I had purchased this from a fellow member and she is a beauty! 1943 and at least 90+% condition. It has a custom bolt with an unbelievable tolerance between the custom scope mount, the chamber, and the Bolt. Smooth is the keyword here.
Well I added a BSA 3x9 scope that I used to have on my Rem597. I bore sighted it a couple of days ago so I thought I would be close.
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A close up of the fantastic Bolt work!
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@50 yards, 3 shots were all it took to get sighted in. The first shot was 6" high, and 5" right.
The next three shots could be covered by a half dollar, with 2 touching. Now this is great as I am not that great a shooter. The gun is MUCH better than I am.
AT 100 yards, I had to do some slight adjustments but all the shots were now on paper and usually 3/5 could be considered no more than 2" from each other. This gun is AWESOME!
Note there are a few .22's in this one (100yds)
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So then I tried the sling, all of the above shot were from a cheap sled, and only 1/5 hit the paper (8" square). I was disappointed but I attribute it to my shaking and not the rifle.
I was also shooting my Remington 597 bull barrel with the new BSA 3x32 scope @50 yards. At first I thought something was wrong but then I figured out it was the cheap wally world federal that sucked in that gun. A buddy shot cheap Remington and it was half the spread. Once I noticed that I tried some American Eagle, CCI and Blazer. Those shot well, very well. Enough that .22 shooting @50 yards with a 32x scope is almost cheating
Here is the 597 @ 100yards with American Eagle .22 LR ammo. Its amazing how much it varies.
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All and all it was a good day, and I got all my guns in the trunk before the rain hit!
Well I added a BSA 3x9 scope that I used to have on my Rem597. I bore sighted it a couple of days ago so I thought I would be close.
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A close up of the fantastic Bolt work!
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@50 yards, 3 shots were all it took to get sighted in. The first shot was 6" high, and 5" right.
The next three shots could be covered by a half dollar, with 2 touching. Now this is great as I am not that great a shooter. The gun is MUCH better than I am.
AT 100 yards, I had to do some slight adjustments but all the shots were now on paper and usually 3/5 could be considered no more than 2" from each other. This gun is AWESOME!
Note there are a few .22's in this one (100yds)
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So then I tried the sling, all of the above shot were from a cheap sled, and only 1/5 hit the paper (8" square). I was disappointed but I attribute it to my shaking and not the rifle.
I was also shooting my Remington 597 bull barrel with the new BSA 3x32 scope @50 yards. At first I thought something was wrong but then I figured out it was the cheap wally world federal that sucked in that gun. A buddy shot cheap Remington and it was half the spread. Once I noticed that I tried some American Eagle, CCI and Blazer. Those shot well, very well. Enough that .22 shooting @50 yards with a 32x scope is almost cheating
Here is the 597 @ 100yards with American Eagle .22 LR ammo. Its amazing how much it varies.
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All and all it was a good day, and I got all my guns in the trunk before the rain hit!
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