" low and 7 in...

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Ok. Yes, i still have that one .

Phyrbird wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:00 pm Luke
I was referring to our Other 30Rem rifle. The sister to the one I have.
Still there?
Carl

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Thanks Dan. The figure of the buttstock is part of the reason why I bought it. I also I didn't have a 32 Rem 81. The buttstock is numbered to the gun. I've read good reviews of Iron Sight's work, I've heard the timeline is pretty lengthy for return. That's why I'm checking into the smaller repair sh...

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Thanks for the compliment's gentlemen. Phyrbird, the Stith equipped rifle didn't come with a Lyman peep, it has a filler screw where I can only assume a Redfield peep would've been. The 35 Rem pictured above does have a Lyman. I do like the Stith mounts too! I was pleasantly surprised that a South P...

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Glad you figured it out.

I'll raise one for you this evening. ha

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Here's the line up of rifles, in the order of 25-30-32-35-300

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I received my new to me 300 Savage Model 81 this week. Unfortunately the old Weaver K2.5 is too foggy for service. I may send it out for repair, or find a nice & clear replacement for it. I figured after giving it a solid once over, I'd shoot it. I then decided that I may as well get one of each...

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Funds sent via paypal, my address was included in the notes. Give me a heads up, thanks.

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Beautiful John. That’s a real classy cased setup, with all the accoutrements! I imagine it was quite the labor of love making that happen.

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Welcome to the forum E. explorer. It appears your serial number falls into 1912 production. The RP isn't a date code "date codes are on left side", date codes weren't stamped until about 10 years after your gun was built. Here's a link to a guide to figure out when your rifle was made. htt...

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Hello, Mike

A warming story of friendship to share. Sorry to hear of his passing.

That trade may not have been favorable, some of us have one, two or more of those stories.

Looking forward to seeing some photos of the early 81.

Luke

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That is a sight to behold! Whether it's timing or luck finding one of them, especially in such condition is rarer than i can imagine.

Beautiful addition to the arsenal of 1900's!

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That wood is BEAUTIFUL!

Very nice rifle 54bullseye. I sure think it looks better than the pictures that the auction depicted.

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1 XL for me

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Congrats on the 25. I, myself am a proud new owner of a 25 too. Sorry I can’t offer any assistance on a barrel or what route would suit the situation. I wish the best and hope to hear good report back on what you come up with and how it groups in current condition. I assume this would be the most ex...

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Does the print on the shirt have a soft or plastic feel to it? I’m not familiar with DTF, I’m familiar with screen print.

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Cool gun and an even cooler story!

Real neat it has the very early barrel shroud that has the hand engraved caliber. Someone needed new parts and took what they could get or wanted to make it 300 savage.

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I noticed the barrel nut was different in the photo's. I can't comment on what a factory one's length is, i do know they had a hold though. The length of spring, springs :D up some question though. I can't gauge how much shorter the one in your gun is. My opinion is that it may be a bit too short. I...

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Very nice looking gun! Glad to hear the gun and bore cleaned up nicely and was without issue.

I was giving you a bit of a run on it.

I'm happy it went to a forum member, enjoy your 1900.

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