300Spartans
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- Location
- Canada of course
My vote's for the 10/22. Very easy to customize with a ton of aftermarket accessories to build whatever type of rifle you want.
10/22 vs rem 597
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If you want a $1000 .22 plinker, go for a 10/22.
If you want a nice, accurate .22 right out of the box, and can be made real sweet with about $50 in after market parts, go for the 597.
(I have one of each, plus a Ruger Charger that is based on the 10/22 action)
If you want a nice, accurate .22 right out of the box, and can be made real sweet with about $50 in after market parts, go for the 597.
(I have one of each, plus a Ruger Charger that is based on the 10/22 action)
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
i do agree with this about the 10/22... we all go custom crazy on these guns... each of mine are around the 1000$ mark with all the tinkering... its fun as hell tho.
Cheers
10/22 vs 597
I had worked up a 10/22 in the early days of replacement parts availability and was able to build a very accurate and functional rifle. Over time my shooting style changed and required a change up of my 10/22 configuration. At the same time the 597 came onto the market and a Custom 597 was offered. I had researched the 597 and liked that it had features that I wanted for the 10/22 and the fact that it came with a heavy barrel and an Anschutz style stock completed the sale. Overall workmanship on this "custom" rifle sucked and it continuely jammed or misfed but was very accurate, 0.5" @ 100 yards with CCI Mini-Mag. I did a bit of clean-up work on burs, replaced the hammer with a target version and tried metal mags with 9 rounds instead of 10 to some improvement. The Stock needs bedding, the 2 action screws seat into removable plastic caps and now over time I have a fair bit of slop in the stock and a loss of consistancy in accuracy. I'm too stuborn to part with it(spent too much!), I expected that it would rival the 10/22 when it came out and have more available upgrades for it. I think the large use of plastics may be a turn-off to those looking for a serious accrate rifle to up-grade. I would up-grade a 10/22 over a 597 as a next rimfire project.
I had worked up a 10/22 in the early days of replacement parts availability and was able to build a very accurate and functional rifle. Over time my shooting style changed and required a change up of my 10/22 configuration. At the same time the 597 came onto the market and a Custom 597 was offered. I had researched the 597 and liked that it had features that I wanted for the 10/22 and the fact that it came with a heavy barrel and an Anschutz style stock completed the sale. Overall workmanship on this "custom" rifle sucked and it continuely jammed or misfed but was very accurate, 0.5" @ 100 yards with CCI Mini-Mag. I did a bit of clean-up work on burs, replaced the hammer with a target version and tried metal mags with 9 rounds instead of 10 to some improvement. The Stock needs bedding, the 2 action screws seat into removable plastic caps and now over time I have a fair bit of slop in the stock and a loss of consistancy in accuracy. I'm too stuborn to part with it(spent too much!), I expected that it would rival the 10/22 when it came out and have more available upgrades for it. I think the large use of plastics may be a turn-off to those looking for a serious accrate rifle to up-grade. I would up-grade a 10/22 over a 597 as a next rimfire project.
