New Plinker/Squirrel Gun Remington 597HB

[Henry347]

Picked up this little Remington 597 HB the other day for $200. It had never been fired, the guy bought it new and put it in the safe. Put a Cheap Axeon Red Dot on it, installed some sling studs and put a Quake Sling on it so far.

I've put around 400 rounds of Mini Mag through it so far without any ftf or jams. The trigger isn't awful but might put a Volquartsen Hammer, Extractor and a spring kit in it later on.

But even with the factory setup I can shoot a .625 5 shot group at 25 yards with that red dot and 40gr Mini Mag Solids. Hope to take it out this weekend and put a hurtin on the tree rats.

[Moped]

 Nice set up! 

[greener]

nice gun, good deal

[DaveTN]

I have a standard 597 I bought 15 years ago. Bass Pro ran a sale on the one with the scope. They didn’t have any of those left, so they put a Redhead $40 scope on it and sold it to me at the sale price. I think it was less than $150. It’s the most accurate .22 rifle I have ever owned, and I’ve owned a bunch. It’s boring accurate. I haven’t done anything to it; I didn’t need to.

All of my .22’s love the CCI Mini mag, its all I buy anymore.

Good luck with yours. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have mine.

[Henry347]

On 11/12/2020 at 7:47 AM, DaveTN said:

I have a standard 597 I bought 15 years ago. Bass Pro ran a sale on the one with the scope. They didn’t have any of those left, so they put a Redhead $40 scope on it and sold it to me at the sale price. I think it was less than $150. It’s the most accurate .22 rifle I have ever owned, and I’ve owned a bunch. It’s boring accurate. I haven’t done anything to it; I didn’t need to.

All of my .22’s love the CCI Mini mag, its all I buy anymore.

Good luck with yours. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have mine.

I'm certainly enjoying the little gun, it seems like my Ruger Bolt guns is sitting more after I got this one. Its just a blast to shoot and accurate as can be. Still feeds flawlessly and haven't had any ftf or jams.

Didn't think I was going to like the red dot but for plinking it's great. I've killed 20 squirrels with it so far but do believe I prefer the AO Bushnell Rimfire scope over the red dot; when it comes to squirrel hunting.