At that time, the Remington factory also offered to rebarrel existing Model 8s for the. When the Model 81 was introduced (with a heavier forestock and semi pistol grip), it was also made available in. 35 was the most effective on game and was the most popular seller, with the. It was available in 4 calibers initially, all of them being rimless, bottlenecked proprietary jobs – the. The Remington Model 8 (and the 81, which is mechanically identical) was an early self-loading rifle design by John Browning, and was produced from 1906 into the 1950s.
