https://thegreatmodel8.net/

Hello to the Society.
I am new here and have a question for you all. I have just acquired an excellent condition Rem. 81 in .35 Rem [ser# 17+++] from a long time family friend. He used to stay with us during deer season back in the 60's. One year he showed up with a RIFLE! Since we mostly hunted in a shotgun only county, no one else had one. Being 9-10 years old and never having seen any rifle before, I was glued to the corner behind the door where the guns were leaning at the end of the day. After 40 some years I now own it.
I had to shoot it when I received it in Oct. but to my great disappointment, the old sights are blurry! Must be because of their advancing age.
I now have a Marbles model 6 peep on it.
The question is, can I was to remove the rear sight to give me more visibility thru the peep? I was wondering if the rear sight screws just thread into the barrel jacket, or if there was something like a nut or backing plate inside that will fall off inside and gum up the works?
Thanks for the help.
I am really enjoying going thru the website.

welcome aboard ziggs!

The rear sight screws in 8/81's are threaded into a sight block inside the barrel jacket. Most of the time when someone is in a situation like yours, they will remove the rear sight then put the screws back in the holes...or you can try to find a rear sight blank like the gun in the website banner has. The little sight block inside the barrel jacket is probably not going to rattle around in there, but for safe measure I'd put my screws in it to be safe. Check ebay, I've seen a few sight blanks on there before.

Indeed welcome.

As to the screw block inside the jacket, don't know how they were fastened on but they do come off (got a couple that did, have not had the problem with others) highly recommend putting the screws back in. I have not found the screws to be long enough to get bumped by anything inside.

Welcome;

You could also buy a replacement folding rear sight.

Dennis53