any upgrades for rem 597

[Joe549]

want to upgrade? sell it and get a 10 22

I upgraded my 597 to a Savage 64. Then I upgraded that to a Winchester 490. Both of them are far superior to the 597.

 

[Superbrad]

Yeah, I get that. There is already a rail there, seems silly to install a picatinny rail on top of a 3/8" dovetail rail when you could just buy ultra cheap 3/8" rings.

That is pretty much the idea of upgrading..... getting rid of ultra cheap and going to something better and more solid.....

 

[gcdavidson]

People were finding that when the scope rings were torqued down, it induced upwards force on the rail, by pushing against the receiver. The result was stripped receiver screws. The DIP rail ensures the bottom of the ring does not touch the recv'r, and the slots give more positioning options. I only paid $12 for my UTG 30mm rings, I figured that was pretty cheap already.

 

[fraserdw]

I upgraded my 597 to a Savage 64. Then I upgraded that to a Winchester 490. Both of them are far superior to the 597.

You obviously missed the current moderator thread on tolerance and respect for your fellow CGNers.

 

[bp2626]

That is pretty much the idea of upgrading..... getting rid of ultra cheap and going to something better and more solid.....

You don't have to buy cheap 3/8" rings, there are good ones..

People were finding that when the scope rings were torqued down, it induced upwards force on the rail, by pushing against the receiver. The result was stripped receiver screws. The DIP rail ensures the bottom of the ring does not touch the recv'r, and the slots give more positioning options. I only paid $12 for my UTG 30mm rings, I figured that was pretty cheap already.

Interesting that people were stripping their receiver screws. Wouldn't that have to be some serious over torque on the rings? I had both a scope and tech sights installed and never had a problem.