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Western

Very pretty.

What part of Remington did you work for? My uncle was a Duponter that worked with Remington when he was not working with plastics (the future apparently) and used to give my Dad the guns he got as job perks. Cute little oddities like this were his speciality.

Western

I like your rifle. I got to shoot the other day with three other Model 8 owners (along with the owner of several French automatic rifles, including one that works just like a Model 8) who live in town and made an interesting discovery. My friend with a 32 and original sights shot worst. My 35 with p...

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I like the Model 14 - if only my wife did not go back to medical school. I wonder if they would trade a nice set of anatomy text books with some racy images of spleens and a rather saucy exploded view of a colon...

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My students did a research project on rigged bidding and found more auctions that do not fit normal models, with weapons that reappear for sale a week after they are sold. It is actually possible to write a program that detects and flags shill bidders and dealers that accept shill bids.

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Washington State just starting requiring sales tax on guns purchased over the internet from out of state, the only item purchased by mail / electronically so treated. The cost jacks the price by 8% and has turned otherwise reasonable auctions unreasonable for me lately. On the other hand, I just got...

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I lucked out - bought a Model 8 with a 3xxx serial number, then found its original owning family (actually, they found me). Not much history in terms of famous people doing famous things, but a family history that ended up with the rifle in a pawn shop in Seattle where it sat for years unloved and u...

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I finally skipped that auction - not worth the hassle. The good news is I found my rifle elsewhere.

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There is a bunch of "billy the kid" pistols in Arizona, but I remember talking to a collector who pointed out that even if one existed, it would likely be a wrecked up and rusted Schofield. For some reasons when you see John Wesley Hardin's personal 44 being displayed at the world's larges...

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The rifle of my dreams is on an auction site. I bid for it last week with a fair bid, and some sot come by with 16 minutes down and bids an impossibly huge amount for the gun. I am left eating his dust. The rifle comes back. The seller claims buyer backed out and paid expenses. I bid again, and agai...

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I work routinely with armorers in film and video and I was curious about the piled up Springfield's in the "Outlaw Josie Wales." After a long inquiry I found someone who probably knows (although not the actual armorer), an extra, he says: "...they were made of rubber. Most of the guns...

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I have been ghosting gun shows looking for the perfect DWM 1908 Brazil Mauser receiver to build a historically accurate rifle that my wife's G-Grandfather carried in WW1. I am happy I am not going to your gunshow because that assembly looks like 22 divorces waiting to happen, although I wish I could...

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It looks to have typical re-bluing indications. Like our previous example it is a fine job of bluing.

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I am interested in you also posting the CW holster that is sold with it.

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One can only hope America can return to its roots of national pride and all citizens will be proud responsible and Americans not some hyphenated subculture. As John Wayne was quoted, "Why should i have to press 1 for english?" Jerry I feel you sighthound. Recently I went to a political ra...

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The serial number is only 100 away from my own rifle. If the wife had a sense of humor I would compete for it.

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I can say that, bar none, the Model 8 community is the most respectful, knowledgeable, and generally helpful groups I have ever come across. Although my Model 8 is my hobby, I have to as part of my research study how people communicate in online communities, and as a free-lance member of law enforce...

Western

Always have a gunsmith check older rifles. The pressures developed by the 35 rem is not all that great, but a stress crack or a mis-formed chamber could make the gun more dangerous to you than deer. After 9/11 my department was issued with hastily pulled M16A1s taken from the state armories. More th...

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I do work with historical display of firearms from time to time, and one of the signs of a reblue I was taught to look for was blue that was lighter where you expect it to be darker. Most weapons have darker blue at mating points, such as where the barrel meets the receiver, where you do not expect ...

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Imfuncity - tell your wife / significant other / significant pets / bank manager that I have given you specific permission to purchase this odd model 8. Reserve Sarge's solution for something more extreme, like trying to purchase Capodimonte porcelain on Home Shopping Network.

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I sent him the following message:

Can you provide pictures and details on each of the six model 14s you have for sale. A group photo would be excellent for comparison purposes, but also it would be nice to know the serial range for each weapon.

Western

A gentleman is offering 6 Model 14s for sale on Gunbroker, sans pictures, buyout only, all in 30 cal. Limited details on the arms.

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Before I became a professor and took a 70% cut in pay, I used to buy and sell guns (many I wish I still had). I owned an M1 whose serial number I tracked down to a 1/7 Marines issued on Guadalcanal (thanks to the NARA archives), and a Mod 37 from the same unit it Vietnam. Now, I have been forced to ...

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To back this up - there is a Model 8 rusted out and sadly abused on Gunbroker for 600. Considering my pristine model 8-C1907 was 50 dollars at a pawn shop, that is huge. A rusted model 8 would be worth around 100 to me. It would be a nice project gun. If the barrel is shot out it could be relined, a...

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As a photographer I never seem to have pictures taken of me. I found a very few other pictures of me and it seems like I never have a rifle in my hand, only a camera.

