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Two M-81s in .35 Rem in mint condition with original boxes just sold on GB - one for $1700.

One seller from California had two M-81s for sale on GB during the last two weeks -- both were mint condition rifles in .35 Rem WITH original boxes. One rifle sold for $1700 and the other for 1350.

Yes, thats the one. Indeed, it was a clean example of a Model 8 from 1908 in 35 Rem -- but it has NO special features and still sold for nearly $3000. I am still amazed/confused. The bidding hovered around $800-1200 all last week (reasonable) and then shot up to the final price. YIKES. Guess that gu...

It sold tonight for like $2750. It wasn't anything special. Model 8 in .35 Rem made in 1908. It was in fine condition. But nearly $3000?? I could not believe it. Why so much?? I know .35 Rem is the desirable caliber so people can shoot the rifle, but come on. Is this the new normal?? Or just a biddi...

Yeah, yeah. :lol: When I encountered this problem last month, I went looking online for an extra screw..but couldn't find any. So I took the rifle to my gunsmith. Then, last week, I found screws for sale for $3 a screw. Needless to say, I am kicking myself for spending $80 to re-thread the original ...

Pretty basic question. Will any .35 Remington round (rounded bullet, pointed, flat-nosed) function in the 8/81? I guess the same question holds for .25, .30, and .32 Rem.

Thanks.

TS

It turned out that the threads on the trigger assembly screw were damaged and weren't feeding into the threads on the receiver. I had to get my gunsmith to re-thread it. After I paid $80 for that, I was able to find a spare screw for $3....ugh. At least my rifle can be put back together now.

Still won't go in. I even removed the trigger assembly to see if the screw will go in to the receiver under no pressure -- nope. It is possible the screw threads on the RECEIVER were damaged at some point so they are not accepting the threads on the screw. Not sure how that could have happened. Its ...

Thanks. I got the pin in just fine, but still cannot get the screw in...it stops right before the threads. I will try to hammer the trigger assembly forward into the slot more securely --but since the pin is in, shouldn't the screw go in smoothly now? Ugh...

So I recently picked up a Model 8 in .32 Remington (made in 1926) and decided to disassemble and clean the rifle. Thanks to the You Tube videos I managed to re-assemble the rifle until I had to put the trigger assembly screw back in the rifle. The darn screw won't go back in. I made certain the trig...