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Hello all,

Just picked up my first Remington autoloader - a 1949-dated '81 Woodsmaster in .300 Savage.



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 here. Hard to find in .35 Rem and .300 Sav, anyway - I was coming across quite a few in .30 Rem or .32 but I didn't want to fool around with obsolete calibers wherein brass doesn't exist.

Anyway, this one is a little bit of a project, so I'll be asking lots of little annoying questions. Look forward to it!

Thanks, S.A - L

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 first. The homepage has lots of good info to gain knowledge, you can also use the sub-forums or utilize the search bar.

Hibby83 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:36 am 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 first. The homepage has lots of good info to gain knowledge, you can also use the sub-forums or utilize the search bar.

I'm in Southern Ontario, same as probably half the rest of the population here

I'm going to take my '81 apart a bit and figure out exactly what needs doing before I start new threads. I picked this one up half as a stock-making project, since I had a 2-piece set of Circassian walnut lying around and didn't want to buy another shotgun. Might be fun to make my own pseudo B-grade 81. There isn't really anything wrong with the stocks that are on it now, they're just a bit beat up and the buttstock has a chip out of the tang area on the one side. To be expected of a 75+ year old hunting rifle that has clearly been loved and used.

Welcome to a great site. Lots of great info here.

300 Savage...what a beast! Love it!

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