Remington 597 Magazine options

[88hillman]

I have an 'old' 597 that reliably shoots... so long as a cartridge gets into the chamber. It came with the stock metal 10rd magazine as well as a plastic ?ProMag 20?

The extractor has been upgraded along with the hammer and spring. The issue of magazine feeding remains. The stock magazine was improved quite a bit with an aftermarket spring that had more pressure. I wouldn't say it's solved, but it's not going in the garbage. Has anyone found other alternatives than the ProMag? It's terrible! I am inclined to throw the ProMag out, it's so bad. Since Remarms isn't making the 597 anymore I wonder if anyone has had luck adapting another magazine to the 597 since almost all of my problems are actually inside the magazines.

 

[45CAT]

if you don’t get a reply here. See Rimfire central in the states

 

[lpel]

I have a 597 and was not able to get any of the 10 round mags. So I have 3 Promags and an original hi cap Remington mags. I have no issues with any of them. I’d love to get my hands on a couple 10 rounders but no luck to date. Mine is the VTR model.

 

[gallen270]

I have factory tens and they work fine

I owned two pro mags, absolutely garbage, one would only load like a dozen rounds. Promag doesn’t understand geometry, just slap a spring in a box and send it.

The factory Remington plastic high cap mags are getting tough to find

 

[griffin86]

Promags suck

 

[maifire]

To the points made here, mine are the same.
My 10’s work well. All of them.
My promag is hard to get reliable results and my rem mag isnt perfect but it is better than the pro by a mile.
Is your follower possibly catching a burr?
Also just curious if youve tried higher vs lower velocity through the mag?

 

[moose154]

Try rotating the magazine spring. I had issues with mine after cleaning one time and that did the trick.