Hello and welcome to RFC, why don't you pull up a chair and sit for a while. If you have the time stop on by The Watering Hole and chat for a bit. The first drink is always on the house. You might want to look where your drink is coming from before you think about a free drink.

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I also sent you a PM.
You might want to post your question in the right forum, not as many people will see it here in introductions forum area.

 

What you want is Magazines ......... do not call them clips......... around here that is a no -no. Try looking on E- Bay.

Welcome from North Central Al

 

According to the Remington 581 manual, advertising and service manuals they are clips. If/when you should go into the firearms manufacturing business then and only then you get to demand that others use whatever name it suits your fancy to call them.

 

I have a 581-S. It is accurate. The so called “factory” plastic 5 round and 10 round magazines are not that great. Check eBay. I have not found a metal magazine anywhere. Enjoy shooting your rifle. It should be a keeper.

 

Trekker makes a five round magazine that works well. It chaps my butt to have to pay too much money for a magazine because the manufacturer is lacking. I bit the bullet and got a R22 from Trekker. It works well

 

As much as the plastic mags are lamblasted I use them and have no problems with them.
The Trekker mag is well made and if You had designed and made them you would price accordingly.
You want steel mags get a John Reed mag $$, or watch a video on making your own by Cumberland Outdoorsman

 

I also shoot a Remington 581 and those little rifles can shoot. I reworked my trigger to a respectable 2 pound pull but I'd also like to purchase extra 5 shot magazines. Any idea what they cost? I know I can look but I need to get my post count up to 30.

 

Trekker mag $40.00 each about what you would pay for the plastic factory mag, but better quality.

Remington 541/581 Magazines
John Reed also makes a steel mag for the 581 around $70.00 (work of art) contact john at REMOVED PLEASE USE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION
This should help you out.

 

I would be interested in a trigger polish or slight improvement rather than major surgery. What did you do to your trigge?

 

First I bought two or three replacement springs because I didn't want to damage my OEM spring and leave my 581 unable to operate. Next I thoroughly disassembled and cleaned the entire trigger mechanism. I then took a dremel tool and shortened one of my replacement springs one coil at a time until I obtained a pull that was satisfactory without making the trigger dangerous.

 

Get the John Reed item. It's a work of art & will last forever. They're not cheap, but less that having to replace the plastic items every so often.

I have his email & ph. # somewhere, but couldn't find them without a major search.

Henry

 

If you could message me with that information I'd appreciate it. I'm the new kid on the block so hopefully I can receive personal messages.

 

Here's what John Reed's metal magazine looks like. I bought two of them. They are 5 round and fit flush to the stock.

 

I was also going to purchase two of them. Are they easy to remove from the rifle if they fit flush with the floor plate?

 

John Reed magazines are the best option. We have five or six of them.

 

I also forgot to say I purchased a replacement trigger from Timney Triggers which was a huge disappointment. I'm doing this by memory, and could be wrong, but Timney says the trigger from a 788 Remington is a direct replacement. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!

 

I’ve found they need a bit of minor fitting in a 788. To use them in a 54x/58x you need to alter the bolt stop in a lathe using a tool post grinder then either butcher the stock and end up with a safety that does not hug the receiver and sticks out like a sore thumb... or cut the safety lever apart and TIG weld it back together in a fixture and protect the part that needs to be hardened from heat.

In a 788 they will send a longer bolt stop if the included one is too short, the long one will be too long and need to be ground down to allow the bolt to come out with the safety pushed forward. Then, there is a pin that comes out on the left side of the trigger that you almost always need to make a small clearance cut in the stock to accommodate. Not a big job, but not drop in usually.

 

But to Timney's credit they did offer to fit the trigger to my gun with shipping at their expense at no cost to me. I declined because I didn't want my stock altered to the extent that was necessary.

 

And finally I want to add I thought the Timney folks were a first class company. And they even include a Loli Pop with every order.

