remington 572 .22 pump rifle accuracy question

[kevin oh]

i have a remington 572 pump.how good  of groups can i get out of it.i dont have a bench and sandbags.also is there anything i can do to lighten the trigger pull and still be safe.

[EPHESIAN]

Hi Kevin,

I'm a fan of the Rem 572. Mine shoots 1 to 2 inch groups at 50 yards with the original iron sights. I've had the best groups with the cheap bricks of Remington Gold and High Velocity Hollow Points. The Rem. High Velocity Shorts don't group as well. You should try different brands of .22 ammo until you find a round that shoots well in your rifle. The trigger assembly can be taken out the same way as on the other Remingtons such as the 870 and 7600. Your gun smith should be able to adjust the trigger.

[kevin oh]

i have some remington hollow point golden bullets and some winchester wildcats.i kinda like the wildcats they are solids i usually go for head shots only.the wildcats use to be the cheapest you could get where i live but not anymore they raised so i been getting the remingtons.how is your trigger pull on yours is it kinda heavy?

[Redford Bohica]

I had one of those back in '87 in the BDL version. The rifle was sent back to Remington (at their request) twice for various issues, so I finally wound up swapping it off. But for the short time I had it, I found that this rifle performed best with the hyper-velocity stuff. The best loads were the Remington Viper and Federal Spitfire (which, IIRC, was also hyper-velocity).

[jlchucker]

I had one of those in the Mid-1980's as well.  It may have been an OK group-shooter at 50 yards, but mine came with a stock and forearm that somebody at the factory forgot to apply walnut stain to.  The stock had a high comb--too high to comfortably use as-is with the factory iron sights (which, by the way, weren't bad).  The other gripe I had with the design was the pump-forearm.  If you didn't reach way out on it, you could easily pinch your hand between pump handle and front of the action.  I traded away a Rossi copy of a Winchester pump 22 for this-thinking I needed an origninal--made in USA.  In retrospect I wish I'd never traded the Rossi--or that I could have traded the Rossi for an original Winchester.

[demented]

 Mine was a tack driver with regular Remington Golden bullet ammo.  Why I got rid of it I'll never be able to understand.(temporary insanity?)  Both 552 semi's-whole 'nuther story-accurate but the worst jamming 22's I've owned.