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I received this email flyer last night. Scroll down to links or go to website:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com ... 40f1e9b8b6

http://www.buffaloarms.com

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FYI: The Fort Worth Cabela's must've bought a collection. There were 4 Model-8s (.25, .30, .32, and .35) and a single Model-81 (.30) in the used racks this morning. All were worn, but serviceable and not abused and with a couple having repairable holes from sling swivels on the buttstock. The .25 wa...

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It only takes two committed bidders to drive an auction.

Maybe the winner had a sentimental attachment to the rifle? I've paid cousins outrageous sums of $$ for certain family firearms that I wanted to retrieve before they were ruined, lost, or sold off.

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Great gun show story! Just goes to show you that you can't find anything if you don't go out and look. :) I find it MUCH more satisfactory to shop at a larger gun show or used gun store where I can examine things with my own eyes. Even though I will bid on parts and accessories, I have to say that I...

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xtimberman, The 1895 rifle is one of the U.S. contract muskets. It was shipped from Winchester to the Springfield Armory on January 12, 1899. One of 10,000 total ordered, it was in the last shipment of 1,000. The rifle is marked U.S. on the receiver ring and there are several KSM inspector marks on...

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The one I mentioned was priced at the Fort Worth Cabela's for ~$600, IIRC.....probably could've been had for $500. It sat there for a month or so and disappeared.

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Thank you for taking time to make the video! very informative! I believe one of these passed through the used racks of my local Cabela's several months ago - no barrel sights or screw holes, missing Lyman receiver sight but with bright blue in sight area and with the holes. I wondered why and what-f...

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Is the 1895 Winchester one of the Russian contract models....or was it a special order item chambered for a North American cartridge?

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Wow....what an assemblage!

Thanks for posting the photos!

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Thank You!
That project was very informative!

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Thanks for resurrecting that interesting 4 year old link, Sarge! I hadn't dug that far back into the threads to find that one yet.

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From the 1974 Remington Sporting Arms and Ammunition brochure: .30 Rem. - 170gr. SP Core-Lokt - 2120fps MV .32 Rem. - 170gr. SP Core-Lokt - 2120fps MV From 1966 Shooters Bible : .25 Rem. Express - 117gr. SP Core-lokt - 2320fps MV .30 Rem. - 170gr. SP - 2220fps MV .32 Rem. - 170gr. SP - 2220fps MV Fr...

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Very nice rifle you have there! I look forward to your reports on shooting and hunting! Good to know about the "seasonal" runs of .35 Remington ammo. Even though I'm handloading my own .35 Rem. ammo now, I still want to stockpile 4-5 boxes of the 200gr. Core Lokt ammo - just to have around...

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The barrel length variations issue appeared in other threads recently: http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4069 Fellow had several Model-8s - each with more or less barrel protruding ahead of the bushing. IIRC...there are photos and further mention of this in an...

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That's a great photo! Lots of interesting detail - even down to the bandanas tied onto the hats of the five visiting "sports". Much of that area was burned and kept cleared for cattle and planting back in those days. It is now so thick with live oak, mesquite, and prickly pear, I doubt tha...

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Adam, Check the ammunition section on this site. Might help date your ammo. If before 1930 they might be corrosive primers. In that case clean the bore as if it was black powder.I don't know for sure when non-corrosive primers came into use but my fragile memory says late 1920's. I'm curious. Any n...

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That's great-looking vintage .32 Rem. ammo, Adam. Old-timers used to call the jacketed bullets with the broad exposed lead tip as "Blue Nose" bullets. They accounted for a lot of game! You normally can't tell if they are loaded with 150gr. or 170gr. bullets without pulling a few examples a...

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Bandersnatch, (I don't know your actual name so until I do - I'll be referring to you as BS, LOL - JK!) I was looking at those headstamps, which appear to be "real" old R-P/Remington-Peters stamped. Do outfits such as Buffalo Arms just gather and collect used brass, run it all through the...

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I've been working on some load development for my Model-8 in .35 Remington and decided to try to confirm the advertised 2225fps velocity of Hornady's Leverevolution ammunition for that cartridge. I fired several rounds (Lot #3150431) from the Model-8 over my blue Chrony - set up 10' from the end of ...

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Here is a photo of the seating plug that comes with the Lee .35 Rem. die set: http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj439/xtimberman/DSCN3932.jpg It will seat the widely-available Hornady FTX bullet without harming the flex-tip at all: http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj439/xtimberman/DSCN3940.jpg ht...

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The cone-shaped cavity in the seating plug provided with the Lee .35 Remington die set will perfectly accommodate seating Hornady FTX bullets without damaging the flex tip or deforming the copper jacket in any way. Likewise for the 200r. Hornady RNs and SPs. I do have a question, though... This part...

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Thanks Adam.

Sent you a PM.

xtimberman

Phyrbird wrote:The avatar is a pigeon.

They got pigeons in North Waziristan?

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If you lit go of this weapons can i buy it,, its looks perfect for me the quality and the figure of this gun,, i was hooping to have this kind of weapons to be part of my collections.. Sorry....but I find this sort of approach quite creepy - coming from a 1st-time poster. My BS antennae are in full...

