Rem. 581

Medicine Hat · Post by **Medicine Hat** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:58 pm

I posted a target, and have mentioned several times the old Rem. 581 that I rescued a couple years ago. But failed to post a pic. of it.
So, here is a pic. Frankly, it was so abused by a previous owner that I would not have even considered it except for the shift lever being on the CORRECT side.

blue68f100 · Post by **blue68f100** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:11 pm

Nice looking gun, even though the shift lever is on the wrong side (correct side).... So the stock is a righty

greener · Post by **greener** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:07 pm

Good looking rifle.

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:44 pm

very pretty.......do you have a Before photo?

Medicine Hat · Post by **Medicine Hat** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:32 pm

bgreenea3 wrote:very pretty.......do you have a Before photo?

I don't have a before pic. I just got my first digital camera about 8 months ago, and this forum taught me how to use photobucket.
Over the years, I've rebuilt a few but it never occured to me to take pics.
This rifle had a Redfield receiver sight on it (I haven't got it cleaned and re-blued yet) that you could barely see the #s and lines on it because of gunk and rust. At least I got the rust and most of the gunk off though.
I'm kind of a sucker for a sick puppy.

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:02 am

You did a fine job of bringing that one back to life, and it looks like you have a hobby you like. So it is doubly good

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:01 am

You did a great job MH, takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to refinish or even finish. I used to do a lot of woodworking and still do some, T am great at designing and building, but finshing really is a chore for me.

radio · Post by **radio** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:02 am

very nice

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:05 pm

You sure done a good job on bringing that rifle back. It could sit in my safe anytime it would want to.

Good luck with it.