My Grandpa's Model 8

[Al Bundy]

I have also inherited several that belong to my grandad.  The Model 98 Mauser has seen 3 generations of deer slayers, including me.  It was my first hunting rifle.  I also have a Model 8 (I believe) in .300 Savage.  Is that the recoil auto with the "barrel in barrel"?  Heavy SOB, that's for sure

Yeah it's the barrel in barrel setup. From the schematics I've been looking at, there is a huge spring sandwiched in there and it recoils to grab the next round. I weighed it on our home scale and it came out just under 8 lbs. Heavy, but it is solid.

Does anyone know of a good gunsmith in Vancouver? I'd like to have it looked over an maybe get a through internal cleaning done on it.

[NRA4LIFE]

Hmmm, mine must be a Model 81, a later version of the Model 8.  The remington website indicates the 8 wasn't chambered in .300 Savage but the 81 was.  Was the Model 8 also called a Woodsmaster?

[SpokaneSlayer]

There were several models called the Woodsmaster, the model 81 being one of them.  My wife inherited a model 742 Woodsmaster in .30-06 and an 870 Wingmaster.  Both purchased in the mid-60's according to the serial numbers.