Help finding Remington 81 sight and troubleshooting ejection

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:46 am

Say fellers i`m having a hard time finding info about sights for a Remington 81.
Didn`t they make a peep sight that mounted on the left side of the receiver like the ones for a Win. 95?
They were a long flat contraption that had a lever on it and you could move it up or down.
Thanks.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:32 am

Just found out all those 308 stripper clips work in my Rem 81, cool

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:36 am

Didn't realize they used a stripper.I will have to look at My Mod 8 and see if they too have the guides.
Perry

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:42 am

I had no idea either until i seen one on ebay a minute ago so thought i`d try one of the ones i have.
The clip even has a little bump on the side that stops it from going down to far.

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:49 pm

Redfield's 102N was a side mount for the model 8 and 81. There's a lyman tang site on ebay now but it looks like several folks are interested (item no. 310433580977). Good luck!

tw

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:27 pm

Thanks, i`m watching that one.

Are there any 81 smiths on board i`m having some extraction problems.
Ejects fine when firing the gun but when ya work the action by hand to unload it pulls the shell out of the chamber and drops it on the magazine.
Been studying this thing for hours and the only thing i can see is the flat bar in the groove on top of the bolt which i take is the extractor spring is wore down quite a bit.
Could there not be enough pressure on the case to hold it in the recess in the bolt.
I read that ya can bend it in the middle to put more pressure on it. Do ya have to disasemble the gun to fix that.
The ejector plunger and spring seem fine, is the ejector plunger supposed to stick out all the time?
I can push it in and it has good tension.
Thanks

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:03 pm

Ok, i have the gun stripped down and the bolt out but can`t figure out how to remove the extractor.
I can see now that is the problem, if i can get it off and bend it a little i think the problem would be solved.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:28 pm

Figured it out, tweeked the extractor a little, put it back together and the shells eject right smartly.
Safety works , everything functioning well.

rossim92 · Post by **rossim92** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:47 pm

Good job Pitchy!

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:16 pm

Good job! And I like the old gun

ollogger

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:18 pm

Thanks.
Here ya go.

Post by **Hobie** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:37 pm

Way to go!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:58 pm

Hobie wrote:Way to go!

Thanks.
I learned alot about the action, big difference in what happens between hand cycling and firing the gun.
When firing the barrel looks up with the barrel by the plunger rotating. The barrel and slide travel full rear then because of the different spring tensions the barrel moves forward pulling the case from the barrel and ejecting it.
Then the slide follows along stripping a new round and reloading the rifle.
When the barrel moves forward it pulles the plunger forward and unlocks it.
Great gun.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:28 pm

Video on how the action works.

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... ington-gun

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:06 pm

Excellent Mr P

N.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:22 am

Thanks bro.
I new i should of left the Remington in the house

ya know how people go after modern technology

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:59 pm

Your tag line says it all.

Thanks

I`m not showing off, i`m entertaining.

bobbyjack · Post by **bobbyjack** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:12 pm

Yes I know what you mean about the bolt rotating and locking into the barrel ,then

the bolt releases as the barrel goes back ,then the barrell travels forward and the bolt

then moves forward and strips a round and locks up again. I enjoyed your vidio and

I just bought a mod 81 (1948) haven't shot it yet but that will get done after the rain.

I guess you fiqured out that the 35 only hold 4 rounds,really enjoy ALL your posts and

pictures of anything you do. You are the man.

Bob

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:41 am

I guess you fiqured out that the 35 only hold 4 rounds

Huh?? mine holds five in the magazine, as you see in the video i load five from the stripper clip.
Thanks for the kind words and let us know how yours shoots.

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:56 am

Pitchy wrote:
I guess you fiqured out that the 35 only hold 4 rounds
Huh?? mine holds five in the magazine, as you see in the video i load five from the stripper clip.
Thanks for the kind words and let us know how yours shoots.

Yep, 5 rounds. I never tried any other clips in my .35, it would be convenient. My gun has a Lyman side-mounted receiver sight. I like the gun all the more because it has been in the family since it was first sold and has been hunted quite a bit.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:16 am

That`s a dandy Hobie, if ya want a few clips just pm me a addy.

I might be getting a model eight

bobbyjack · Post by **bobbyjack** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:57 pm

What I was reporting was from Rem 8 web site,and they say all the lesser cal 8's hold

five in the mag and one in the pipe. And that the 35cals only hold 4 in the mag,I was

hopeing you were right but I couldn't for the life of me push that fith round down hard

enough to slide the bolt past it without stripping off a round . So I say mine holds 4 rounds

and one in the pipe. My mag spring may need some looking at if your's hold 5.

any help would be appreciated. Bob

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:11 am

Mine holds five in the mag, if ya close the bolt it loads the gun as it`s supposed too.
I don`t think the gun is designed to be able to put five rounds in the mag only and close the bolt on an empty chamber.
In that case only four rounds can be placed in the mag so you can push them down so the bolt passes over them allowing for a empty chamber .
Don`t think the gun is designed to be used that way but i could be wrong.

smokenrust · Post by **smokenrust** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:36 am

There was a fellow in Michigan years ago that would convert the 6 and 81 to a removable clip type gun... To find those, thats rare.

cas · Post by **cas** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:39 pm

Pitchy wrote:Mine holds five in the mag, if ya close the bolt it loads the gun as it`s supposed too.
I don`t think the gun is designed to be able to put five rounds in the mag only and close the bolt on an empty chamber.
In that case only four rounds can be placed in the mag so you can push them down so the bolt passes over them allowing for a empty chamber .
Don`t think the gun is designed to be used that way but i could be wrong.

