Picked up a new 22lr semi auto rimfire recently. Its remington's new 597 HB. Here's the info from Remington's site:
http://remington.com/en/products/firearms/rimfire/model-597/model-597-hb.aspx
Basically, I bought this because it was cheap ($212 at lebarons) and I liked the looks of it with the olive drab stock and the short heavy barrel.
When it arrived, I was surprised by how light and well balanced it is, its not front heavy like I was expecting.
It has no sights but comes with a weaver rail already installed. I've mounted a cheap bushnell banner 4-12x40 scope on it. I've had it up to the range twice now to test it for function and accuracy.
As far as function is concerned, I've put about 500 rounds though it now without a single hiccup with the 2 factory 10 round mags **. No stoppages whatsoever and locked the bolt back every time on an emply mag. Ran a variety of ammo through it and out of what I had with me, it liked cci mini mags (40grn solid) and cci standard velocity best from an accuracy perspective. I also tried dynapoints, American eagle, federal bulk, and lapua standard club. It all functioned perfectly but oddly enough the most expensive ammo, the lapua, shot like a shotgun pattern.
The accuracy is very good also. First some 5 shot 50 yrd groups with cci standard velocity:
Here's a couple groups with cci mini mags. 5 shots at 50 yards:
Of course I'm only showing the best groups of my brief shooting session but I must say, the cci fodder was pretty consistent.
Out of the box my trigger was about 5lbs. Since shooting these targets though I have been able to get the trigger down to about 2lbs or so, by polishing the hammer and swapping out the sear spring. I'm hoping this tightens up the groups even more (its bone stock besides the bit of trigger work).
Overall very pleased with the accuracy and the reliability of this rifle. It has exceeded my expectations.
(** - I also purchased a Remington 30 round mag and it doesn't feed well at all. I'm still working on correcting it)
http://remington.com/en/products/firearms/rimfire/model-597/model-597-hb.aspx
Basically, I bought this because it was cheap ($212 at lebarons) and I liked the looks of it with the olive drab stock and the short heavy barrel.
When it arrived, I was surprised by how light and well balanced it is, its not front heavy like I was expecting.
It has no sights but comes with a weaver rail already installed. I've mounted a cheap bushnell banner 4-12x40 scope on it. I've had it up to the range twice now to test it for function and accuracy.
As far as function is concerned, I've put about 500 rounds though it now without a single hiccup with the 2 factory 10 round mags **. No stoppages whatsoever and locked the bolt back every time on an emply mag. Ran a variety of ammo through it and out of what I had with me, it liked cci mini mags (40grn solid) and cci standard velocity best from an accuracy perspective. I also tried dynapoints, American eagle, federal bulk, and lapua standard club. It all functioned perfectly but oddly enough the most expensive ammo, the lapua, shot like a shotgun pattern.
The accuracy is very good also. First some 5 shot 50 yrd groups with cci standard velocity:
Here's a couple groups with cci mini mags. 5 shots at 50 yards:
Of course I'm only showing the best groups of my brief shooting session but I must say, the cci fodder was pretty consistent.
Out of the box my trigger was about 5lbs. Since shooting these targets though I have been able to get the trigger down to about 2lbs or so, by polishing the hammer and swapping out the sear spring. I'm hoping this tightens up the groups even more (its bone stock besides the bit of trigger work).
Overall very pleased with the accuracy and the reliability of this rifle. It has exceeded my expectations.
(** - I also purchased a Remington 30 round mag and it doesn't feed well at all. I'm still working on correcting it)
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