Boyds At-One Thumbhole Stock breathes Fresh Life into a Remington Model 597 Rifle

By Mike Searson

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Sometimes when you’re a firearm collector (or more accurately, an accumulator) you pick up a piece or two that come along as part of the deal. For me it was a Remington Model 597 Ducks Unlimited rifle in 22 lr.

I have plenty of rimfire rifles, but this one was part of a package deal that was too good to pass up.

Back in 2011, Remington Arms partnered with Ducks Unlimited, the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving waterfowl habitats, on a variety of special edition long guns.

Remington Model 597 Rifle + Boyds Gunstocks

One of these was the Remington Model 597 semi-auto rifle. Considered by some to be the most advanced semiautomatic rimfire rifle ever built, the Model 597’s reliability is only rivaled by its shot-to-shot accuracy. It has a smooth, crisp trigger, with a receiver both grooved for standard rimfire mounts as well as drilled and tapped for standard Weaver mounts. This edition has a 16.5″ heavy barrel and a Ducks Unlimited medallion embedded in the synthetic stock reflects the Remington and Ducks Unlimited partnership.

The end result was an attractive little rifle with a gray stock, a rimfire scope and …Read the Rest

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