Cleaning a 597?

tritium4ever

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I just picked up a Remington 597 (my first gun) this past Friday, and I'm a bit confused as to how to do routine cleaning on it. Is it one of those dreaded clean from the muzzle end scenarios? I haven't yet taken the action apart for a full cleaning, but I figure I'm going to have to do that before hitting the range.
 
tritium - buy a good set of allen keys, taking apart 597 for a good cleaning requires some allen keys that are not common size found in cheaper sets.

You are right, you pretty much have to clean it thouroughly before you bring it to the range. Factory grease slows firing pin for example to the point that your rifle will not fire at all. And its a good way to get acquinted with your new rifle anyway.

There is a bit of trouble putting it back together, especially with guide rods and springs - nothing major and pretty much all self-explanatory when you see it.

it is up to you if you want to clean it from muzzle or not, I clean mine from breech. ther only trouble is that you will have to sight rifle in after you take barrel off and put it back on.
 
Every 700 or so rounds I remove the barrel from the receiver and clean from the chamber. All you need for that is one allan key and it comes out. Bolt and trigger group get cleaned around every 350 rounds, just a quick wipe with Shooters Choice, use a q-tip to clean the extractor and good to go. Never re-sighted my rife in after taking off the barrel, shoots the same spot every time with the iron sights.
 
I didn't take my bolt out for initial cleaning, just got an elastic band from off a broccoli and used it to hold the bolt back while I sprayed in cleaner and wiped it out with cloths. Then let the bolt go forward and cleaned out behind it.
Between shoots I pull the action out of the rifle and clean/lube it all as best as I can without removing bolt. Finally after 2000 rounds I was starting to have ejection problems and I broke down and completely field stripped it, cleaned and lubricated everything.
Getting the springs back in with the rails and bolt was challenging and took about 30 mins alone! lol
You have to be careful about how tight you put the rails back in too as it will throw off accuracy. The manual actually gives a torque spec of 12 inch lbs, but I think a gentle "snug" tightness should work. Haven't shot it since the thorough cleaning yet. The barrel doesn't seem to get very dirty so I don't clean it very much. Just run a couple of patches between shootings from the breech and you'll find it is clean.
 
I pull a bore snake through it after a day of shooting. Then a patch with lube. I only give it a good cleaning after a couple thousand rounds. I just remove it from the stock and give it a good once over with some patches, q-tips, bore snake, solvent and oil. I dissassemble it completely every other cleaning, but never have taken the barrel off.
 
I wouldn't recommend removing the barrel. If you want to clean from the beech, remove the bolt and rubber buffer from the receiver. Your cleaning rod will line up fine. For a quick action cleaning I remove the stock and trigger assembly, soak the receiver with brake cleaner and blow out with compressed air. Lightly lube and continue.
 
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