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I was in a store I frequently shop at about a year ago when I saw several magazines for the somewhat rare Remington Model 77 the plastic stocked semi-auto action Rifle (circa 1970 to 1971)!
The magazines in the factory cardboard and bubble packing are 10 rounders and they looked somewhat familiar to me.
Well I thought about it for some time and took my Remington bolt action Model 581 (circa 1986 to 1999) on down to the shop with that Rifles 5 shot factory magazine!
Well low and behold after examination through the bubble pack and then after removing the magazine from its packaging (on the promise to buy it if it worked!) the 10 round Model 77 magazine fit and functioned perfectly!
I don't know why the Remington packaging for the Model 77 magazine did not mention that the magazine would also fit the Model 581 as well (and doubling the magazine capacity!)?
Anyway that store had three of the magazines and during my examination of the them another customer became interested in the tryout, as he owned a Model 581 Remington as well.
Anyway I relented and elet him buy one of the three magazines the store had for sale.
I thought I would never see another Model 77 factory magazine again - oh well I had the original five shot and now two ten shotters.
Low and behold this past week the same store got in two more of these Model 77 magazines and I opted to buy one more.
By the way the price for these magazines was/is $15.00.
Not bad for a ten round magazine these days.
They are made of heavy duty plastic but they sure work good.
Anyway anyone interested in doubling the magazine capacity of your Model 581 Remingtons be on the lookout for a factory Remington Model 77 magazine on your stores shelves.
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It's long been known that 77 mags fit 581's, but they're still 10-round plastic junk.

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Never had any feed/fire/cycle/repeat until empty trouble with Nylon 66s and any 22 LR ammo that wasn't Russian Junior brand. OTOH, I've never had any detachable magazine fed Nylon 22 that was as trouble free. Those magazines might work fine with a manually cycled bolt gun, but they are a hit or miss proposition when used with the Nylon 77 or Mohawk 10c.

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GreatWapiti: I disagree with you!
Maybe YOU knew it but on two different occassions several interested parties were all unaware (including me and the store owner) that the Model 77 magazines worked fine in the Model 581's.
Indeed they are plastic, but they do work!
Does someone make a metal Model 581 (or Model 77) magazine?
Anyone that BUYS a Model 581 knows they are getting a Rifle with a 5 round plastic magazine - the object of my posting was to make those same folks aware that there is a ten round option available to them in the form of the Model 77 magazine.
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The object of my posting is to tell all sundry that the ten shot 77,541,581 mags suck, simply because they are all the same and they all suck.

Find a vintage issue 5 shot or several of them.

If you don't believe my words, check out the reviews on Midway, Grafs, Brownells or whoever.

The guys that tell you the ten shot POS's suck aren't lying...and a ten shot mag that doesn't work isn't really a ten shot mag.

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This guy has been talking about making some metal 581 magazines and I even pre-ordered a couple of them, but it looks like something has fallen through. Maybe he just needs more interest from 581 owners???

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I'm all for it.

IIRC, the delay had something to do with the ability for someone to make them without being custom/labor intensive and be somewhat cost effective.



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