Comments on: Remington Model 597 VTR : AR-15 style .22 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-81355 Brian Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-81355 I have the 597 vtr can you put a quad rail on it? i was thinking about adding some cool gaer to it I have the 597 vtr can you put a quad rail on it? i was thinking about adding some cool gaer to it

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]]> By: dead eye dave http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-59892 dead eye dave Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:19:23 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-59892 I've had this riffle for 8 months i put a bushnell 9x40 on it i also bought the 30 rnd mag and new quad rail. i tried remington ammo, .............jammed every 6-7 shot, i changed to cci stingers wholy crap what a difference! i'm really impressed i can make an accurate shot at 100 yrds. tried 150 yrds. scope is just a little under powered to see. but from 10 to 100 yrds this riffle is amazing. and the rate of fire is unbelievable for semi auto. i double trigger it as fast as i can and it spits em out out like a auto. I’ve had this riffle for 8 months i put a bushnell 9×40 on it i also bought the 30 rnd mag and new quad rail. i tried remington ammo, ………….jammed every 6-7 shot, i changed to cci stingers wholy crap what a difference! i’m really impressed i can make an accurate shot at 100 yrds. tried 150 yrds. scope is just a little under powered to see. but from 10 to 100 yrds this riffle is amazing. and the rate of fire is unbelievable for semi auto. i double trigger it as fast as i can and it spits em out out like a auto.

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]]> By: monkeyboy http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-56168 monkeyboy Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:49:38 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-56168 EXTRACTOR UPGRADE http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=880602 EXTRACTOR UPGRADE http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=880602

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]]> By: john http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-53639 john Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:34:20 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-53639 The Remington 597 vtr is a great gun for the price and right out of the box a great shooting gun, fun and easy to use and dead balls on! I have red some bad reviews of jamming or miss fire, I had None of these problems at all and I shot a little over 500 rounds today the gun was bran new right out of the box and it worked great and not one bad thing to say about the gun. I did buy some of the 30 round magazine and I noticed that if you put all 30 rounds in the magazine then the bullets would not feed so I put only 20 rounds in the magazine and it worked like a dream , for the people who gave a bad review that claimed they had jamming and miss firing , try paying attention to what’s going on and not just give a bad review if you don’t know what the cause of the problem is , I noticed the rounds wouldn’t feed with 30 bullets in the magazine so I made an adjustment and only put 20 rounds in the magazine and had not one problem . I picked up my Remington 597 vtr for 289.00 plus tax and bought a B.S.A. 22 scope for 39.00 and it worked great together and I think is a great gun for the money and is very accurate right out of the box and look forward getting back to the range and shoot it some more. The Remington 597 vtr is a great gun for the price and right out of the box a great shooting gun, fun and easy to use and dead balls on! I have red some bad reviews of jamming or miss fire, I had None of these problems at all and I shot a little over 500 rounds today the gun was bran new right out of the box and it worked great and not one bad thing to say about the gun. I did buy some of the 30 round magazine and I noticed that if you put all 30 rounds in the magazine then the bullets would not feed so I put only 20 rounds in the magazine and it worked like a dream , for the people who gave a bad review that claimed they had jamming and miss firing , try paying attention to what’s going on and not just give a bad review if you don’t know what the cause of the problem is , I noticed the rounds wouldn’t feed with 30 bullets in the magazine so I made an adjustment and only put 20 rounds in the magazine and had not one problem . I picked up my Remington 597 vtr for 289.00 plus tax and bought a B.S.A. 22 scope for 39.00 and it worked great together and I think is a great gun for the money and is very accurate right out of the box and look forward getting back to the range and shoot it some more.

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]]> By: leslie payne http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-52681 leslie payne Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:30:28 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-52681 I think its very nice of remington to offer a $2.50.00 refund on their 597 17hmr rifles with the laminated stock rifle, as it only retailed for a little over $400.00 !!!, NOW THATS SERVICE FOR YOU ! However, I think I will just wrap this piece junk remington made around a tree, and never buy REMINGTON firearms again. I think its very nice of remington to offer a $2.50.00 refund on their 597 17hmr rifles with the laminated stock rifle, as it only retailed for a little over $400.00 !!!, NOW THATS SERVICE FOR YOU !
However, I think I will just wrap this piece junk remington made around a tree, and never buy REMINGTON firearms again.

