Short pants, small arms

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Oleg Volk

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12 Responses to Short pants, small arms

  1. Turk says:
    June 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    Gaaaah!!! A Remington Model 81!!! (or 8) can’t see if it has the pistol grip stock. Had one in .35 Remington. I was intrigued by it’s history and coolness. Took a bit of wrangling and horse trading to afford the one I had, as it was almost $900. Took it to the range, Put 1 box of ammo through it..(It worked flawlessly)….and promptly sold it. This may be possibly the SINGLE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE FIREARM I have EVER fired!!! And that’s compared to a .458 Win. mag Bolt action, and an H&R 12 GA Topper with high brass Slugs!!!

  2. staghounds says:
    June 13, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    Yes you can tell, the (stock) 81 had a thick forearm too. This one is an 8.

  3. Gewehr98 says:
    June 13, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    Yup. That’s a Model 8. Skinny schnabel forend, looks like no pistol grip in the stock, either. I’d wager it’s a .25 Remington based on the bullet size – more fun finding reloadable brass than the .30 Remington variants, which are also hen’s teeth compared to the .35 Remington chambering. I’m jealous, my two Remington/Browning autoshuckers don’t have any original stripper clips!

  4. Gewehr98 says:
    June 13, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    I’ll be damned. Zoom in on the barrel extension and it says, “.35 Rem”. Cool beans, although that means it’ll thump the shooter harder than the smaller bore Remington Model 8 rifles do.

    • Oleg Volk says:
      June 13, 2011 at 6:25 pm

      Ammo is .25 but the gun is a .35 — and the barrel extension stamp is the only visible difference. We just didn’t have .35Rem stripper clips on hand.

  5. Mike B says:
    June 13, 2011 at 11:48 pm

    Very nice. This is the first pic of a Model 8 that looks in as good (actually better) condition than mine. Mine’s a .30 rem. I’ve got 1 bullet for it.

  6. Gewehr98 says:
    June 14, 2011 at 8:04 am

    Then you haven’t seen my restored early-production Remington Model 8 (No external magazine guide springs) in .32 Remington.

    It’s the one pictured on the Wikipedia entry for “Remington Model 8”. 🙂

    Currently working on a Remington Model 81 restoration, in .300 Savage, with Lyman Alaskan scope and offset Stith mounts…

  7. Scott says:
    June 14, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    Up until recently, I had a Model 8 as well. It was in .30 Remington inherited from my Grandfather. Worked flawlessly and reloaded exactly the same as a 30-30. I found it a nice home with someone who collected them.

    Great rifle for reminding anti-gun people that semi-automatic rifles were used for hunting well before they were adopted by the military.

  8. Titular Head says:
    June 14, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    I like short pants. 🙂

  9. Tam says:
    June 14, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    Oh-Em-Gee is that gun teh sexy, or what?

    I have a bad case of the wantsies.

    (You know who designed that rifle, right? 😉 )

  10. Beaumont says:
    June 17, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    Anybody have stripper clips for a .30?

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