Dave Markowitz
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I picked up a Remington 550-1 today for $175 OTD, then took it to the range and shot it after running a couple patches down the bore and applying a generous amount of FP10 to the bolt. It's one heck of a nice shooter. I ran about 250 rounds through it -- CCI Mini Mags, Federal Champion HV, and Federal 550 bulk pack. I had one failure to feed each with the Mini Mags and Champions. From the bench it was grouping into ~1.5" at 25 yards, which is about the best I can do with an open rear sight and bead front sight.
The 550-1 has a Williams floating chamber and should be able to function with Shorts, Longs, or Long Rifles. I tried 5 CCI CB Longs but although they would eject, they didn't blow the bolt back far enough to load another round. They are very quiet from the rifle's 24" barrel, though.
Being a pre-1968 rimfire rifle it has no serial number. However, Remington stamped codes on the barrel which indicate that it was made in March of 1948.
I'd put it in overal NRA Good to VG condition, with the bore being excellent. The blueing is starting to turn brown in places and it is missing the case deflector and its mounting screw. I ordered replacements tonight from Numrich. I'm a lefty and it does spit a bit from the ejection port.
Compared with the more recently manufactured sporting arms it's evident the 550-1 is from a bygone era, when companies like Remington put out functional works of art made from blued steel and walnut.
Here is my new toy next to my Remington Nylon Apache 77:
Aside from install a new deflector, I am planning to drill and tap the receiver so that I can mount a scope. Iron sights aren't as easy for me to see as they used to be, so the rifle will benefit from a good scope. I have a Nikon 4x32mm Prostaff rimfire scope gathering dust which will be a perfect mate for the Remington, and enable me to wring out the most accuracy.
The 550-1 has a Williams floating chamber and should be able to function with Shorts, Longs, or Long Rifles. I tried 5 CCI CB Longs but although they would eject, they didn't blow the bolt back far enough to load another round. They are very quiet from the rifle's 24" barrel, though.
Being a pre-1968 rimfire rifle it has no serial number. However, Remington stamped codes on the barrel which indicate that it was made in March of 1948.
I'd put it in overal NRA Good to VG condition, with the bore being excellent. The blueing is starting to turn brown in places and it is missing the case deflector and its mounting screw. I ordered replacements tonight from Numrich. I'm a lefty and it does spit a bit from the ejection port.
Compared with the more recently manufactured sporting arms it's evident the 550-1 is from a bygone era, when companies like Remington put out functional works of art made from blued steel and walnut.
Here is my new toy next to my Remington Nylon Apache 77:
Aside from install a new deflector, I am planning to drill and tap the receiver so that I can mount a scope. Iron sights aren't as easy for me to see as they used to be, so the rifle will benefit from a good scope. I have a Nikon 4x32mm Prostaff rimfire scope gathering dust which will be a perfect mate for the Remington, and enable me to wring out the most accuracy.