Remington 742 Woodmaster
Modéle 81
Remington
“The Woodmaster” model 81
In 1936
Remington introduced the Model 81.
It’s
basically the same gun that the model 8.
There are
little differences such as a heavier pistol-grip stock and more robust fore-end.
The
calibre.300 Savage was added in 1940 to increase the performance of the model 81
and named it “The Woodsmaster”.
The
Remington model 81, the “Woodsmaster” Autoloading Rifle were manufactured from
1936 to 1950 on approximately 55800 unities. His inventors are John Moses
Browning and C.C. Loomis.
The
serial number starts from 0001 to 55581.
There
exists in calibre .300 Savage, .30 Remington, .32 Remington and .35 Remington
with different grades: 81A Standard, 81C Special, 81D Peerless, 81E Expert and
81F Premier
This one
have the serial number 29437 and was thus manufactured in 1945. The serial
number of 1945 start from 23809 to 30525.
