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Morning OTTERGT. You have encountered a very tight tolerance fitting stock to receiver fit rifle. It fit before you took it apart. Don't mind my incoming caveman* opinion. Have you tried continued pressure while trying to insert and spin in the stock screw? There has been 2 autoloading rifles that I...

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Messaged you his info.

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The seller is a forum member here that hasn't posted in awhile.

I just messaged him. He's fine with shipping to Canada.

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Good morning Fatcat. The Model 8 didn't get the sling plug until mid twenties*. The Model 81 had the provision for all it's years of production. I never measured the threads or tried finding cheaper equivalents than old barrel mounted sling stud meant for the 8/81. Pictured below- a gentleman on gun...

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Welcome to the forum ottergt Score! You got nice looking early variation 81. I think the beavertail forearm is cooler than the later type. That Weaver scope is from 1947-48. Keep reading up and getting familiar with it, you got this. I look forward to hearing range report and maybe even some more ph...

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Good looking blanks! The factory stock looks pretty good too. That sliver isn't a detractor in my eyes. The indentation* you're talking about isn't uncommon to see. A couple of mine look just like it. Personally I'd leave the escutcheon in the factory forearm and try to make another. That part doesn...

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Nice find John!

Good looking early round knob with character and cool sights. Even though it shows a bit of use, the wood and blue still look pretty damn good for 116 years old.

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Howdy Roger. Thanks for the information/your real world experience. You definitely have more shoulder time behind the autoloaders than most. I believe I only have 10-12 shots out of my FN. I share your reasons on not wanting to shoot the hell out of it. I should measure the rate of twist on both. I'...

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Something caught my attention while eyeballing autoloaders doing some wipe downs. FN 1900's have 6 grooves for rifling, Remington autoloaders have 7 grooves. Our northern collector friend "CANUCK" supported my findings looking at his examples coming up with the same results. Thanks again! ...

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Welcome to the group S.A -L What province are you from? Looks like you got a pretty nice one! 300 savage is as hard hitting of a cartridge that they put in the autoloaders. Ask away, your questions won't annoy the group. We all start somewhere on knowledge of these; I was a greenhorn when I got my f...

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Neat it's the only 2400 serial in the database. Yours must be at the tail end of using the early style FN buttplate. What's the largest gap in numbers on record?

Hope a forum member get it.

P.S - fortunate for my bank account it's not the no rib variation. We'd be talking buisness! Hah

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Beautiful C grade John! I never tire seeing these guns.

As Cameron said about jaw droppers, I feel.the same.

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I'm no expert but I feel confident that a Remington bolt carrier will work with the FN specific parts. I could be wrong * To my knowledge the only real difference is the charging handle and the extractor. By switching unfortunately you'd lose the import stamps "if yours has them on the bolt car...

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Howdy Dan.

Sorry to hear you're having malfunctions. Does it appear that any parts have been replaced or worked* over?

You're pretty sure that it's not the magazine spring putting enough upward pressure?

I'd see if any of your early 8 magazines without side springs net the same result.

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https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1116791122

Here ya go. This one may/may not meet your needs for condition.

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Right now- there's a gentleman on ebay selling multiple barrel shroud assemblies "has 4 left." I have no affiliation with the seller. https://www.ebay.com/itm/226895039367?_skw=remington+model+8+barrel&itmmeta=01K3H5AVYANHVK9DTXEH7Y6WSE&hash=item34d3ff8b87:g:DpkAAeSwBhxoinqd&it...

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Howdy WorkingCollector. The cut hole in your barrel shroud looks like an attempt at a dovetail. The original 2 sight holes "forward of the cut hole" use a threaded plate from the factory for mounting the rear sight. The rear most two holes aren't factory along with the pair drilled through...

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Couple sweet looking boxes John! I imagine the curiosity, your choice.ha I wouldn't open them.

I finally joined the Canadian ammo club recently too.

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Without a doubt, one of the coolest posts I've seen on the forums in a long time! Talk about eye candy over here! :shock: :mrgreen: :o :D I'm drooling! What a rare moment to have those 3 grades of ultra rare 81's altogether. Like a family reunion, haha. As y'all set them beside one another, I'm cur...

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Welcome to the board.

How cool is that buttplate! First I've seen S curve with the compartment.

Barrel Shroud/Jacket are the same for all model 8's. The 81's have a larger diameter screw for the forearm boss, aside from that they're the same other than roll stamping.

