Remington 550-1

[chromerunner]

Anybody like the Remington 550-1?..I ran into one this week and man what a sweet .22

Anybody else still shoot these ole .22's..I plan to take this one on a few Squirrel hunts this year.

 

[kerreckt]

I have one I bought about 3 years ago. I love it. When I bought it I don't think it had been cleaned in years but it still didn't miss a beat. Just be careful if you take it apart. There are a few tricky things. I can't recall the exact details but take it slow and careful. I'll post details a little later.

 

[shiftyer1]

First real gun I ever shot, never had a problem with it EVER. A friend was going to do me a secret favor and took it apart to clean it. He lost most of the parts, one of these dayz i'll hunt down a parts gun

 

[birdshot8's]

shorts, longs, and long rifle

My first rifle. I love loading it up with shorts. I still take it squirell hunting occassionally. I have cleaned it really good twice in the last 45 years, the other times I wipe it down with oil. I had to replace the extractor, but otherwise have not had any problems. When I was given this rifle I shot it daily, I remember paying 49 cents a box for longs at the grocery store. I never thought it was diffucult to clean. Remove the stock and unscrew the action retainer and everything slides out.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I grew up shooting one my grandfather bought new 60 years ago. After tens of thousands of rounds she's still going strong. We have never taken it apart to clean it......A couple of years ago, I picked up another one in LN condition. I would rather have a 550 than a Marlin or Ruger semi.

 

[marksman13]

I've got one. It belonged to my uncle. He died in an accident when he was 15. It became my Dad's and it is one of his most prized possessions. He gave it to me a couple years ago. I'll give it to my little girl one day. Good rifle that brings back good memories.

 

[VA27]

When freshly cleaned mine will cycle with CCI CB shorts. Very quiet. CCI's Target Shorts aren't much louder. My favorite 22.

 

[brotus2]

I own many 22's - 62A's, 1890's, Win Model 52 (serial number under 1500), Savage, Rem 12 and a 550-1. The 550 was my dads purchased in 1948. Still looks new and shoots new. The most fun shooter I own - bar none.

 

[Danny Creasy]

I have one.

A marvelously unique rifle. Employs Carbine William's floating chamber.

Two ways to make a .22 semi-automatic rifle feed all the standard .22 ammo (shorts, longs, and long rifles).

1. Use a short strength recoil spring and then either let the bolt slam back hard for the long rifles or buffer it with a rubber or synthetic bumper.

or

2. Use a floating chamber.

Mine tends to start jamming at about 300 rounds when the floating chamber gets clogged up.

An older friend (aka Jim Watson) told me that there was a cottage industry in the 50s of smiths that would weld up the chamber for LR use only. There was a willing market for such alterations because it was such an accurate and stable hunting rifle.

I really wish the factory would have simply offered a solid chamber version for long rifle use only. Could have called it the 550-2 or some such.

I posted a CMP Sporter O Class score of 561 with mine once which I am quite proud of considering that mine has no sling swivels and thus, I had to shoot the 3P match sans sling.

A great rifle to use in our local speed silhouette matches as it handles like a good shotgun.

 

[Danny Creasy]

I think some of them came with tip-off grooves.

I wish mine had that option. I would like to mount a scope on it and see just how accurate it is.

But, I would never have the neat old rifle drilled and tapped.

By the way chrome, your's is a beautiful rifle. I bought mine used at a pawn shop years ago and it is quite a bit worse for wear than the one in your picture. At least the action and bore are in good shape. Much of my bluing is worn and there is even a little brown patina. The stock is intact but dinged up.

 

[Armored farmer]

I have one. It was my grandfathers rifle. I topped it with a 4x weaver scope. It is a tackdriver.