I got 597 Remington in 22 mag not long ago. I am continually amazed with accuracy and quality of 597's 22lr and 22mag both. I heard about 22mag's being so-so in terms of accuracy, but hey, if you see holes touching at 100 yards its plenty accurate. Maybe not MOA but very close and half of the time under MOA with factory ammo. And that is from factory rifle with sporter barrel and cheaper 4x scope. I just wish ammo was cheaper (sigh)