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That is MY kind of shootin' iron! -- I tend to really like deluxe, factory-embellished firearms with a few "issues" to keep me from relegating them to safe queen status...and to afford me the opportunity to shoot and hunt with a fancy gun without so much worry. If I hadn't recently found a...

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So disappointing! ....unless it was righteously low-priced enough for someone wanting to have a Model-8 with a scope...? If all those holes were covered by a mounting plate sporting a classic scope with a post reticle, I surely could ignore them easier.

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Glad to help out!
Give us a condition report when you get it.

xtimberman

Wow! What a nice collection of interesting Model-8s! ...every caliber, too!

Great family gun history. I would love to hear more of the stories!

(...and I thought M1 Garand accumulators were the only ones with that compulsion to "get just one more!")

xtimberman

I'm relatively new to Model-8s, so I am eagerly waiting to listen to your experiences with 'em.

I had a .32 cal. 30+ years ago but didn't shoot it much and just wasn't as interested in it as the .35 cal. one I have now.

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Sarge756 wrote:The joy and wonder of the Wikipedia experience has reached our humble group.

I'd really like to know if he acquired the 1900.
Funny how some elderly threads just won't die.

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Very nice!
I would be proud to have that one, too!

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I was told that Jamison made proprietary brass for Buffalo Arms. Of course, BA forms a LOT of brass from Bertram, ppu, R-P, Win., etc, but I'm not talking about that. I have some of their Jamison-made .33WCF brass and it is great stuff.

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I just saw this ad in the RSA forum:

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/ ... =9&t=23271

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wow, my marbles sight doesn't do that, does your say marble gladstone on the side I'm not sure but you might have the Lyman sight, they look very simular but I wouldn't know for sure as I'm only familiar with my marble sight, witch the aperture just screws and isn't as cool with that flip up featur...

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That is a VERY interesting and obscure Remington!

I've only run across one before and it wasn't nearly as nice as yours.

Shoots a VERY interesting and obscure cartridge variation, too.

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Thank you Mr. Byers. I've included your loads in my reloading data library.

It is very good to have known first-hand Model-8/81 data for .35 Rem. on the relatively new Leverevolution gunpowder.

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photos deleted Before slightly pinching the hinge with needle nose pliers and before adding the tiny drop of polystyrene cement to the hinge pin of the small aperture...it would end up in a half-way position after firing every shot. Even though this is a temporary fix, the aperture will stay put - u...

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What type of sight, and pics would make easier for us to see if all the parts are there and if it is assembled correctly. Same sight as on the rifle in the banner photo at the top of the page of this forum. (Marbles?) I've had sights like this before on other rifles - just not with a loose hinge on...

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FYI... I've heard from two reloading die manufacturers about custom bullet seating plugs. RCBS acknowledges that their current-production .35 Rem. seating plug will damage FTX bullets, but will make you a custom plug for $18+shipping. Lee believes theirs will work fine with .358" FTX bullets as...

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Mine is the 8th ed. It has 25 Rem, 30Rem, 35Rem, & 300 Sav articles written by Ken Waters. They are very detailed discussions of loads and issues for each cartridge. Very thorough. I;ll have to get back to you on the 32Rem, It's a little more obscure. Thanks, mine is 2nd edition. Good to know w...

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The tiny flip-up aperture in the "tang" sight mounted at the rear of the receiver on my M-8 is looser than it should be, and won't stay put during recoil. I'd like to tighten it up a bit, without having to resort to a "fix" that leaves it in one position or the other. Flipped up ...

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I hope so! I would love to be able to put a name to the scrolls on my well-worn Grade 4 example. I didn't expect to...but can't find any hand-engraved sigs or initials anywhere on it. If you study firearms engraving for just a short while, it becomes easy to ID certain distinctive styles - even on s...

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Phyrbird wrote: I would also suggest Ken Waters' Pet Loads book, one of the few articles on the Remington calibers reloading.

I have an earlier edition of Waters' Pet Loads in the loose leaf binder. I've noted the .30 Rem. and .35 Rem. data in mine. Does yours have anything on the .25 and .32?

xtimberman

Is there a way to identify the scrolls and styles of the various high-grade Model-8 engravers in the Remington shop?

Most of the Winchester and Colt engravers of the same time period are well-known by name and their distinctive engraving styles can be readily identified by photo comparisons.

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For just a moment this morning...I thought I had found a huge stack of fresh reasonably-priced boxes of ammo for you .30 Remington shooters at a local gun shop: http://www.remington.com/product-families/ammunition/centerfire-families/30-remington-ar.aspx Sigh...I live in a vacuum when it concerns AR...

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Heh! I figured I'd get a quick answer from this bunch.
Thanks.

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Has anyone ever run across any factory .35 Rem FMJ loads for police, military, or paramilitary use? While we were sightseeing around his old hometown last year, my elderly Pop pointed out an area where there was an early 20th century police rifle range. It had been recently leveled to build a propan...

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