The Great Model 8 35rem !!!???

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came across this gun via a friend.
He sent me a picture from his sister in laws house and the design caught my attention. Had never seen one before-
The remigntion name caught me off guard as it looked very similar in picture to the Browning A5- little research explain why that is.
35rem cartridge caught me off guard as well.
Looked it over- cleaned it up- tracked down some ammo (yikes should have asked price first before is said order it). ran 5 rounds through it today.
wow ha ha a gun of 107 yrs old fires and cycles flawless. shot a frying pan not paper so cant speak for accuracy but can speak for the fun of it.
neat piece of history.
ill look into adding a picture if i can
 
true to that!!!
To bad gun room so full and that we cant keep them all or can we????
ha ha Would be a nice keeper but may have to let it go!!
 
I have one in 35rem as well. Great guns. Aside from the folks that tracked down Bonnie and Clyde, the gun was very popular with a number of police agencies. Reasonably powerful and fast. Ammo will give you a bit of sticker shock, so it's definitely a great candidate for reloading.
 
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Yeah, the old model 8/81 Remington does have an A5 profile. It also has an AK 47 looking safety. A well made and reliable semi automatic that achieved modest popularity. They work but never achieved the popularity of the Winchester/Marlin levers in the deer woods due to the a comparative lack of handiness and portability, I think.
 
They are very cool! My favourite "out to 100 yard" deer rifle. Have 14 of them (8's, 81's, FN1900's) now. Soon after I got into those, I found out how awesome the Model 12/121, 14/141, 14 1/2 & 25 pumps were!! Ended up with 19 of those now too! A bunch of each of them are very rare versions that are very tough to find, but make looking for them interesting!

It is reported that Remington Model 8's, along with the direct competitor of the day, the Winchester Model 1907/1910's were sent to France at the start of WWI to be used in the first Bi-planes before the planes had their own mounted machine guns. I assume these were 2 seater bi-planes used mainly for enemy observation. It would have enabled the observer to fire at other aircraft and perhaps ground targets.

Ian
 
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A contemporary of the M-8 Remington was the 1907 Winchester chambered in .351, which operated on the blowback principle rather than recoil operated like the M-8. The 1907 had a cocking plunger under the barrel, and was perhaps the better choice for martial purposes due to it's, slimmer profile, and a detachable magazine with capacities up to 15 rounds. The .351 had a bit less thump than the .35 Remington, driving a 180 at 1900, but was close enough to be similarly useful. The 1907 was manufactured right up to the late 1950s.

Anyway, a M-8 Remington in good condtion is a cool find, and minute of frypan accuracy speaks well to its real world practical usefulness. One of my favorite Remington prints is the the fellow with the M-8 who meets a grizzly on a narrow mountain trail. Now, a M-8 isn't my idea of an ideal bear gun, but in circumstances like that, it would sure beat a pointy stick. The add posted by 450yukon shows how our attitudes concerning the appropriate ballistic performance necessary for all North American big game has changed in the years since its printing.



 
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