Remington Model 8

On October 16, 1900, John Browning was granted for the rifle, which he then sold to Remington. Under an agreement between Remington and FN, the Model 8 would be sold in the US while the FN 1900 were sold primarily in Canada and Western Europe. Only 4,913 Model 1900s were ever produced compared to the over 80,000 Model 8s produced. ==Design and features==

The Remington Model 8 rifle was the first commercially successful semiautomatic rifle offered for civilian sale in the United States. It is long recoil-operated and uses a rotating bolt head. After firing, the barrel and bolt, still locked together, move rearward inside the receiver and compress two recoil springs. Then the bolt is held back while the barrel is returned forward by one of the springs permitting extraction and ejection. Once the barrel is returned, the bolt is returned forward by the second spring; in so doing it picks up a fresh cartridge from the magazine and chambers it. The Remington Model 8 has a fixed 5-shot magazine and bolt hold-open device which engages after the magazine is empty. It is a take-down design, meaning that the barrel and receiver are easily separated with no tools, allowing for a smaller package for transport. Remington created four new calibers for the Model 8 rifle: .25 Remington, .30 Remington, .32 Remington and .35 Remington. and was the first truly reliable high power semiautomatic rifle ever commercialized (1906). ==Use==

The primary market for the Model 8 was sport hunting. The Model 8 was used as a police gun, modified to use detachable extended capacity magazines, among other changes. While seeing limited use in World War I, with 100 FN Model 1900 being used by the French Aéronautique Militaire till about 1916. It is noted as the rifle of choice by famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. ==Variants==

Model 81 Woodsmaster In 1936, Remington dropped the Model 8 and introduced the 'Model 81 Woodsmaster''''' with improvements by C.C. Loomis. Production of the Model 81 ceased in 1950. ==References==