I had a 17 HMR in the 597 heavy barrel and it was a tack driver. I was using it and the round came apart cycled the bolt half way back and blew the clip up in my hands. Half of the round was still in the barrel. I called remington and they where very helpful and very concerned about if was injured in the malfunction. I returned the rifle and they replaced it and paid everything shipping both ways etc. I later sent it in when the recall came out and they sent me a $250.00 check to use on another remington purchase. I picked up a 17 Fireball in the SPS when they were cheap to buy and never looked back. I replaced the HMR with a ruger single six in 17 HMR.
