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Safety inscription
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:42 pm
by ranman
I have three model 8s that do not have the word safe under the lever. The serial number are in the ten, twenty and thirty thousand ranges. I thought only early ones were not marked. Is this common with the total production of the model 8?
Re: Safety inscription
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:12 am
by 81police
Apparently Remington wasn't consistent with this marking. I never looked into this marking until you mentioned it ranman. A quick glance of a handful of rifles on file, found as high as #26299 without "safe", while rifles below and above were marked "safe". It's an odd inconsistency!
Re: Safety inscription
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:51 pm
by ranman
The top 8 manufacture date is 1908 serial 104xx in 30-30 rem. Bottom on is 1914 serial 334xx in 35 rem. Both have matching floor plates and no safety inscribed below the lever. These have not been reblued . Maybe both are Monday guns...
Re: Safety inscription
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:02 am
by FrayAdjacent
Both of mine, 1946 and 1947 Model 81s have "SAFE" under the lever.