1942 Remington 550

[graycrait]

The date code comes out to Feb 1942 on this one. The Remington 550 and its subsequent model, the 550-1, were the predecessors to the 552. The only real difference between the 550, commonly known as a 550A, and the 550-1 that I know of is that the 550 has 2 extractors and the 550-1 has one. The 550 was made between 1941 - 1946. I got this one with paint on the stock and some dirt at my kind of price. Once I took the stock off I was shocked, the action had no indication of any real wear and no rust, pitting, or even hardly any carbon. The receiver upper and lower & bolt are nearly mint. Someone had taken some kind of solvent that "ruined" the barrel blueing making it look almost like color case hardening. The barrel finish "fits" me. I cleaned and lubed the action, cleaned the barrel and took some fine steel wool to the paint spots and gently removed them. I waxed the stock as the color is pretty nice as is and didn't want to change much. I am a lucky man. Now I have a real nice 550 and a nice 552. Additionally the seller threw in a 552 ADL that has a broken inner mag tube, no barrel blueing, missing stock and missing rear sight. I either have a parts kit for my other 552 or a build project.

[Guest GunTroll]

I have a 550-1 and love mine. I can bust clays at 125 yards with mine all day. Perhaps further but I haven't tried. I have a weaver fixed 4 on it from the same time period as well. It was my grandfathers. I can't see through the scope so well anymore but its staying right where it is. Long barrel 22's are great!

[Garufa]

Nice find and good job fixing it up.

Nothing beats an old Remington 22.

[Parrothead]

i live my 550. It's a 1955 model. Great shooter

[graycrait]

I ran some ammo through the 550 yesterday: Shorts, subsonic 40 grains, HV JHPs, etc. It didn't like the 60grain subsonic Aguillas but it ate everything else.