Remington 597 ?

[Oregonhunter]

Good mornin all!
This past year I won a Remington M597 .22 mag. Nothing fancy but free is always a good price!!

My question is has anyone out there shot a 597 and if so what do ya think about them?
I have always been a 1022 fan and I have not fired the 597 yet,(really nothing to hunt here with a .22 mag)

I did not want to shoot it if I am going to sell it.

If they are well liked I plan on keeping it. But if they are not well thought of, I would
like to take it down to the local gun shop and get something a little nicer!

Any opinions would be appreciated!!

THX!! Rob

 

[Oregonhunter]

Thanks for the reply!

All my buddys think I should sell it but I am thinking it would be a great little gun to teach my kids how to shoot?

The only thing is I would have prefered to teach them on something other than an auto.

Could make a good close range rabbit buster!

Thx! Rob

 

[Brian Rybicky]

Rob,

My grandpas got one i thinks hed put about 10,000 rounds thru it, and has had no trouble with it, im not sure wht kind of accuracy hes getting.
Good shootin,
Brian

 

[Injunear]

I bought one right after they came out. They are known to have a terrible trigger pull on them. I bought a "target hammer" from Canjar triggers for around $36.00. It takes about 10 minutes to replace the factory hammer, it's easy to do yourself. The target hammer will drop the trigger to 2-2 1/2 lbs. The hammer makes a new gun out of it. I was so disgusted with mine when I bought it that I was ready to get rid of it real quick. I called one of Remington's gunsmith and he recommended the Canjar. Look in to it if you are thinking of keeping the gun.

 

[upstatenyhunter]

Anybody know if Rem factory will put out a 17 HMR stainless heavy barrel soon?

 

[Marinesg1012]

Jarvis has a 17 drop in barrel available and they are suppose to be very good. You can go here to look at them. http://www.jarvis-custom.comProducts/

VQ is suppose to have one out soon but they dont yet. They have some great gear you can go here to look=http://www.volquartsen.com/index5.htm

 

[Oregonhunter]

Thanks for the input!

I was wondering about the trigger thing,it doesnt seem like the folks at Remington put much effort in this part of the gun.

Rob

 

[Marinesg1012]

Trigger is no good, jarvis and VQ make new hammers for them that brings the pull down to around 3 lbs maybe a little less. You can get it at rimfiresports.com for cheaper than VQ sells thiers.
For all your 597 needs come over to rimfirecentral.com go to the remington section there are a lot of guys there that have tweaked the 597 to just about as far as you can. Alot of good info, I am there under the same name as here.
Have a good one. -Adam

 

[upstatenyhunter]

I know that VQ and Jarvis make after market heavy barrels, but is Remington coming out with a 17 HMR stainless heavy barrel anytime soon?