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Me http://www.virdea.net/me.jpg And to head off the jokes - yes I look around 20 years old - I was being carded until I was 38 and when I was in uniform people thought I was going to a costume party. By the way, I am the one in the USDOJ jacket (my alma mater) not the young student working with me.

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Hey Western, That sounds like a lot of work and a significant economic commitment. I am not a historian on the Remington's but I know there are readers and members who could contribute. I am a collector and have my stories, some which appear on this site. I just happen to like these rifles and find...

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It has recently come to my attention that there might be interest in a gonzo - low cost documentary on the Model 8 - one made by people who love this rifle, for people who love this rifle, about people who love this rifle and the rifle they choose to love :D . I wanted to open a topic to ask the que...

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I shot two documentaries in the 1980s in Northeast Georgia (the days before digital), Cleveland: Town of the Dolls and Unicoi Means New Way . Sadly, the Bush era was the great heyday for government documentary funding. I used to be able to get 20,000 bucks to shoot a movie or produce a documentary, ...

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Jack I am in Central Washington. There is a lot of hunting and outdoors fun in the Cascades, and if you come into town I will put together a scratch crew and we will videotape and photograph your weapons. Because of cost, it is cheaper to shoot in the summers. Then I will turn whatever I shoot into ...

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I wish someone would come to my neck of the woods with their fancy Model 8/81s. I would make a HD documentary on them.

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This reminds me of my secret desire. Years ago, before they were being imported, I owned a MAS49/56 in 7.5mm. This was about the nicest shooting autoloader I have ever had, until I bought my model 8. I always wanted to buy one and take it to a gunsmith to have it tuned and sporterized. Sadly when I ...

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I was a deputy for four years and I can say that most problems with firearms in the hands of felons comes from stolen weapons, not CR / dealer transfers. However, there was a certain minority of cases where show dealers (there was no Internet gun sales in those days, but I understand the problem is ...

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Imfuncity- I am not sure if there is a "right way", I just know the cartridge base down method is a design feature of a lot of magazine arms (the theory is that the cartridge is long , so holding it vertical gives you more grip with no need to have your fingers in front of the action for l...

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One thing interesting about the Model 8 videos on that sight is that the shooter uses a rather clumsy horizontal down and back loading motion. Many rifles made before WW2 with internal mags were designed to be loaded by taking a vertical cartridge primer side first and pushing in down. In these desi...

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Chris Peck was the Property Master for Public Enemies. He is a great Prop master for that type of movie because he is an armorer himself and a member of the American Entertainment Armories Association. In a movie that put than many period guns into the hands of that many actors, making sure your pro...

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I was looking at it, but not at that price. Depending on the barrel springs I would go 100 for parts.

On the other side, you could strip the blue from the gun, weld up the excess of holes, and bakecoat the exposed metal some unusual color, and make something of the poor wrecked thing.

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The dummies are here and employed, and my wife will be dropping the wine by the postal master on Monday / Tuesday after dropping me at work, depending on her schedule.

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What these terms mean: 1. Classic - We are charging twice what this thing is worth. 2. Truck Gun - This gun looks like it was cleaned in a drying machine with a pound of playground sand. 3. Winter Project - This shot out thing is missing parts and dangerous to boot. 4. Highly Collectable - Don't sho...

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This might be a good gun for refurb and gunsmithing. With the obviously ruined blue, it looses its "as is" historical value (at least until it ages another hundred years) so you could afford to strip it down, blue or durakote it, replace its original barrel it it needs it, and have a nice ...

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I have been photographing and scanning photos of a friends collection for his website, and my students routinely produce historical projects on firearms. The internet is a great place to share these gems.

Western

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Check out this .35 Remington autoloader for sale on Gunbroker.

Western

Before you fire it, post a picture man! What is more important, our curiosity or your fun?

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They sound perfect Sarge. If you put your return address on the package I will just send the wine back to the same address. Otherwise just e-mail me the address. As for the stripper, I will have to contact Remcity about them. I have gone through a stack of around 50 strippers, none really work. A 5x...

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Jack, nothing better than a fine wine.

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Thanks. Do your drink wine and would you like some obscure but very nice Washington State, New York, or French wine?

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I have run across one place that may help, ammo-one.com. I bought some obsolete ammo from them in the past but they cater mostly to the cartridge collector set. They deactivate ammo on request, but not sure what they charge to do it. They are a bit misinformed, as some collectors can be that don't ...

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87 is the new 45/

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Does anyone know of a source of .35 Remington dummy rounds? I need four rounds for a display.

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In an era before the bigger is better movement, the 16 (or Sweet 16 as the Brownings were known) was considered the perfect self-defense and hunting gun. In Iowa. most kids would start with either a 16 or a 20 (my personal favorite) for their utility gun, given to them in their mid-teen, backing up ...

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My wife and I rescued for cats who were considered "unadoptable" (sic) as our mutual Christmas present, plus I put the model 8 under the tree. This has been a very frugal but very fun Christmas. Except, I have two books due at the publisher in three weeks and the kitties are trying to help...

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