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]]> By: Far Infrared Saunas http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-46856 Far Infrared Saunas Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:02:04 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-46856 I picked one up myself and have to say I'm pretty stoked. It's been a great little plinker for me and the kids to have fun with. I have to admit I was a little hesitant with some of the bad reviews I researched. But all in all, I'll buy pretty much anything with Remingtons name on it, because they have a solid reputation for manufacturing very good firearms, and the history to back them. Anyway... I'm supper happy and very stoked I got such a wicked awesome deal, and this baby has been flawless so far. With any .22, you just have to use good ammo. It's not like .22 isn't super cheap to begin with and overly abundant at walmart. Just spend the few extra pennies to buy good quality ammo. I always buy federal, and or hornady. This has quickly become one of my most favorite firearms to take the kids shooting at the range with. The out of the box accuracy has been very typical Remington quality so far. Did I mention how much I love shooting .22LR? Among .22 and 17 HMR, they are a lot of fun to go plinking with, or even blasting those darn yotes. It's a hoot! One great aspect of the AR-15 style and telescoping stock is that I have a very fun plinking .22 that all my kids can enjoy without needing to buy them a "youth" model. It fits me and my kids just fine! I'm thinking about prowling for another amazing deal and picking up another one for the kids. We all seem to get impatient waiting around for each one of us to get our turn on this one! =P I picked one up myself and have to say I’m pretty stoked. It’s been a great little plinker for me and the kids to have fun with. I have to admit I was a little hesitant with some of the bad reviews I researched. But all in all, I’ll buy pretty much anything with Remingtons name on it, because they have a solid reputation for manufacturing very good firearms, and the history to back them.

Anyway… I’m supper happy and very stoked I got such a wicked awesome deal, and this baby has been flawless so far. With any .22, you just have to use good ammo. It’s not like .22 isn’t super cheap to begin with and overly abundant at walmart. Just spend the few extra pennies to buy good quality ammo. I always buy federal, and or hornady.

This has quickly become one of my most favorite firearms to take the kids shooting at the range with. The out of the box accuracy has been very typical Remington quality so far. Did I mention how much I love shooting .22LR? Among .22 and 17 HMR, they are a lot of fun to go plinking with, or even blasting those darn yotes. It’s a hoot!

One great aspect of the AR-15 style and telescoping stock is that I have a very fun plinking .22 that all my kids can enjoy without needing to buy them a “youth” model. It fits me and my kids just fine!

I’m thinking about prowling for another amazing deal and picking up another one for the kids. We all seem to get impatient waiting around for each one of us to get our turn on this one! =P

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]]> By: jamie stokes http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-44850 jamie stokes Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:58:49 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-44850 ok...so, tried out the remington 597 vtr and it works great as long as i don't use bulk winchesters like in the 333 pack. the firing pin hits them and they don't go bang! other than that, i tried about 5 different kinds of ammo and they all work. any questions? jamierstokes@hotmail.com ok…so, tried out the remington 597 vtr and it works great as long as i don’t use bulk winchesters like in the 333 pack. the firing pin hits them and they don’t go bang!
other than that, i tried about 5 different kinds of ammo and they all work.
any questions? jamierstokes@hotmail.com

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]]> By: jamie stokes http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-44183 jamie stokes Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:50:33 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-44183 and i have a 597 vtr, just haven't tried it out yet...not many places for me to shoot at the moment! what do you guys recommend doing if it does end up giving me problems? seriously though, not throwing it off cliffs and stuff and i have a 597 vtr, just haven’t tried it out yet…not many places for me to shoot at the moment!
what do you guys recommend doing if it does end up giving me problems? seriously though, not throwing it off cliffs and stuff

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]]> By: jamie stokes http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-44182 jamie stokes Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:49:17 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-44182 williams arms has ar platform i believe for 330 bucks. i dunno if that's good but you can't hunt with one anyway, they're restriced...aren't they? williamsarms.net in port perry ontario. williams arms has ar platform i believe for 330 bucks. i dunno if that’s good but you can’t hunt with one anyway, they’re restriced…aren’t they?
williamsarms.net in port perry ontario.

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]]> By: Doug http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-43278 Doug Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:38:29 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-43278 You guys seem to know quite a bit about AR platforms. I am looking to buy an ar platform hunting rifle for whitetail deer). I know that they are available in baby .270 (6.5 mm), .308 etc... Are they restricted in Ontario (Canada for you yanks)? Where can I get one? any ideas on prices? Doug You guys seem to know quite a bit about AR platforms. I am looking to buy an ar platform hunting rifle for whitetail deer). I know that they are available in baby .270 (6.5 mm), .308 etc… Are they restricted in Ontario (Canada for you yanks)? Where can I get one? any ideas on prices?

