Remington 597 <---- best ammo?

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I am trying to find a reliable and accurate ammo for hunting. Let's say, for 60-80 meters distance with 36-40 gr bullet.
I have tried four different (cheap ;)) ammos but I'm not impressed (to say the least...) with the accuracy.
The Federal 525 shoots really bad (about 6" :eek: at 50m). The Winchester Xpert is better (4" :eek:), the Dynapoint shoots approx. 2.5" and the Remington shoots 1.5" groups. I am using a BSA 4x scope.
What works best in your 597?
 
Haven't tried any expesive stuff except for Mini-Mags (which didn't do well).
Of all the ones I have tried, American Eagle HPs seem to be the best.
I'm going to try some hyper velocity stuff, but with the AEs, if I do my part, I can smack golfballs at +/- 100 yards without a problem.
 
Keep trying brands. The cost doesn't make any difference. Some rifles will shoot the cheap stuff and not the expensive stuff.
A scope won't make any rifle shoot better. They just allow you to see the target better.
 
Farlsincharge said:
Mine worked best when I returned it and got my money back
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Must be the shooter! ;)

Holmes said:
mine favored the rem golden bullets until it developed the 2 round burst,then i sold it
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This went away, along with the heavy trigger pull, with a VQ hammer.

I find most decent ammo works quite well. I've had great results (5 shot cloverleafs @ 20m) with all kinds of ammo.
Seems to suffer a bit with the bulk ammo, but still far better than my 10/22.
IIRC the Federal Champion (non-bulk) 40gr. solids did as well as anything.
 
The Federal 525 shoots really bad (about 6" at 50m).
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Whoa? I can stay under 4in at 100yards with Fed. Champion plated ammo! At 50 2in isn't hard... it's not the ammo...get a good rest and scope and you'll be fine ;)
 
IM_Lugger said:
Whoa? I can stay under 4in at 100yards with Fed. Champion plated ammo! At 50 2in isn't hard... it's not the ammo...get a good rest and scope and you'll be fine ;)
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I was using the cheapo Federal 525 bulk.
But I was shooting with the exact same set up (rest, scope, distance) and the Remington 1522-A performed best (1 1/8" at 50 meters).
I just went out to my local gun store and bought three different CCI ammos. I'll see how they shoot.
 
Mine is also firing 2 shot bursts. Definitely not a cleaning issue. Spooks the noobs so I may dump the rifle.... Sad cuz I was a big fan at first.
 
my 597's like the CCI Mini-Mag 40gr. the best. no problem chambering ,
ejecting and very accurate too ...
 
mine loves the federal 525 bulk packs and CCI blasers.
After about 2000 rounds now, I was getting a lot of FTEs, so I pulled out the bolt tonight and found tons of crud in there to clean out. Now it should work like before I figure.
Man those springs were hard to get back on the rails when I put them back in!
 
Another test today with the following ammos (best 5 shot groups, measured with flyer):
CCI STINGER - terrible !!! 5" groups, couldn't find 5th shot
CCI QUIK-SHOK - terrible !!! all over the paper, 5" groups
CCI MINI-MAG - best group 13/16"
American Eagle 40gr Solid - 15/16"
American Eagle 38gr Hollow Point - 1 2/16"
With some practice I could tighten the groups but not bad for the first time. So far the winners are CCI MM and AE 40gr.
 
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Mine likes, in order: CCI Minimags, Remington Subsonics and Federal Bulk packs. It really hates Stingers and Winchester bulk packs, everything else shoots so-so out of it.
 
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