Remington 81
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Remington 81
Here`s some pictures and video of my Rem.81 in 35.
Using stripper clips.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/InTheWi ... .mp4.html
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/InTheWi ... 5.mp4.html
Using stripper clips.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/InTheWi ... .mp4.html
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/InTheWi ... 5.mp4.html
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Nice 81 Pitchy! Were they popular out there? They were quite popular here, especially in .35.
I was always surprised how few people realized they took stripper clips. Still one of the best inventions ever to load a rifle.
The .35 is still popular here. Lot of 336's chambered as such.
I was always surprised how few people realized they took stripper clips. Still one of the best inventions ever to load a rifle.
The .35 is still popular here. Lot of 336's chambered as such.
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Not sure how popular they were around here, the 35 was a good brush buster.OldWin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:03 pm Nice 81 Pitchy! Were they popular out there? They were quite popular here, especially in .35.
I was always surprised how few people realized they took stripper clips. Still one of the best inventions ever to load a rifle.
The .35 is still popular here. Lot of 336's chambered as such.
I`d like to have the model eight also.
I have a 336 in that cal. too
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Still run into both 8's and 81's here. Most are well used but still in good working order. A very robust design.
The tang sight is a great addition Pitchy.
There are 14 and 141's kicking around up here too. Most I see tend to look less "used" than the autos. Kinda strange.
The tang sight is a great addition Pitchy.
There are 14 and 141's kicking around up here too. Most I see tend to look less "used" than the autos. Kinda strange.
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Do not leave that laying around unattended if I am near! That's a nice 'un.
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I've had several 8s and 81s over the years, but only one in .35 Remington. Never did find one in .25 that was in good enough shape to justify the asking price. There is something about this design that is timeless. I am amazed how often they show up in old black and white deer camp photos. Same goes for the old Auto 5 in duck hunting photos. Folks took to them as soon as they hit the gun shop shelves.
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Nice job on the photos with a awesome gun!!
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Thanks guys, it`s a neat rifle, I have a picture somewhere that Norma took from off side front showing the barrel recoiled.
Also have a picture of a old cowboy maybe a TX ranger with a eight in his scabbard but can`t find it either.
I`m looking.
Also have a picture of a old cowboy maybe a TX ranger with a eight in his scabbard but can`t find it either.
I`m looking.
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[imghttp://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/olskool1/DSCF7021_zpskb25vsfz.jpg][/img]i am new here, I have a love for the 8 and 81 also. I have a few, here is my 35 rem. 1938 model 81 in action. yours is a nice one!
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Welcome aboard olskool, can`t see the picture though.
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That's a nice rifle Lenn. I found myself looking at them while at the Wanamacher the other day. Always kinda wanted one. I bought a couple of Colts so there went all my money.
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Re: Remington 81
I didn't realize they used stripper clips either. Thanks
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Looks like something John Moses Browning might have created. Oh, wait....
Nice one Pitchy. Thanks
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Re: Remington 81
Frank Hamer carried a .35 Remington the day they stopped Clyde and Bonnie from what I have read.
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Re: Remington 81
Thanks guys, Nam vintage clips work in them and are a dime a dozen, original clips are spendy.
Nice picture of your rifle and deer olskool
MM I`d give up getting one of these for what you got any day.
I have those picture I was talking about on my desk top but I can`t find them in PB
Here`s a good site to see more of these, even some police models in full auto.
http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety. ... ac8e0763eb
Nice picture of your rifle and deer olskool
MM I`d give up getting one of these for what you got any day.
I have those picture I was talking about on my desk top but I can`t find them in PB
Here`s a good site to see more of these, even some police models in full auto.
http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety. ... ac8e0763eb
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Found one of the pics I was talking about, look at the muzzle.
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Here`s the picture of the cowboy or ranger carrying a Rem 8 in his scabbard.
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Re: Remington 81
Jerry, you are correct about Frank Hamer on that fateful day. He also carried one in .25 when patrolling the border on horseback as a Texas Ranger.
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Re: Remington 81
Great pictures; I love those Model 8's and 81's !
I wish someone still did the Krieger-type modification to the magazine. Wouldn't a 15 shot 35 Remington be a lot of fun ?
I think the tang sights look terrific, but I just can't find a comfortable place to put my thumb when using a rifle that has one.
Do you know if those stripper clips would work in 81's chambered in 300 Savage?
Why are the freshly ejected empties from these rifles so hot; absolutely blazing ? (At least that has been my observation based on 4 Model 8's / 81's, in 3 different chamberings).
I wish someone still did the Krieger-type modification to the magazine. Wouldn't a 15 shot 35 Remington be a lot of fun ?
I think the tang sights look terrific, but I just can't find a comfortable place to put my thumb when using a rifle that has one.
Do you know if those stripper clips would work in 81's chambered in 300 Savage?
Why are the freshly ejected empties from these rifles so hot; absolutely blazing ? (At least that has been my observation based on 4 Model 8's / 81's, in 3 different chamberings).
