Well my grandfather is getting up there in years and suffered a stroke a while back. He's doing fine now but can't deer hunt anymore.

Recently he decided to give me his favorite deer rifle, a Remington Model 8 in 30 rem. Does anyone own one of these or tell me a little about this cartridge?
Where can I find ammo?

It's basically a rimless 30-30 . Part of the remington 25, Rem 30 and Rem 35 group. Use google for ammo.

It's around- it is a rimless .30-30, IIRC. It's chambered in the Remington 14/141's, also.

Same deal with the .32 Remington- rimless, it's a .32 Special clone, I think.

I have a 141 in .32 Remington I'd like to bring up to speed for old time's sake, myself.

It's basically a rimless 30-30. You can buy loaded ammo (or you could) from Old Western Scrounger for $34.95 per box.

If you reload, you can use 30-30 data. RCBS makes the dies, Remington still makes the brass and 170-grain Cor-lokts work great. I shoot them at 2150 fps in my Remington Model 14 pump.

Here is a good link
http://www.ammo-one.com/30Remington.html

Think of the Remington Model 8 in 30 rem. as a .30-30 auto loader.

Brass is listed as out of stock from Grafs:

http://www.grafs.com/retail/ca...gory/categoryId/742?

Midway doesn't even list it. Be advised that since it is a very limited production item it is not cheap - neat $50 for 1100 cases. But if you want it buy it when it's avaialble, it could be years before Remington makes another run.

Yes, I do have one and yes they are a real blast to shoot. I would love to add a .35 as well.
I had ordered some brass from a dealer a while back but loaded it all when I got it.
You might try Quality Cartridge.
Frank

Thanks for the help guys. I'm excited to take a couple deer with this rifle its sure a sweet shooter!

Any gunsmiths that you guys know of familiar with model 8's. I would like the gun gone through and inspected, just wanna make sure it will last another 100 years.

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:
Thanks for the help guys. I'm excited to take a couple deer with this rifle its sure a sweet shooter!

Any gunsmiths that you guys know of familiar with model 8's. I would like the gun gone through and inspected, just wanna make sure it will last another 100 years.

Lyman tang aperture sights for them show up on eBay regularly, but they usually don't go cheap.

I like that old round.. I've debated on chambering a Barrel in that or 25 Rem, and mounting it on a Ruger Short Action in Stainless..

My grandfather passed on his rifle collection to us about 15yrs ago. In it was a Rem mod 8 in 32rem. Had around 75 rounds (vintage 1930's) of ammo with it. Unfortunately all the years gone by have take there toll. Each and every piece of brass split the neck on firing. I had hoped to reload some but, after firing around 25 rounds it became apparent that the brass is worthless. Well, now 15yrs later i'm kinda glad we didn't shoot it all up. Still have all thats left, and going to hold onto it.

txhunter
Eventually the loaded rounds will split too.
You can stop this if you are a reloader. You can pulle the bullets, deprime the cases and anneal the necks. Then reload.

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Originally posted by txhunter77:
My grandfather passed on his rifle collection to us about 15yrs ago. In it was a Rem mod 8 in 32rem. Had around 75 rounds (vintage 1930's) of ammo with it. Unfortunately all the years gone by have take there toll. Each and every piece of brass split the neck on firing. I had hoped to reload some but, after firing around 25 rounds it became apparent that the brass is worthless. Well, now 15yrs later i'm kinda glad we didn't shoot it all up. Still have all thats left, and going to hold onto it.

The .32 Remington is the easiest thing in the world to reload. Next time .30 Remington brass comes on the market (I understand Remington makes a run every couple of years), buy a hundred-or-so pieces, obtain a set of .32 Rem. dies (I have Redding), and make one pass through said dies with said brass. You'll get a perfect .32 Remington case with every pull of the lever. Buy .32 Winchester Special, 170-grain bullets (I like Speer Hot Core), and reload utilizing .32 Winchester Special data from any of the books.

I shoot mine at 2200 fps.

Heym: There's a forum or two dedicated just to Model 8s. I have one in .35 Rem. that needs a firing pin, but have had one in .30 Rem and it shot great. I now have a Remington Model 14 in .25 Rem. and was able to buy a bag of new .30 Rem. brass from an outfit called Reed's. Hornady and others make dies. You can get your very sensible grandfather's Model 8 up and running in no time.

I live 45in min from the RIBS plant and I went to them and bought my brass. My mod 8 waspassed down to me 35the years ago ny my great grandfather. We found shells at a gun show one time years ago and shot a few.fun gun but the price we paid for those shells made them like gold.with the reloading im now doing it's going to get shot more. O used H335 with 170gr hornady RN. Any better ideas for powder?