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In reference to the rifle above.

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Howdy gents. S&S Huntclub, 54Bullseye and myself had a meet & greet this weekend. I had a great time with these gentleman talking shop about guns, life and all in-between. I brought up a couple autoloading rifles to look at but seeing his high grades along with Brenda's cooking was the highl...

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Welcome to the forum. Your Model 8 is drilled for a STITH Scope Mount. Most seen for the Model 8/81 are for 1" tube scopes, be mindful there are some out there that are for 7/8" scopes. The scope mounts are pretty rare, but they do pop up from time to time. Here's my 81 with an early Weave...

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Good morning John. Beautiful rifle there, pictures sure do the talking on it's condition. At some point over the years somebody had a lapse in judgement on how they were resting the rifle. It doesn't take away from the rifle, adds some character on an otherwise excellent condition gun. Thanks for sh...

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Hey fellas, these die sets may be 30 Remington AR. A totally different animal. I don’t know for sure. Hey Dan I wish you had mentioned this when you were here. I probably have a 30 Remington die set I would have sold you. Roger Sets mentioned at Grafs are bona fide 30 Rem, they do also sell 30 Rem ...

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Welcome to the board.

Remington changed from the Autoloading Rifle to the Model 8 in 1911.

Date codes started around 1921-1922.

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Here's a set of RCBS dies from Grafs. I know you asked for a sizing die only.

They also have REDDING die set cheaper than the guy posted above.

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Nice to hear such positive reports about JACKFIRST.

A few years back I inquired them over the phone to order a few items, unfortunately they were out of stock.

Good luck getting what's needed for your rifle Adam.

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Howdy gents, appreciate the help. Don't mind my initial impression, it may have sounded snobby. Hah Seems most examples of higher grades wood are less blonde, they're darker in appearance. Between John and I, we believed it to be a checkered standard grade at first. The auction photos were done with...

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That's great to hear!

Happy that y'all were able to get together.

Certainly a treat to enjoy times like that.

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John, thankful you sent the link my way.

Thank you Roger. It's chambered in the classic 35 Remington. Excited to have one in this condition!

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Couple more pictures.

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I have 54BULLSEYE to thank for pushing the auction information my way.

This gun is my highest condition Autoloading Rifle "Model 8."

More pictures.

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Howdy gentleman. Here's a rifle I purchased in November and finally got to put hands on recently. I returned home last week from a tour in Djibouti "Horn of Africa." I left home in September and put boots back on Pennsylvania soil last week. The rifle appears to be a checkered A grade yet ...

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I'm a fan of the 14 and 141.

Here's my late production 14 chambered in 35 Rem.

I have read a bunch on them from the sister site "Remington Society" and learned that we should stick with round nose profile bullets.

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Howdy Adam. A fellow forum member talked about this company in the past. I personally haven't used them but have heard great reviews. They're the only place I know one can get round nose hunting bullets in that weight and diameter. https://hawkbullets.com/bullet-selection.html Best of luck with the ...

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Hard to tell in your photo's if the "keyed" piece behind the front of the extractor is still present. That piece rides in a groove on the the bolt. I believe* that you are in need of a new extractor. I'm not sure how else that fault could've happened. Concerning the factory ammunition choi...

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Welcom to the forum Envoy*

I really enjoy seeing the first year guns, gives me hope that I'll find one.hah

Hope to see more from you.

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Great find Chas1949

Happy that you got one. Do you know any back story on the rifle?

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Couple more.

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Here's some photos I've encountered along my searches.

The 32 Rem shown is the only one I've came across.

Not pictured- 30-30 Rem example, I must not have that saved in my files.

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Here's an example from the recent auction at Ward's Auction, it's serial# is 418.

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Having collected Browning Auto 5 shotguns for 42 years, I can attest to the fact that FN put Numerals’s stamps behind the round knob on some guns. There hasn’t been any pattern that I’ve noticed in all these years. But I’ve never seen any symbol stamps. Always numbers. As to the checkering going al...

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Auction complete.

Congrats to any forum members that were the high bidders.

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81Police, that's a sweet rifle. Personally, I prefer the 8 over the 81. I can relate to the gentleman that received that rifle. Theres a piece of history! Can you post a link to the original post? I can't find it.... https://thegreatmodel8.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=21101&hilit=J.W.+Speight&...

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