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Re: Remington 81
The little dachshund does not appear to be fazed by gunfire
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After looking at the fellar on horse back I see it says, Texas Ranger C R Runyun.
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That would be our long lost Snoopy dog, shootin didn`t bother him at all.saw whet owl wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:31 am The little dachshund does not appear to be fazed by gunfire
I`m not sure about the stripper clips as I`ve only owned this one 81 in 35 .
I don`t recall if the empties were hot, sorry, I`ll have to get it out for a few shots.
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Learning something all the time it appears Runyon was the photographer
The name of the ranger remains a mystery.
http://reportingtexas.com/robert-runyon ... t-secret/
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I also have another 35 in a model 8 made in 1933
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pitchy that is a cool photo! I have saw it before somewhere else.
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Nice picture olskool, yep ya probably seen it over on the Remington board.
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Pitchy......been metal detecting the last few days......finding junk and more junk....anyway, never knew you had one of those rifles........and like others have said, I also never thought about the stripper clips as I've never seen it done.
That's a rifle that is seldom encountered in Pa as semi's never have been legal for hunting. Do you load for the 35 R. ? Let me know, I'll send ya up some gas checked bullets for cheaper shooting.---6
That's a rifle that is seldom encountered in Pa as semi's never have been legal for hunting. Do you load for the 35 R. ? Let me know, I'll send ya up some gas checked bullets for cheaper shooting.---6
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Well heck ya I`ve been wondering what happened to ya, have ya found me a cannon ball yet.
Yep I do reload for the 35, haven`t for quite some time as haven`t been shooting much.
Going to shoot it today after it warms up so watch for a vid latter.
Yep I do reload for the 35, haven`t for quite some time as haven`t been shooting much.
Going to shoot it today after it warms up so watch for a vid latter.
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Copy that Pitchy........will get you some cast gas checked bullets.
As for cannonballs, there are still pleanty of them in the ground from the Revolution. The Brandywine Battlefield is only a few miles down the road but the bigger battle actually took place a few miles from there. I go past it all the time but.......the land is owned by richy rich people who frown upon peons like me who dig holes. My wife's cousins used to live across from this battlefireld and have found many cannonballs just by eyeballing them on the surface. That was in the fifties and sixties when it was acceptable to walk on other people's land. Times a change ya know.----6
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As for cannonballs, there are still pleanty of them in the ground from the Revolution. The Brandywine Battlefield is only a few miles down the road but the bigger battle actually took place a few miles from there. I go past it all the time but.......the land is owned by richy rich people who frown upon peons like me who dig holes. My wife's cousins used to live across from this battlefireld and have found many cannonballs just by eyeballing them on the surface. That was in the fifties and sixties when it was acceptable to walk on other people's land. Times a change ya know.----6
I'll get ya some cast sent up to ya....
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I didn't know about the stripper clips. I have only handled 1 model 8. It was really nice. The model 81 seems a little wider at the fore end than I remember the model 8 being.
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Re: Remington 81
Are you using the M14 stripper clips?Pitchy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:12 am Thanks guys, Nam vintage clips work in them and are a dime a dozen, original clips are spendy.
Nice picture of your rifle and deer olskool
MM I`d give up getting one of these for what you got any day.
I have those picture I was talking about on my desk top but I can`t find them in PB
Here`s a good site to see more of these, even some police models in full auto.
http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety. ... ac8e0763eb
If I'm not mistaken, the 8/81 is cut for 1903 clips. If that is the case, yes, as you said above they are harder to get and spendy.
The best substitute is Swedish Mauser clips. They are cheap, in good supply, and excellent quality. I use them in my 1903A3.
I bought 400 all boxed and sealed in a rubber bag from Sarco a couple years ago for 80 bucks.
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Thanks everyone, I understand Six wouldn`t want ya to end up in the jail house.
Nice line up Wildgoose, very nice.
Yepper Piller, wider forearm and flat butt plate.
Too tired to shoot today, we just came outta the hills with the metal detector, will start a new thread about that and show our plunder.
Nice line up Wildgoose, very nice.
Yepper Piller, wider forearm and flat butt plate.
Too tired to shoot today, we just came outta the hills with the metal detector, will start a new thread about that and show our plunder.
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Pitchy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:03 pm Thanks everyone, I understand Six wouldn`t want ya to end up in the jail house.
Nice line up Wildgoose, very nice.
Yepper Piller, wider forearm and flat butt plate.
OldWin, I got a hole bunch of bandoliers with 7.62 ammo in them in clips.
Too tired to shoot today, we just came outta the hills with the metal detector, will start a new thread about that and show our plunder.
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Yup. That's grand old stuff. Got some too bud. Got a whole pile of Brit Radway Green 7.62 in bandoleers with strippers too.
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here is one of my model 8s I shot a coon on my corn with. it is in 25 rem. and was made in 1908
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Cool beans, very nice, gotta get me one of those 8`s.
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one more of my 32 rem. in action. it was made in 1927 I bought it from an older lady in California who said it was her daddy's gun and he use to hut with it in Napa valley. I bet you can't hunt there now!
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darn bud your making me drool.
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