Remington model 81 35 Rem, sight question

[Remington1911]

I have that same chair, with the same wear, guess the arms on all of them do that.

What flavor, my 81 is in 300 savage and it is a monster.

 

[Jeff olson]

My 81 is 30 rem, while my Model 8 is 35 rem. I always get them mixed up.

 

[Jim Watson]

A friend was out banging away with his Model 8 .30-30 Remington (That is how the early ones were marked) complete with Weaver scope in Stith mounts.
An aghast bystander said "Don't you know that is a Collector's Item?
Friend replied "Yes, but what you don't know is that it has been collected."

Another friend had Model 81 .35. It would feed handholds with .38 semiwadcutters but we did not work up the load enough to cycle the action. It was a fine straight pull plinker, though.

 

[Remington1911]

My 8 is in 30, while the 81 is in 300 savage. I have said before that in shooting both of them there is night and day difference between them. Back several years ago Graf had "factory" ammo. The cases had their head stamp. I bought one box of their ammo and 100 brass from them. I load mine just a tick softer then their own rounds. It is so much fun to shoot. They are thick old girls and are just not that bad.

The 300 savage is different however, that thing with a factory load is just harsh, as in well this is not a lot of fun. I loaded that way down to the point of the gun running in a reliable manner.

But such fun guns, and amazing to how they work inside with all those little levers on the sides....just cool to me.

 

[9x56MS]

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