Tell me about the Remington Model 8

[Mags]

I just picked up a Remington Model 8 in 30 remington with a 5 digit S/N in a trade. I don't know much about it and really wanted the 3 other rifles in the trade the Remington just sweetened the deal.

The rifle shoots 30 remington which I beleive is only made by remanufacturers now. But I did get a pretty old looking box of ammo in the trade. The stock looks poorly refinished. The receiver has a mount on the side for a scope but no scope attached. I would like to find the rest of the scope mount and a scope for this rifle.

So what do these things go for? Is it worth my time? I think it's a pretty cool semi auto and could be almost 100 years old if not older.

 

[j2crows]

Don't know much about them. However I did have one about 15 years ago and was a lot of fun to shoot. I wonder how much fun it would be to take javelina hunting?

 

[bbrownie]

the model 8 was designed by John Browning. the action is basically the same as the Browning Auto-5 shotgun. I bought one up here in Ontario Canada about twenty years ago for $175.00. it is in excellent shape and has a Lyman #41 receiver sight and a Lyman #5A front sight it serial #52xxx and was built in1921 or 1922.
hope this info is helpful
Brownie

 

[awgrizzly]

A very interesting vintage rifle by John Browning, part of a historic struggle to develop a high power semi-auto. Here's a link to a forum dedicated to these old semi's.

http://vintagesemiautorifle.proboards.com/

 

[Vaarok]

They're about three to six hundred, depending on condition and such. Special aftermarket sights, condition, and caliber affect value. Basically a Browning A-5 shotgun mechanism scaled down for rifle cartridges, with a barrel shroud over everything.

A damn fine rifle, well loved in the northeast, but ammo is pricey and not as commonly carried as other cartridges- though still in production by Remington at least, if you hunt around a bit.

 

[NCsmitty]

The 30 Remington was Remington's rimless answer to the 30-30 and offered identical ballistics.
Remington offered semi-auto and pump action rifles in their rimless line of 25, 30, and 32 caliber based on nearly identical brass, and the 35 Rem using a larger case.
Remington sold a bunch of those rifles over the years that they were made.



NCsmitty

 

[Mags]

Thanks for the info guys. This rifle needs a little work and I won't be able to finish it so I think I will take it to a few local shops and see what they will give me for it or what they will charge to bring it up to snuff.

 

[coop923]

Picked up 100 brass some years ago and dies from RCBS, however I have heard that the case dimensions are the same as the 30 WCF save the rim and that 30-30 dies may be used. Maybe someone else can refute or confirm this. My model 8 is in .35 Remington and is a great gun that has bagged deer for three generations. Some may say they're not accurate, but in my experience, they're wrong.

edit: the .30 Remington that I load for is a Remington Model 14

 

[coop923]

...I have heard that the case dimensions are the same as the 30 WCF save the rim and that 30-30 dies may be used. Maybe someone else can refute or confirm this.

Followed up on this myself and found that the 30-30 dies work for neck sizing, but the shoulder angle is slightly different so for full-length sizing you would need .30 Remington dies. Full-length sizing would probably work much better in the rifles that these rounds were designed for. You can however use load data from the 30-30 when loading the .30 Remington.

 

[Mags]

Thanks Coop! I'm still on the fence as to whether or not to keep it or not.

 

[Mags]

Just because I took pictures of all my guns today just in case of a boating accident here is the Model 8.

 

[DM~]

My dad shot one for many years, chambered in 35 Rem... I bet he shot over 50 whitetails with it! Last time we talked anout his old 35, he said: "now that was a real deer slayer!!" Dad's 98 now, i think he shot his last buck when he was 90...

DM