Yep, you really should give them a good cleaning every 20 years or so.. Fortunately the 552 is really easy to take apart far enough to give it a good scrubbing. (-:}
Yep, you really should give them a good cleaning every 20 years or so.. Fortunately the 552 is really easy to take apart far enough to give it a good scrubbing. (-:}
Got enough fudge in there to make brownies!
Nothing like a good rust preventative.
My first rifle purchased was a 552 BDL. I never found ammo that it preferred or despised. I just cleaned it and gifted it to my eldest granddaughter.
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I never owned one, but I re assembled one that a friend had taken apart and couldn't get back together. I cleaned and test fired it, it impressed me as a decent shooter.
In a related story, when I turned 50 and few years back, , I bought myself a used 572 BDL pump. I love Remington guns, Remington pump guns in particular. I had 5 870s (all 5 gauges) plus a 760 .30-06. It just seemed that I needed the .22 as well. That gun has sort of been a lemon. I never felt it was particularly accurate. I realize it's no Cooper, but the best I could do is quarter size groups at 50 yards, with lots of different brands of ammo. Granted that will kill a rabbit, but my stock 10/22 can do dimes at that distance with ammo it really likes, provided I do my part (and face it, I don't always deliver.). Somehow I think other examples might shoot a bit better.
I love that whole post war Remington series of guns. They truly hit it out of the park with the entire family.
You can't beat any of the 5** series Remington's. I have a 511, 512 and a 550-1. They would be the last ones I would sell out of my collection. If they have been taken care of, they will group as well or better them most off the shelf guns of today but I will admit I would take and older gun with character over what's out there not just for the historical value of it.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |