Sagerat22: Pardon my slow reply I have been up in the high country at Elk camp - I am home now with sore feet and legs.
I am still waiting for the ordered bases so I can put this Rifle to test.
I looked at the magazines again this morning and just marvel at the cheesiness of them!
The last friends 541-T I shot belonged to Ron Kesselring and he has a Weaver 6x20 scope on his (IIRC) and it was a Gopher killing machine.
He asked me to keep an eye out for magazines for him.
He only had the one five shotter.
I have NOT found any as yet but my local gunshop has a 10 shot Remington Model 77 magazine in bubble wrap (new) for $15.00 it looks exactly like the two I have now and I may buy it as a back up once I compare side by side.
I actually think removing the plastic magazine release and just firing the Rifle single shot with no magazine at all would make me feel better.
I wonder if anyone makes a steel magazine for the 541 series (Wiseners?)?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy