The basic unit of a firearm that house the firing and breech mechanism and to which the barrel and stock are assembled. More

The Remington Model 14 was introduced in 1909 and designed by J.D. Pedersen of Remington Arms. It was chambered for a family of rimless cartridges that had been introduced earlier in the Model 8 autoloader. Available in .25, .30, and .32 calibers, they were Remington's answer to the .25-35 Winchester, .30-30 Winchester, and .32 Winchester Special. In 1915 a new cartridge called the .35 Remington was added in both the Model 14 and the Model 8. Although smaller in overall size than the .33 Winchester, it pretty much duplicated its performance. More

Like so many seminal firearms designs, the Remington Model 8 was the brainchild of John Moses Browning. Originally patented in 1900, it was the first successful high-powered semiauto rifle made in the United States--or just about anywhere else, for that matter.

This recoil-operated wonder had a number of innovative things going for it. It featured a rotating bolt with dual lugs that locked into the rear portion of the barrel. When the gun was fired, the barrel, bolt and bolt-carrier assembly recoiled all at once, allowing the bullet to exit the barrel before the mechanism unlocked. More

In 1936, Remington introduced the Model 81, basically the Remington Model 8 with a few minor cosmetic differences such as a heavier pistol-grip stock and more robust fore-end. As well, the gun was initially offered in a different range of calibers: .30, .32, (dropped after World War II) and .35 Remington.

In 1940, .300 Savage was added to the lineup to make the 81 more competitive and give it "close to .30-06" performance. More

A multishot firearm, usually a handgun, in which multiple firing chambers are grouped in a cylinder which rotates to be discharged by the same firing mechanism More

The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of a barrel of a firearm More