Remington 510P Rehabilitation

JWinAZ

JWinAZ

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This rifle, my first, has been without sights for a very long time. The "Pointcrometer" rear sight was lost when a scope was mounted by a junior bubba, me. Should have stayed with the aperture sight. The front sight was nearly worthless as the blade was a nub, way out of proportion to the ramp. I had a Williams sight in hand and an idea on how to improve the front sight. Nothing too difficult to do. The pictures show the ramp and blade blank, silver soldered, machined, cold blued and installed, Williams sight installed, and the completed rifle.
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That series of Remingtons were among the very best bolt action rimfires, in my opinion. My uncle's boyhood rifle was a 510, I recently handed it off to one of my brothers, but it was a very good shooter.

I've had a few ofvthe clip fed repeaters, too. Recently came into possesion of a 513T, I think I'll like that one.
 
Nice rifle!
I was taught to shoot with Dads 511; a few years back I got a couple of standard 510s. I refurbished the first one and gave it to my oldest daughter to hold for my grandson when he’s old enough.
The other came already D&T so it has become the scope testing rifle around here.
When said daughter was a toddler, Springfield Sporters had some repatriated 513S sporters for around $200- couldn’t come up with it, though.
They sold out quickly!
 
Nicely done

The 500 series Remington rimfire rifles are often labeled as “Cheap” .22 rifles; that is an inaccurate description. While they were economy rifles for the most part, they were and continued to be excellent values. Remington used good steel and put a lot of care into the manufacture of the barrels. Remington saved money where it wasn’t necessary to spend money to get an accurate rifle. They were inexpensive rifles in their day but never cheap rifles. The relatively low initial cost belies their capability. Seeing an old Remington 500 series rifle propped up near the back door of a farmhouse is about as common as seeing a sink in a kitchen. Despite the ubiquity of the series, they are true workhorses capable of fine accuracy.

Used ones aren’t as commonly seen in gun shops and gun shows as they were 25 years ago, but when you find one for sale, they are always worth a close inspection. I believe every gun owner should have at least 1 good .22 rimfire rifle, a 500 series Remington can be that rifle.
 
I just gave my Brother my Dad's old 510 smoothbore and a box of bird shot for it. He has rats in his barn, we have chipmunks. I can deal with the chipmunks outdoors with solid bullets. He needs to be able to shoot in the barn. He called me a couple of weeks after I gave hm the gun and he had already dealt some blows.
 
@Ben, @Petrol & Powder, @Rushcreek Thank you!

The 500s were a long lived design, 1939 through the late 60s or so. For a reason, nice rifles and a good value. The ne plus ultra for collectors would be the Nylon 10, 11, 12 based on the 510 action produced for just a few years. I've seen only one. Neat, but I prefer the walnut stock, although the are pretty interesting with the flat bolt handle and white diamond inlays!

The comparison between the 510s two sizeable locking lugs and Winchesters small bolt handle lug is striking. The Winchester action is much shorter and works well. I can't resist picking one of the 500s up a the gun shop. They have a distinctive appearance with the beehive bolt end, bolt handle knob, and stock shape.
 
My personal favorite of the bolt action .22s is the Winchester 69A/72A. That said, I highly doubt they are any better in any respect than those old Remingtons.
 
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