While I haven't put all that many rounds through it, thus far the only malfunction I've had with it was two years ago when I gave this poor fellow the bad news. I'd put 5 in the mag, pushed them down and closed the bolt on a 6th round. Afterwards when I thought about it, and why it choked, I realized I'd never actually fired the gun loaded that way up till that point. So who knows. To be fair, I haven't tried to replicate it either. After that I just loaded 4+1.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:56 pm

Been having trouble with the last shot hold open , found out from a guy on the Rem board that i`d missed putting the ear on the flat spring in its proper slot.
Took it apart and installed it right but after trying it today it missed on the second batch.
I`m thinking i should of bent that spring as to add a little more pressure on the hold open arm.
So looks like it is take down time again, i`m getting to know this guns innards real good.

click on picture for video.

smokenrust · Post by **smokenrust** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:40 pm

Thanks Pitchy, that was a nice vid to see your old 81 in action.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:48 pm

Your welcome pard, that 35 packs a punch, first hit on the gong broke it

Punched a hole through the pipe that it swings on and into the shaft inside it.
It took one swing and stuck to the rear .
Stripped it down just now and tweeked the hold open spring a little, will try it again tomorrow.

Ray Newman · Post by **Ray Newman** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:21 pm

Pitchy: might try here for information --

http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/forums/

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:04 am

Ray Newman wrote:Pitchy: might try here for information --

http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/forums/

I`m there

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:33 pm

First, talk about agrivation and hope ya all appreciate these videos.
It took five hours and fifteen minutes to download this video.
I`m paying for WI-FI from the neaghbor and it can really vary.
Ok the problem with the hold open, because i`m getting to be an old fanny burp and can`t see very good i missed the slight round over of the hold open notch in the slide.
After getting out the magnify gleass i caught it and took the slide to the vise and filed it to a flat edge again along with flatening the end of the hold open arm.
Foregive my wrong use of the names for these parts.
Also i am not recomending anyone preform these actions to their guns, it`s just what i did to mine.
Always consult a gunsmith first, to bad a person has to say such things but that`s the way it is.
Anyway that was the problem and as you see by the video was the fix.
Took a while to get er done but as they say persistance pays off.

Click on picture for video.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:44 pm

Well its a up & running now, Looks great, get your bullets yet? (lead)
dont care what ya said bout range reports, when the bullets get there id like to see a report on them

ollogger

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:01 pm

Well bro i nagged about not getting the casts in a week so they refunded my money

These 220`s are doing so good i think i`ll stick with them, only missed twice at that gong off hand at 100 yards.
Primmer pockets are big crators, no signs of excessive pressure.
The 81 is now a good rifle, took some time and a learning lesson.
Thanks bro, and welcome to the board MRS Boots

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:55 am

Added a few more pictures of the 81.

44-40 Willy · Post by **44-40 Willy** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:27 pm

Man, that brings back some memories. I had an 81 in 35 back in the early 80s. I was loading pointed 150gr bullets for it and it worked quite well on deer. My only problem with it was the occasional hot brass going down the back of my neck if I wasn't wearing a hat with a brim. I sold off most of my guns when I went back in the Navy and it was one of the ones that went. But it was one heck of a rifle.

BTW, Frank Hamer used his 35 Remington in the Bonnie and Clyde ambush. He swore by his.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:31 pm

Thanks pard, the gun kinda grows on ya.
The more i carry it the more i like it, trying to come up with a factory peep for it.

ving-thorr · Post by **ving-thorr** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:24 am

old border patrol picture

keep an eye on them Canadians, Pitchy, eh?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:17 am

Very cool picture pard.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:50 am

Cant you post pix of lever guns?
the more I see of that auto loader the more I want one

ollogger

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:00 am

ollogger wrote:Cant you post pix of lever guns?
the more I see of that auto loader the more I want one

ollogger

You should have one bro

44-40 Willy · Post by **44-40 Willy** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:52 pm

I'd have another 81 in 35 in a heartbeat. And I'm more into 357 Mag rifles these days.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:00 pm

Two famous JMB guns.

smokenrust · Post by **smokenrust** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:24 pm

Hey Pitchy, heres a pic of a few more Rems.

rems.JPG

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:55 pm

Say now nice collection pard, we`ll have to get together someday and shoot a few rounds.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:09 pm

Nice pair there Pitchy!

And smokenrust

ollogger

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:23 pm

Thanks bro, my new peep sight will be here in a day or two.
Then going to try a 100 group

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:36 pm

Glad ya found a sight for your 35, but i spose youll tourture me with more pix.

ollogger

smokenrust · Post by **smokenrust** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:12 pm

Pitch, Did you get the origional peep?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:22 am

smokenrust wrote:Pitch, Did you get the origional peep?

Yep

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:51 am

Sight didn`t come today

will be here tomorrow and of course it`s supposed to snow be windy and cold

Oh well some times we have to blaze the weather to shoot these guns.