 

John Reed's email address: jreedtn81@gmail.com

 

Thanks for that

 

I have a Trekker 5rd mag and it functions great so far, and I have no reason to expect it will degrade. At $40, I plan to order a few more. It is vastly better than the stock plastic mags. It's beefy, much like the factory CZ 452 polymer mags.

 

The John Reed magazines are what you want. jreedtn81@gmail.com

Buy once, cry once.

As for the nomenclature, refer to it however you like and call it what you like. You are right and the buttinskis are 100% wrong.

What is more their nonsense impresses me as immature, boorish and petulant attempts at grandstanding. It’s nobody’s business to monitor other people’s choice in that regard.

In the case of a Remington 581, Remington is who designed, built and offered the 581 and 541 to the public. Therefore they have every right to name it whatever they choose and they chose clip. They could have also referred to it as a donkey, and if they so chose to do so then someone who had a problem with someone asking about a donkey for a Remington 581 deserves to be told publicly to mind your own business.

So, if the self selected monitors of what others use can’t mind their own business then I feel perfectly comfortable telling them that they need to get a life and leave other people alone. No one appointed them Grand Monitor of Nomenclature except their own selves. They are 100% wrong, in a Remington 581 the name of the part is clip. That is the name Remington chose to use for the magazine in a Remington 581. To enquirer about a clip for a Remington is 100% legitimate and that is the 100% correct name for that part and there is absolutely nothing wrong with referring to that part by its name. NOTHING WHATSOEVER.

That being said, there is nothing at all wrong with referring to that part as a magazine for a 581. The part Remington chose to label with the name clip, is a magazine.

 

I have the 541 Remington in each flavor and about a dozen magazines. Have always heard how dreadful the original plastic magazines are. In the 20 or so years I’ve been shooting them I have never had a problem with them, except for one 10 rounder I bought. That one I carved up and made into a single shot adapter.

And by the way according to Remington.

Rich

 

I have a half dozen John Reed magazines and a bunch of Remington five round magazines, they all work fine. The metal John Reed magazines work better. I use them in 581s and 541s.

 

I also have all of the above magazines. The Trekker mags work better in my custom Rem., Johns works fine also, just not as smooth. The factory mags have never been a problem. I've heard the complaints and kind of laugh because those factory mags are darn hard to break. But I understand, you have a nice 541S or 541T, great walnut wood, nice blued metal, then an ol' ugly plastic mag hanging out the bottom like it was an after thought.
So now on the CZ forum, plastic is good and metal is bad. LOL

 

I also have all of the above magazines. The Trekker mags work better in my custom Rem., Johns works fine also, just not as smooth. The factory mags have never been a problem. I've heard the complaints and kind of laugh because those factory mags are darn hard to break. But I understand, you have a nice 541S or 541T, great walnut wood, nice blued metal, then an ol' ugly plastic mag hanging out the bottom like it was an after thought.
So now on the CZ forum, plastic is good and metal is bad. LOL

I've got metal and polymer mags for my CZ452..... and prefer the polymer

 

The fact that the magazine wasn’t flush always bothered me more than it being plastic, after all I’ve seen ‘The Graduate’.

Rich

 

me too.

 

I have a 5 round steel mag and a 10 round plastic mag for mine. I like the steel better but the both work equally well. I would just but a couple of the plastic ones while you still can and keep looking for the steel ones.

 

And yes, all the old Remington advertising for the 581 referred to the as a "Clip Repeater"

This one is from 1974

 

I thought I paid about $59.00 for my 581 but I wasn't sure till now. Almost 60 years later with some high velocity ammo.

I think I got my monies worth.

 

I contacted Mr. Reed and got a couple of his magazines. They appear to be exactly what should come with those 541’s from the factory. I haven’t tested feeding out yet but I am very satisfied with them.

 

Thanks for that! I contacted him also and will be ordering a couple this spring. They're not cheap but hopefully we'll get what we pay for.