Doug

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]]> By: Curt http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-42387 Curt Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:14:26 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-42387 As far as Remington calling this an AR style or whatever is no problem to me. Hell, if Ruger can say the same about their SR22 why can't Remington? I do not have any experience with this unit yet, but it is on my list. I am too damned stubborn to listen to what others whine about, I prefer to check these things out for myself. Unfortunatly, my bank account screams for mercy whenever I do break down and buy a new firearm. Anybody know where I can track down an Austrian Sporting MK22? The tacticool version of the FN SCAR? Everywhere I look, they are sold out. As far as Remington calling this an AR style or whatever is no problem to me. Hell, if Ruger can say the same about their SR22 why can’t Remington? I do not have any experience with this unit yet, but it is on my list. I am too damned stubborn to listen to what others whine about, I prefer to check these things out for myself. Unfortunatly, my bank account screams for mercy whenever I do break down and buy a new firearm.

Anybody know where I can track down an Austrian Sporting MK22? The tacticool version of the FN SCAR? Everywhere I look, they are sold out.

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]]> By: Dr Mellan http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-36404 Dr Mellan Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:13:22 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-36404 Just bought my VTR with the collapsible stock, a 30 round mag and a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn 3-9 x 40mm. It all came to just under $580.00 with tax. I live just out side Ottawa Ontario Canada. Got it at Al's Corner Store, great little shop very helpful and knowledgeable. Fired 300+ rounds through it, used CCI Blazers and Winchester super-x, it worked flawlessly! mag never jamed action never jamed not one miss fire in the bullets. Unfortunatly from what Ive read some guns work and some are lemons. I lucked out and got a gun that works. Love the scope with this gun, dead accurate! no more pigeons no more groundhogs and the coyotes are a few less... I own a Ruger 10/22 also and it doesn't leave the gun case any more since i got the VTR. Just bought my VTR with the collapsible stock, a 30 round mag and a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn 3-9 x 40mm. It all came to just under $580.00 with tax. I live just out side Ottawa Ontario Canada. Got it at Al’s Corner Store, great little shop very helpful and knowledgeable.
Fired 300+ rounds through it, used CCI Blazers and Winchester super-x, it worked flawlessly! mag never jamed action never jamed not one miss fire in the bullets. Unfortunatly from what Ive read some guns work and some are lemons. I lucked out and got a gun that works.
Love the scope with this gun, dead accurate! no more pigeons no more groundhogs and the coyotes are a few less… I own a Ruger 10/22 also and it doesn’t leave the gun case any more since i got the VTR.

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]]> By: Rusty http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30938 Rusty Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:51:49 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30938 Thats the SKS rds -Nato = 7.62 x 51mm and there is no deals on that (while the wars are on :( Thats the SKS rds -Nato = 7.62 x 51mm and there is no deals on that (while the wars are on :(

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]]> By: andrew http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30882 andrew Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:58:40 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30882 Lebarons in Markham has 7.62X39 for about 2.50 for 10 rounds or bricks of 1200 rounds for $218.00 heres the link. http://www.lebaron.ca/pdffiles/web_spec/surplus_ammo_web.pdf Have buddy, and take care. Lebarons in Markham has 7.62X39 for about 2.50 for 10 rounds or bricks of 1200 rounds for $218.00 heres the link.

http://www.lebaron.ca/pdffiles/web_spec/surplus_ammo_web.pdf

Have buddy, and take care.

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]]> By: Rusty http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30734 Rusty Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:27:10 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30734 Hey Andrew, I have the Trophy dialed in at 75 yds and find it good , although I did have to remove the polarization filter and add the extension tube. In honesty if I had thought about it I would have bought the Tasco 30mm... Cheaper and bigger optic -oh well I agree on both issues: warmer weather and lighter lube as well as the breakin. The plinkers work great with the above points. Sidenote on reachin out further. I picked up the Norinco M14S in 7.62 last weekend at Epps so my "reach" has increased :) Now I take both to the range- drop a box of 7.62 through the M-14 then switch to the 597 for cheaper fun. cheers Hey Andrew,
I have the Trophy dialed in at 75 yds and find it good , although I did have to remove the polarization filter and add the extension tube. In honesty if I had thought about it I would have bought the Tasco 30mm…
Cheaper and bigger optic -oh well
I agree on both issues: warmer weather and lighter lube as well as the breakin. The plinkers work great with the above points.
Sidenote on reachin out further. I picked up the Norinco M14S in 7.62 last weekend at Epps so my “reach” has increased :)
Now I take both to the range- drop a box of 7.62 through the M-14 then switch to the 597 for cheaper fun.
cheers

