Went near a gun shop; shoulda known better

[Bill in Oregon]

So I took an old hammer double 16 in to have the barrels bobbed and to put a revolver on consignment, and what does the gunsmith have on the sale rack but a Remington Model 8 in pretty nice shape, very good bore, Marbles tang rear sight -- and 50 pieces of virgin UMC .30 Remington brass.
Well, I lasted all of about 20 minutes, and when he said I could take the thing home today and he would just take the $350 off my share of the revolver consignment, I was a goner.
Serial is in the 46,000 range, dating this one to 1921. Now I have model 8s in .30 and .35. Had one in .32. Never had the .25 ... yet.
I am just a sucker for this grand old John Browning design.

[damienph]

Sounds to me like you ought to stop in there more often. Good score on the Model 8.

[Rusty]

It sure does hurt when they make it so easy doesn't it?

Congratulations

[Blaine]

Nice catch

[rjohns94]

Very nice for u.

[ollogger]

Nice job on the 8, have you priced the marbles for the 8?


ollogger

[earlmck]

Wow! Nice score there, Bill. Like ollogger says, the value of the sight alone is a fair chunk of what you paid for the rifle.

[Hobie]