Remington spring poles

[Gary @ R&G]

I tend to be a little obsessive when I go on buying sprees. My latest kick has been JMB designed Remington 8's and 81s. I picked up an 81 in 300 Savage a couple years ago and Have kept a few more since. The 30 Remington is a pleasure to shoot. The 300 Savage and 35 Rem have a little kick. Just found some ammo for the 32 and hope to try it this weekend.

Straight grip 8 in 32 Remington.


81 in 30 Remington. I need to get a pic of the front sight. It is a small globe or ghost ring. Just center up the target in the 2 circles.



Pistol Grip 8 in 30.Sorry havent had time to get any decent pics.


Project 35 Remington. Was pretty ragged when acquired so this one is going to be worked over. It is off being cut down to a 17.5" carbine. I found a Lyman 41 R receiver sight The "FBI" sight that will go on it. I will redo the wood, add a decent pad and refinish it in a matte blue.

[cj3a]

Nice collection. I have a 81 in a 300 savage.

[bradshaw]

Note where Mikhail Kalashnikov got his safety...
David Bradshaw

[Ranger499]

Gary,

My family have been big fans of the 8 & 81 springpoles from the beginning. Here's my Great-Grandfather Earl with his 8 in 25 Rem around 1918 -



Here he is again with the same rifle and his elk in 1945 -



Here's my Antelope in 2011 . . .



The entire family are big collectors (I'm the only shooter left) and between me, my Father, and his two Brothers, we have over 100 8's and 81's . . . . mine is the smallest collection.

But I've been shooting them since I was 10. My Grandfather, Earl's son, had an 81 in 300 Savage that was my "go-to" rifle for anything larger than a jackrabbit from age 10 thru about 20 when I bought my first 81.

Great rifles and forgotten proof of John Browning's genius . . .

[bradshaw]

Gary.... wonderful photos and family history. Ten or fifteen years ago, an old logger from Vermont, now Montana, asked me to replace the peep rear with an open sight on his long recoil .35 Remington. After consideration, I refused. You had the M1 in Korea, I said. Don't change a sight picture gives you visibility all around the front sight.

If you have an early 1900s Lyman or Ideal catalog, you my have testimonials on the Browning/Remington from hunters who operated before there were bag limits.

But here is a hunting story right out of a cabin in Northeast Vermont. Fella comes into camp. Ignoring the rule to unload before entering camp, he puts his loaded Remington on the wall, resting the trigger on a nail in the wall. BLA-BLAM-BLAM-BLAM----emptying magazine as rifle spins on nail.
David Bradshaw

[2 Dogs]

Good Grief Gary, I thought my interests in guns varied!!! You have me at a disadvantage here as I havent had the opportunity to shoot one of those rifles. As you well know, I am a SERIOUS closet rifle fiend.....

And that thing looks like it would be about as much fun as a guy could have with his clothes on.....