.22 pump question
- Thread starter Tony Z
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I do not use any thing that new
Mine has the same as you described. As said, it feeds shorts, longs, long rifle22's reliably...I've never had it jam. Size is good for an adult too. The only down side maybe is that it isn't super accurate but it's always been accurate "enough" for squirrel and other small game. The trigger is about what you'd expect from most factory offerings...nothing special but not terrible either.
not new at all
First of all these have been around since the 80s or before they are not new. K mart used to sell these and the 552 auto. I had a 552 BDL and it was accurate and reliable but I didn't like the opperating rod on the left and the deflector so I sold it. Wish it had been a pump as making it an auto was an after thought. They are decent reliable guns that shoot S, L, LR but they are too expensive in my mind for what you get now. $200 for a BDL back in the day wasn't bad but today they are around $500 while the 10/22 is still around $250.
First of all these have been around since the 80s or before they are not new. K mart used to sell these and the 552 auto. I had a 552 BDL and it was accurate and reliable but I didn't like the opperating rod on the left and the deflector so I sold it. Wish it had been a pump as making it an auto was an after thought. They are decent reliable guns that shoot S, L, LR but they are too expensive in my mind for what you get now. $200 for a BDL back in the day wasn't bad but today they are around $500 while the 10/22 is still around $250.
Thanks for answers-as I get older, money is less of an issue and what I enjoy rules the roost!
LGS has new 572's in stock, as well as several used. I'd pop for the new except for one reservation, that being the monte carlo comb/high cheek weild. I found it hard to come up on the rear sight comfortably. The two used guns were from fair to good, but with normal butt-stock. Decisions, decisions!
LGS has new 572's in stock, as well as several used. I'd pop for the new except for one reservation, that being the monte carlo comb/high cheek weild. I found it hard to come up on the rear sight comfortably. The two used guns were from fair to good, but with normal butt-stock. Decisions, decisions!
Just returned from the LGS, handling a new and used Remington 572. The new, with the monte carlo stock/high comb, just did not feel right. The used one felt better, nut still not quite right (price as $350, and high for a gun as beat up as it was). The issue with both seemed to be the high front sight. I passd on both.
IIRC, the early models had the bolt locked by a small rotating block locking into the side of the alloy receiver. Those could self-destruct in a few "bricks" as the hard locking block battered the receiver and headspace went way out. That system was changed and the later ones are OK. But if buying an older gun, check the lock first; if it is the old type, take a pass.
Jim
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old one
I had an early one, circa 70's I suspect, with the vertically grooved forearm and the plain, conventional front sight, the wood was plain walnut. I always wanted one as a kid, and at about age 35 or so, found the above described rifle at a more than fair price.
I shot the ever lovin' snot out that rifle, a lot of it as fast as I could run it. In a local .22 speed match, I did pretty good on a couple of occassions. I liked the full adult dimensioned stock and long sight radius on the 22"-24" (?) barrel. The tube was a pain to load, I've never liked tubes, but it held a lot of ammo, and made it fun to roll cans repeatedly. The trigger was mushy, but worked at .22 ranges. I never had any trouble with reliability in firing or cycling.
Eventually, though, my early model developed the problem (I suspect) as described by JamesK. The forearm kept splitting at the shot, an "energy pulse" was coming up the op rod and splintering the wood fore grips. After an attempted fix of the original forearm, and replacing same 2x with a new (glossy BDL) , I traded it away.
I had an early one, circa 70's I suspect, with the vertically grooved forearm and the plain, conventional front sight, the wood was plain walnut. I always wanted one as a kid, and at about age 35 or so, found the above described rifle at a more than fair price.
I shot the ever lovin' snot out that rifle, a lot of it as fast as I could run it. In a local .22 speed match, I did pretty good on a couple of occassions. I liked the full adult dimensioned stock and long sight radius on the 22"-24" (?) barrel. The tube was a pain to load, I've never liked tubes, but it held a lot of ammo, and made it fun to roll cans repeatedly. The trigger was mushy, but worked at .22 ranges. I never had any trouble with reliability in firing or cycling.
Eventually, though, my early model developed the problem (I suspect) as described by JamesK. The forearm kept splitting at the shot, an "energy pulse" was coming up the op rod and splintering the wood fore grips. After an attempted fix of the original forearm, and replacing same 2x with a new (glossy BDL) , I traded it away.