25 Remington. Model 81 Rifle Outdoor Life Online Editors More than 80,000 Model ... Model 870 shotgun receivers wait to be hand-buffed (left); an Ilion employee matches stock and forend wood for ...

This article, "Tops In the Blind & Field: The Remington 870," appeared originally in the September 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page ...

Remington has fairly well carried the freight for its .35 through the years. In 1936 the Model 81 replaced the Model ... walnut fore-end and grip and tight wood-to-metal fit.

The stocks had far too much wood ... a Winchester Model 37, Dad’s deer rifle was a Model 100, and they eventually had matching Model 12s. But my first centerfire rifle was a Remington 700 ...