Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Took out an old friend today...

I took out my old Remington 581 with the 308 I was testing loads. 20 rounds out of a sub 7lb 308 Win is about I care to shoot from a bench in one session. I bought this for $40 when I was 13 or so from a guy down the dirt road I lived on. Since then I have probably refinished the stock three times and added a spacer to increase the LOP. Bobbed the barrel a bit since the enthusiastic cleaning of a 13 YO with a 3 piece aluminum rod does bad things to a crown. Bedded, free floated, pressure point, crack repaired, pen spring in the trigger....I have learned a lot and working with this old girl. She was put together back in 1961 and has no reason to shoot the way she does after all she�s been through. I guess this was supposed to be the �cheap � alternative to the 541 and model 52. She has her warts...never cared for the plastic �quarter rib� or the plastic mags - I was lucky to find 3 used for $5 each at a gun shop.

I really haven�t shot her in recent memory so I just ripped out a couple groups fairly quick. Just shooting, not really trying to make tiny groups. The rifle has always shot about every well and it will shoot exceptionally with some of the better target ammo. I really need to take this one out more often. If you see a lonely old 581 sitting in a rack take her home, you may be pleasantly surprised. I think this would be the last one to go...