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Remington 597

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  • 10-10-2007 10:30am
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    revan23
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    anyone got one? what do you think of it?
    thinkin about getting one in .17 hmr


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    cavan shooter
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    Accurate, great crack for plinking at clays
    magazine wont take 8 rounds (never put more than 5 in it) have a LS HB in 22 magnum. and agasp:eek: I use it primrily on foxes.

    Do a search on it on boards and you'll see the comments good and bad


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    revan23
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    always liked the look of them and they are not expensive... (500 in duffys for the magnum or .17... got quoted almost 800 in my local place tho.. :eek: )


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    Our man in Havana
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    I has one in .22lr and is great on rabbits and foxes. Great purchase. I am not gone on the grey plastic colour.


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    revan23
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    .22lr on foxes?? ...............


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    cavan shooter
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    Bond-007 wrote:
    I has one in .22lr and is great on rabbits and foxes. Great purchase. I am not gone on the grey plastic colour.

    Look at the remington website, the LS HB is a laminate (not grey black)with a heavy floating barrell. Strips dead easy too. Its the magazine that annoys me it is a pile of %^$£:mad:


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    Our man in Havana
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    I agree about the mags, totally sh1te.


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    GilGrissom
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    revan23 wrote:
    .22lr on foxes?? ...............
    Not a bother with a .22lr up to 70 yards out.


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    cavan shooter
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    Bond
    Do u struggle with 22 lr??


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    Our man in Havana
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    cavan shooter wrote:
    Bond
    Do u struggle with 22 lr??
    In what way Cavan Shooter?

    I had to buy new mags for it, I find that yellow jackets cause it to jam.


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    revan23
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    i remember a few years ago i was gonna get one, but they had plastic mags and loads of people were complaining about jamming etc... but as far as i know the new ones have steel mags... are you lads using the plastic ones or are the new ones just as crap?


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    Our man in Havana
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    The plastic ones were absolute crap. I got so annoyed with them I bought a steel mag which is much better. I would not put more than 5 or 6 rounds in at a time. Also for some reason mine hates yellow jackets.


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    cavan shooter
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    I have two steel mags for mine. Couple of weeks ago I was out lamping I had 7 shots in the mag when I went into field I copped two foxes not two hundred yards away (LUck or what) cocked the handle and the FN THN wouldn't cycle it stuck caught on the front of the mag.

    I can only think that I had left it a week with 7 rounds in the mag, now I empty the mag every week and only put 5 rounds in it

    And yes I missed the foxes........:mad:


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