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Well you were correct Jim. The bolt stays locked vertically now on feeding and extraction but I had failures to extract, double feeds and failure to load. Runs actually worse than before. The action is not smooth so the saga continues. The shots I did manage to get out all were touching so I hope I ...

Thanks Jim Well if the work doesn't fix the issues it will go back till it does.

Sorry for the long delay on an update to the Model 81. To be honest it has been to several so called smiths until finally I found a true gunsmith who didn't just lube and clean the gun and call it good. The true smith worked on the gun for some time to get it working correctly. It was about a two mo...

Thanks again Guys!
I will pass on the info to the gunsmith. I hope to get some answers soon.
Great community of people here!

Thanks again for all your time and help. I look forward to the even bigger smile I'll have on my face when I have a fully functional Model 81

Alan

Thanks for all the info Sebastion21! As I was trouble shooting today I was pushing on the end of the barrel and wondered the exact same thing. That some how the timing was off and the bolt was unlocking under recoil but at the wrong time causing the lugs to be rotated out of sequence. I will pass on...

If the barrel assembly is on the gun and the lugs have snapped 90 degrees out of alinement then to close the bolt you release the bolt, allow it to go foreword to about 3/4 inch short of the barrel face. Hold the bolt, put a screwdriver behind the lug, push foreward pulling the bolt face out of the...

Well I tried working on the barrel and bolt alignment today The gun seems to work flawlessly when you run the action by hand the lugs stay at 12 and 6 until inside of the barrel then rotate to lock up the action. You pull back on the charging handle and bolt unlocks and sets lugs at 12 and 6 for the...

Alan, have you tried to use a flathead screw driver and push forward and up on the right bolt lug? Picture is hard to tell but it looks like the bolt lugs are misaligned. Before entering the chamber they should be in the 12 o clock and 6 o clock positions. If there's not damaged components inside t...

I would not fire this gun until it was inspected. Was it recently taken apart? The cam pins could be missing or broken and should be inspected. There is a guide in the receiver to prevent this from occurring if the bolt is correctly assembled. This will happen if the barrel is not on. It often occu...

Hi Forum, Any advice to why my bolt in my model 81 is rotating prior to entering barrel? I can only shoot once maybe twice before this malfunction occurs. The gun is new to me and seems to function correctly when running the bolt back and forth manually. Ammo was 35 rem200gr Rem core lokt sp The rou...

HI Forum, Very excited to see a forum supporting these great Remington's! I wanted to introduce myself. I have a 1950 model 81 in 35 Rem. Our relationship started out a bit rough as the gentleman I purchased it from failed to take care with packaging the rifle. As a result the stock was broken durin...