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POTD: Especially Rare Remington – The Remington 81 Special Police

Sam.S 02.14.24

POTD: Especially Rare Remington – The Remington 81 Special Police

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! The Remington Model 81 Special Police was a law enforcement variant of the Model 8 self-loading rifle, upgraded by the Peace Officer Equipment Company and later produced as a factory option by Remington in the 1930s. The key enhancement was replacing the fixed 5-round magazine with detachable box magazines holding 5, 10, or commonly 15 rounds, providing substantial firepower improvement. The Special Police also featured an extended forearm and upgraded sights. Though only a few hundred were produced, the 81 Special Police was ahead of its time as a semi-auto patrol rifle. Remington envisioned it as a “battle rifle” for police against increasingly well-armed criminals. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office became the largest purchaser, ordering 200. However, most departments continued using revolvers and shotguns, limiting the adoption of the 81 Special Police.

“Introduced in the 1930s as a collaborative effort between Remington and the Peace Officer Equipment Company, the Special Police used upgrades that Peace Officer Equipment Company manufactured for the Model 8 and made them factory standard, including the extended forearm and 15 round detachable magazine. Intended to bridge the firepower gap between the lawmen and the lawbreakers, these Model 81s presaged the concept of the modern full power semi-automatic “battle rifle”. “

SERIAL NUMBER N/A BARREL 25 3/4" CALIBER 16 GUAGE MANUFACTURED 1890. Believed to be the very FIRST semi-automatic shotgun ever produced with patents applied for and granted in 1889. This pre-dated John Browning application by 6 years. Invented and produced by brothers Victor Clair & Benoit Clair. The shot gun was produced at Saint Etienne France with highly figured 2 piece walnut stocks that are incredibly finely checkered. Vivid Damascus barrel with blade front sight. The high polish blue receiver is marked “CLAIR FRERES BTES S.G.D.F. A ST ETIENNE” on top rib at rear of receiver. The left side of the receiver has a monogram of 8 flushing arrows with “ECLAIR” on top and “AUTOMATIQUE” on underside. A tube magazine under the barrel is estimated to hold 5 cartridges. The only known other example is housed at the Liege Arms Museum. This example is a recent discovery and is in near pristine condition. ANTIQUE

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Huh. A mag fed semi auto shotgun that far back. Who knew
Anyways, fix shotguns

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Shotgun is not bad in close quarter combat and getting one your npc as shotgun ambusher in a defense invasion houses

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but i dont see its bullet spread and being that effective if i shott multiple enemies at one time,

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Suffers from video game shotgun syndrome. Drop off on damage is way too bad

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Its not shotgun though I quote WIKI
“The Remington Model 8 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by John Browning and produced by Remington Arms”

And none of the rounds that it fires are Shotgun ammo all are rifle rounds

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noo, but makes sense if you look closely at the barrel, my bad

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its not if you know how to use it well. You do have to fight in house or enclosed spaces to use shotguns. For example, BT-7 is very shit on head on combat with german panzers on BR1-3 match, but if you use it as a “hit and run” or “flank and forget” technique. BT-7 is best at it because of its very good 45mm canon along with fast speed. The only shit is 15-10mm armor which is outright shit that it can get destroyed by HMG

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