![]() That’s good enough for head-shooting cottontails and dropping a bushytailed squirrel from an oak tree. Two of the three shot quite well, averaging around or less than an inch at 25 yards. Two were high-velocity versions one was a standard-velocity offering. I drifted the sight on this Model 572 to the left and brought point of impact to the right and on target. For years, I held low-quite low-to hit my target with that straight-but-short front sight, which I had drifted in its dovetail to correct the horizontal point of aim. I attempted to bend it straight-and broke off the bead. When I began shooting my grandfather’s gun, a previous shooter (probably my older brother) had bent the bead on the front sight dramatically to the left, bringing point of impact on target. Just like my grandfather’s old rifle, my “new” Model 572 shot significantly to the left of point of aim. Interestingly, a previous owner had scratched his social security number into the left side of the action, but the gunshop owner buffed out the number when he took the rifle in trade. ProvenanceĪccording to the date code on the left rear of the barrel, my rifle was manufactured in March 1956. I had the gunsmith replace the faulty part with the improved follower, and now the rifle feeds flawlessly. Disassembly was required, each time, to sort it out. This particular rifle had the original small follower, attached via a flimsy section of coil spring, and indeed it did jam frequently-and dreadfully. Over the years a lot of 572s received replacement parts that solved the problems. Interestingly, the same early versions suffered from a mechanical weakness in the magazine follower that often resulted in feeding issues, malfunctions, and breakage. Very early models were, according to the gunsmith from whom I purchased this Model 572, sold without serial numbers. Its beefy size and robust girth make it a suitable trainer for shooting pump-action shotguns and deer rifles. Of relatively simple design, the Model 572 operates much like Remington’s flagship pump-action shotguns. ![]() Because the 572 has a solid top, it’s easier to mount a scope on it, and the side ejection doesn’t throw scorching empties down the shooter’s collar. ![]() Introduced in 1954, the Model 572 replaced the earlier, top-ejection Model 121. It’s in better shape, cosmetically, than my grandfather’s rifle and has a nice, rich walnut stock. My twin brother now has the scarred-up little pump gun, but when one showed here up at a local gunshop, I snapped it up. Reliable, accurate, and fast-shooting, it served me well on small game and in the informal matches my pals and I held. He died of lung cancer when I was two, but I grew up with that rifle. In the mid-1950s my grandfather-Montana Circuit Judge, drunkard, fly-fishing savant, womanizer, and adventurer-purchased a new Remington Model 572 Fieldmaster. ![]()
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