How good is the Rem 597?

A buddy of mine has a 597, and he refers to it as a "bullet hose" and is constantly tellign me how he would have better spent the money on a savage bolt action. I'm not sure exactly what he did to it go get it shooting in "pasable" form, but i know he spent a couple hours polishing, essentially doing the finish work that was neglected at the factory. He might see that I've posted here and chime in.

On the same note, though, my dad has a 10/22, an old one with all metal parts, not one of the cheap new plastic ones, and it's not much better in stock form.

Some guys get these guns and spend the value of the gun or more on them to turn them into real shooters, but the fact remains, out of the box, they're both still a cheap semi auto .22.
 
Y2K..
I've never had a 597, but I've read posts here that say there harder to take apart and put back together than a 10/22.
Both can have jamming problems IF you use a cheap aftermarket mags (plastic lipped) and some can be finicky with certain types of ammo.
With the Ruger OEM mags, I've never had any great problems with my 10/22's except the odd feed spring getting week.
I just take it apart, clean it and rewind it and it's good as new. ;)
 
IMO, the 597 is an excellent rifle. People are still writing bad comments but the feeding issue has long been solved with the second and lately, third generation magazines.
You have to spend a couple of hundred dollars on a stock 10/22 to make it shoot like a 597 shoots out of the box.
The trigger group is held by a single pin, the receiver is held by two screws. What's hard about disassembling...??? :rolleyes:
I wouldn't blame the rifle for jamming cheap ammo. They all do. The 597 is a reliable rifle.
Don't get me wrong, the 10/22 is a good rifle too and with the available aftermarket parts (and deep pockets...), you can make it to an F16 fighter. :D True, there are not too many aftermarket parts for the 597.
Just my 2 pesos.
 
use the metal Gen 3 factory mags, install a VQ extractor and hammer and you're good to go. They are a bit more difficult to work on and 'hot rod' but shoot ok once you do a few little mods. I have to say though that I like my HB modded 10-22's better and probably won't ever buy another 597.
 
Mines good, only jams when its a)really dirty b)I unload a 30rd (clear, 1st gen) clip as fast as I can pull the trigger. I like the gun.
 
rustysdream said:
IMO, the 597 is an excellent rifle. People are still writing bad comments but the feeding issue has long been solved with the second and lately, third generation magazines.
You have to spend a couple of hundred dollars on a stock 10/22 to make it shoot like a 597 shoots out of the box.
The trigger group is held by a single pin, the receiver is held by two screws. What's hard about disassembling...??? :rolleyes:
I wouldn't blame the rifle for jamming cheap ammo. They all do. The 597 is a reliable rifle.
Don't get me wrong, the 10/22 is a good rifle too and with the available aftermarket parts, you can make it to an F16 fighter. True, there are not too many aftermarket parts for the 597.
Just my 2 pesos.
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I have 2 a VTR 597 I like it so much I got a new in the box 597 for my kid Oh ya the price 156.00 tax in. My VTR will eat anything. I have 0 FTF for 1500 plus rds down the pipe with 0 cleaning.
 
I own two (regular 597 and a 597 VTR) both with thousands of rounds fired with no problems at all. They are quite accurate out of the box and there is no need to spend hundreds of dollars "modding" them to get an acceptable level of accuracy out of them.
 
Mantis said:
I own two (regular 597 and a 597 VTR) both with thousands of rounds fired with no problems at all. They are quite accurate out of the box and there is no need to spend hundreds of dollars "modding" them to get an acceptable level of accuracy out of them.
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Mantis....

10/22's out of the box have a very "acceptable level of accuracy".

We only mod them because WE CAN. :evil: cou:
 
you can make a honda civic look like a race car. then you lift the hood and its still 105 horsepower. A .22 is a .22, regardless of being able to buy $1500 in accessories for it like i saw one guy do:slap:. Both are good, but 597 is cheaper.
 
y2k said:
I`ve heard they have a bad reputation for jamming.
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mwjones said:
A buddy of mine has a 597, and he refers to it as a "bullet hose" and is constantly tellign me how he would have better spent the money on a savage bolt action. I'm not sure exactly what he did to it go get it shooting in "pasable" form, but i know he spent a couple hours polishing, essentially doing the finish work that was neglected at the factory. He might see that I've posted here and chime in.

On the same note, though, my dad has a 10/22, an old one with all metal parts, not one of the cheap new plastic ones, and it's not much better in stock form.

Some guys get these guns and spend the value of the gun or more on them to turn them into real shooters, but the fact remains, out of the box, they're both still a cheap semi auto .22.
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"I have heard" and " a Buddy had...." really are not a relliable responce to an issue ,IMHO if you havent owned one you souldent slag it . owned 4 decent gun, better now with the 30 rnd mags ,adjust guid rods no problems, owned over 20 10/22s great gun as well .
 
I have a plain Jane 597 in grey synthetic. Factory circle 10 mags are the solution to feed issues. I have the factory 30 round mags that only gives issues when loaded all they way to the top. If I only load 25 rounds they will feed all 25 consistantly. I clean it every 1,000-1,500 :)
 
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