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Sounds good, you're welcome! Going for a smooth or special type metal grip cap? I've got to see 54Bullseye's 81 high grades, they all had the same type of grip cap I posted. Dimension may* have been slightly different, cant confirm. Well, ideally I would definitely rather have the original-style pl...

Here's the measurements. I didn't mention in the prior post, your stock set looks beautiful. Looking forward to see the progression.!.!. Thanks for the replies, Hibby! Those definitely help. I'm just shopping for steel grip caps and trying to approximate what Remington would have used. I'm on the f...

Hello again, I'm here with a someone obscure and asinine question; does anyone happen to have the dimensions of the Remington-branded pistol grip caps as used on Peerless and higher grade Model 8/81s? I am planning to "up-trim" my 1949 Model 81 to an 81C or 81D as a summer project. I'm not...

my vote is "not factory" Thanks for the reply, Cam - since you're basically the expert I would say that's pretty conclusive. I cannot find any pictures anywhere of this pattern on any other Model 8s, and although it's not necessarily bad or poorly done, I think the grip pattern location i...

Hello all, Been a while since I said anything about my .300 Sav Model 81, but I'm here to ask some questions about the pre-war guns. This one isn't listed for sale anywhere but it's in a small collection, owned by a guy who only buys .35 Rem Model 8s. I don't have all the pictures, but I have seen t...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Soaking it in Kroil for a day hasn't really loosened it up much. I'm realizing I really ought to get a bench vise for this sort of thing - trying to hold the rifle up, apply heat and apply pressure to the handle all at the same time and safely isn't working out. I'l...

Hello all, For some reason today, it occurred to me that I hadn't taken my Model 81 down - I was thinking about what case to get for it, and probably should measure it end to end disassembled. The trouble starts here; forend comes off nice and easy. I found that a Canadian penny (way thicker than an...

The seller is a forum member here that hasn't posted in awhile. I just messaged him. He's fine with shipping to Canada. Any chance you could PM me Bob's contact info? I tried to message directly on Gunbroker but they apparently don't allow you to do that if your account isn't USA-based. And he hasn...

Hey all, seems I found the correct subforum this time. So in the long run I will probably be cutting new stocks for my 1949 300 Sav Model 81, partly so I can add sling swivels guilt-free. When I was shopping around, I noticed most Model 8s didn't have provisions at all for a sling, but the FN 1900 I...

Thanks for the advice, guys. I think for now I'm going to cut a splinter of walnut off one of my other blanks and fit it to the tang area there, just for my own sanity's sake. And then probably gently refinish the stock, hoping to keep some of the scratches and dents. It seems the escutcheon is esse...

Hey all, So I recently got my hands on a 1949-dated .300 Sav Model 81. I like to tinker with things and have a tendency to look at things through the lens of "what it can be. So this one is a bit of a project, but still perfectly serviceable as-is. https://i.imgur.com/aru3m0S.jpeg Anyway, this ...

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 ...

Hello all, Just picked up my first Remington autoloader - a 1949-dated '81 Woodsmaster in .300 Savage. https://i.imgur.com/LtASBYw.jpeg I had been looking around for them locally but they're quite hard to find as they didn't sell them up here in Canada - as far as I know only the FN 1900s made it up...