22CB in a Remington 597?

[Spray]

I recently bought a bunch of ammo for my Remington 597, but like an idiot I accidently grabbed the 22CB instead of LR. Will this even shoot out of the 597? Not sure CT will take ammo refunds.

 

[BEARMAN]

If it is the .22CB long it should feed through most mags but definitely will not function any semi-autos. You will have to work the gun like a bolt action. If you bought .22CB short they can be fired singly but probably WILL BE HARD TO GET THEM INTO THE CHAMBER.

 

[DAR 701]

CBlongs feed but do not cycle the action. Shorts do not feed!

 

[B]

It will work reasonably well with longs, your semi will become a straight pull though.

 

[22lr]

I found CB's not only do not cycle the action, they considerably inaccurate in semi-auto's, they give horrible vertical spread. I never tried those in bolt action because I was thoughroughly disgusted with CB's by then. I say try them whats the problem, one should try about everything...

 

[Spray]

I got the shorts.
I guess time to take them back

 

[Ren]

Good luck most places will tell you no refunds on ammo, around here anyways.

 

[cyclone]

Buy an inexpensive .22 boltie off of the Exchange?

 

[Mike_R]

I use the .22CB shorts in my 597 all the time, I love them!

Canadian Tire does not carry the CB Longs, (not that I have seen) so I have been using the shorts for a long time now. No, they do not cycle the action, and they do not get picked up from the mag too well. I find if I load 6 or 8 in the mag, I can manually cycle the action, and it normally chambers a round. Of course, most shots stove-pipe, but since you have to cycle the action manually, it's no big deal.

The accuracy is not the greatest, but they sure are quiet. I used to use them for plinking in my yard (lived in the country, it was legal, just did not want to tick off the neighbours). A lot more powerful than my air-rifle, and as quiet!

Mike_R