Does anyone know if the Remington 597 blued/synthetic comes with the same rear sight as the 597 stainless/synthetic. I am looking at buying a blued one and I want to make sure it has the same excellent rear sight that came stock on my friends 597 stainless synthetic. In the pictures on the remington website, the rear sight on the blued one kinda looks different.
Remington 597 rear sight
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I jsut picked up a blued/synthetic 597 earlier this month and it has the bead front sight with the ramped steel sight on a fairy steep angle. It's not fiberoptic either. They call them big game sights, and are just a notched rear sight adjustable for windage and elevation, but very sturdily made, all steel.
Personally, I changed mine out for a williams ramped aperture. Privides an infinitely better sight picture, longer sight distance to increase accuracy and faster target acquisition speed.
Hope that helps.
Personally, I changed mine out for a williams ramped aperture. Privides an infinitely better sight picture, longer sight distance to increase accuracy and faster target acquisition speed.
Hope that helps.
Hey Aric84, I was just wondering did you also change the front sight when you put the aperture sight on your 597? I have been thinking about doing this as well, though most of the reports I have read online suggest that a taller front sight is required
not yet...
I want to change out the front sight as well as it is just so damned big... I might machine one myself since the barrel is not tapered at that point and should be easy to work with. The other option i'm thinking of, is getting a set of williams firesights, because the front sight has a dovetail milled into it so you can change out the front to something else. Might want to get a globe sight to put on there.
Keep in mind though, if I do this, I'm going to ahve about the same value in sights as I payed for the gun itself
. I'll have her out for a whirl thes weekend to see how much difference it makes. might be okay with just the aperture.
I want to change out the front sight as well as it is just so damned big... I might machine one myself since the barrel is not tapered at that point and should be easy to work with. The other option i'm thinking of, is getting a set of williams firesights, because the front sight has a dovetail milled into it so you can change out the front to something else. Might want to get a globe sight to put on there.
Keep in mind though, if I do this, I'm going to ahve about the same value in sights as I payed for the gun itself
. I'll have her out for a whirl thes weekend to see how much difference it makes. might be okay with just the aperture.I want to change out the front sight as well as it is just so damned big... I might machine one myself since the barrel is not tapered at that point and should be easy to work with. The other option i'm thinking of, is getting a set of williams firesights, because the front sight has a dovetail milled into it so you can change out the front to something else. Might want to get a globe sight to put on there.
Keep in mind though, if I do this, I'm going to ahve about the same value in sights as I payed for the gun itself
Thanks for the reply, yeah that front bead is gigantic - way too thick. I think going with a Williams front sight is a sound idea, a globe sight would be even better. I have a spare Lyman #17, I'll have to check if it'll fit. I'd be interested to know if yours works as-is, I've put a cheapo red dot on her now but iron sights are always preferable for this guy. Cheers!
