Remington Model 8

Wonderful guns. Designed by John Browning and manufactured by Remington for the North American market. FN also made a 9mm/35 Rem. version exclusively for sale in Europe.

They use the same type of action as the Auto-5. Soft shooting and and can be very accurate if everything is in decent condition. You have any pictures?
 
I had a real nice condition M81 one back in the 80's in .32 Rem. Fun to shoot rifle, but getting brass and loaded ammo was hard. The .35 Rem and 300 Savage are the most sought after & pricey ones. Great rifles.
 
I have had an old Mod. 8 in 35 Rem. for years and it is one of the most accurate auto loaders I've ever played with.
Aside from a couple factory loads all its ever used have been handloads and it has always digested them without a hiccup.
A great little gun in an excellent chambering to pack in the timber...
 
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They are good old rifles and an interesting design if you are into mechanical design. Expensive to manufacture like the Remington model 14/141, partly what killed them. I think Mr. Kalashnikov stole the safety lever for his AK rifle.
 
Blastattack said:
Wonderful guns. Designed by John Browning and manufactured by Remington for the North American market. FN also made a 9mm/35 Rem. version exclusively for sale in Europe.

They use the same type of action as the Auto-5. Soft shooting and and can be very accurate if everything is in decent condition. You have any pictures?
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Apparently, FN had the rights to sell them anywhere else, but the US, as Remington had exclusive rights for the US. I have 2 8's in .35 Rem, 2 81's in .300 Sav. and .35 Rem and 3 FN 1900's in .35 Rem. They are my favourite rifle for bush deer hunting here in south eastern Ontario!

I really want to find one in .25 Rem some day!!!

Ian
 
Is this due to the long-stroke recoil with the actual barrel cycling back into the chamber housing? (Yes I read the A5 post over in the shotgun area haha)

Mike Webb said:
The barrel is actually surrounded by a jacket and is no larger than the barrel of other contemporary designs.
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My dad has an 81 in .35 Rem. One year we were doing a drive and he dropped 5 deer with it. I could see him on the next watch over, "mowin'em down". Pretty cool.
 
International Harvester said:
I'm surprised they're accurate with the pogo action and all. I love the old school mechanical action though. I'm surprised it was not adapted for combat use.
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My favourite FN 1900 will shoot 2" groups at 100 yards easily off of a rest. It is said that it is timed so that the bullet leaves the barrel before the whole thing chunks back into the receiver. Perfect for Deer! Which is what they were designed for as a short range bush rifle. The .30, .32 and .35 Rem will knock down a deer out to 125+ yards if you do your part. The 117 gr. .25 Rem will do the same at perhaps up to 100 yards. I don't know of anyone in South Eastern Ontario that shoots anywhere near that far in the bush. All the stands at our camp have lines of sight that peter out at about 75 yards maximum.

There was a prototype submitted for military use with full wood surrounding the fat barrel jacket, but it was not accepted. They were also used in WWI by the French, along with their competitors (Winchester 1907, 1910), for use by their airmen before the planes had their own guns mounted on them. They were small enough to pack and use in the biplanes.

Cheers,

Ian
 
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