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]]> By: andrew http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30390 andrew Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:11:36 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30390 Rusty, I had the eXACT same scope on mine. Man it was terible for me it was only accurate out to 30 yards or so. I had the trophy it went red/green with like 4 diferent reticles. I took it off and put it on my crossbow and I put the 2.5X30 fixed zoom scope off my crossbow on the .22 and it works much better very accurate out to 80 yards now. I dont shoot any further with this thing, If I did I'd just grab my .243. The wildcats and working great for me, In truth after allt his crap and testing and things, I personaly think all the gun needs is warm weather, a little lube and some break in time. Awesome man, those wildcats lol they didnt work when it was minus 10 degreee's as soon as it hit like plus 5 they worked fine. Guns are like women, theres tons of them out there, they can be picky at times but when you got a nice one in your hands it feels so good! lol Take care all Rusty, I had the eXACT same scope on mine. Man it was terible for me it was only accurate out to 30 yards or so. I had the trophy it went red/green with like 4 diferent reticles. I took it off and put it on my crossbow and I put the 2.5X30 fixed zoom scope off my crossbow on the .22 and it works much better very accurate out to 80 yards now. I dont shoot any further with this thing, If I did I’d just grab my .243.

The wildcats and working great for me, In truth after allt his crap and testing and things, I personaly think all the gun needs is warm weather, a little lube and some break in time.

Awesome man, those wildcats lol they didnt work when it was minus 10 degreee’s as soon as it hit like plus 5 they worked fine. Guns are like women, theres tons of them out there, they can be picky at times but when you got a nice one in your hands it feels so good! lol

Take care all

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]]> By: Airman767 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30124 Airman767 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30124 I recently purchased this rifle with no issues in firing the weapon. The problem I have with the gun is the disassembly and reassembly for cleaning. What a pathetically designed gun. I cleaned 2 handguns and an AR in half the time it took me to break this thing down, clean it, and put it back together. To make it worse, the right side plate was misdrilled. I had to keep the front and rear takedown screws loose (opposite of what the manual says to do) in order to get the side plate screwed back on. I don’t how it got past inspection at the factory. I like my S&W 15/22 way more. I recently purchased this rifle with no issues in firing the weapon. The problem I have with the gun is the disassembly and reassembly for cleaning. What a pathetically designed gun. I cleaned 2 handguns and an AR in half the time it took me to break this thing down, clean it, and put it back together. To make it worse, the right side plate was misdrilled. I had to keep the front and rear takedown screws loose (opposite of what the manual says to do) in order to get the side plate screwed back on. I don’t how it got past inspection at the factory. I like my S&W 15/22 way more.

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]]> By: Rusty http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30049 Rusty Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:12:33 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30049 Well it was around 22C today and with a good tear-down and lubing the little plinker worked flawlessly today through 250 rds of wildcats. Grouping is nice too - good choice :) Well it was around 22C today and with a good tear-down and lubing the little plinker worked flawlessly today through 250 rds of wildcats. Grouping is nice too – good choice :)

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]]> By: Rusty http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-30035 Rusty Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:31:25 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-30035 Tx Andrew, Epps has lots and I picked one up last weekend with a Trophy Red-Dot. I bought some stuff for my SP01 Shadow while their and a couple of brick of .22s for the test. The remington hi-velocities were junk out of it -FTFs / FTEs I had some Wildcats that were the same. I'm going to try some CCI Stingers this weekend but I wasn't a happy camper last Sunday. I'll post up results. Tx Andrew,
Epps has lots and I picked one up last weekend with a Trophy Red-Dot. I bought some stuff for my SP01 Shadow while their and a couple of brick of .22s for the test. The remington hi-velocities were junk out of it -FTFs / FTEs
I had some Wildcats that were the same. I’m going to try some CCI Stingers this weekend but I wasn’t a happy camper last Sunday. I’ll post up results.

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]]> By: Andrew http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/21/remington-model-597-vtr-ar-15-style-22/comment-page-1/#comment-29995 Andrew Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:22:21 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6433#comment-29995 Rusty, I got mine at Elwood Epps. However the quantities were limited and it was actualy my original inquest that got Epps to roder them from Gravel the importer. Even Gravel had limited quantities. dunno man it might be tough getting one now, but call Epps see waht they say, or call the gravel agency and se if they are importing anymore. Rusty, I got mine at Elwood Epps. However the quantities were limited and it was actualy my original inquest that got Epps to roder them from Gravel the importer. Even Gravel had limited quantities. dunno man it might be tough getting one now, but call Epps see waht they say, or call the gravel agency and se if they are importing anymore.

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