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    Remington 597 / .17 HMR factory recall?

    I posted a thread yesterday asking for a recommendation between the 597 and the 10-22. Last night I went to an Academy in Sherman Texas to look at what they had in stock in a 10-22 or 597 model. Anyway, the clerk told me that Remington had issued a recall notice on the 597 in either 22 WMR or 17...
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    Recommendations? Rem. 597 v. Ruger 10-22

    Re: Recommendations? Rem. 597 v. Ruger 10-22 Thanks everybody for the input! I will probably go for the 10-22. I was at an Academy store yesterday and had the gun counter clerk tell me that there was a recall on all 597's in .22 mag. I am a lifelong Remington fan but that piece of info swayed...
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    Recommendations? Rem. 597 v. Ruger 10-22

    I am making my Christmas shopping list for my 14 and 15 year old boys. They are well experienced .22 shooters and have gone through 10's of thousands of rounds of .22 ammo by now with a couple of Marlin 982 bolt actions, a Henry lever action and a Marlin 39A lever. In other words they have never...
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    The Biggest Squirrel I've Ever Taken

    Re: The Biggest Squirrel I've Ever Taken Man did you check his nest for a stash of fertilizer?