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This gun keeps getting stranger and stranger. Tore it down and cleaned it yesterday and during reassembly I noticed there was no spring on the barrel lock. Is this a saftey hazard? Did someone lose this spring? How does it affect function? I've fired the gun many a times and never had an issue.

Nope, stamped on the side of the magazine. There are no numbers stamped on the trigger assembly.

Just found out something else about my 8 today. When I disassembled it, i found the magazine has a different serial number than my gun. It starts with a 2. Is this a common occurrence?

Well I tested my first load for the 25 Remington today and it went well. Cycled perfectly and shot a one inch group at 50 yards with open sights. I'm definitely satisfied. My load was 24.5 grains of IMR 3031 with a 117 grain Sierra Gameking SPBT and a Winchester LR primer. Overall cartridge length o...

My 25 rem brass and bullets came in the mail today from Grafs. I wanted to use the 117 gn. Hornady SPs but they were out of stock so I order 117 gn. Sierra Gamekings. Will a spitzer boattail bullet function okay in my Model 8? And what size primer do I need? Lr?

Can someone give me some baseline info on how to reload for 25 Remington? What is the trim to length of the brass? Overall case length? What kind of primer? Crimp or no crimp? Powder and how much? I'm going to be using 117 grain Hornadys. I'd like to use IMR 3031. The gun it's for is a Model 8. THan...

Awesome! Thanks alot for answering my questions, nobody else seemed to be able to give me straight answers. I really appreciate it.

I've recently aquire a Model 8 in 25 Remington. Serial number is 32355. I have a few questions because there are some things that don't make sense to me about this gun and I need you guys expertise. First thing, is there is a "30" stamped on the bolt. My gun is chambered in 25. Did someone...