I have two of the Remington 597s with sporter weight/contour barrels and green laminated stocks in .22 MAG that have become my favorite rifles to use when I am calling 'cats in tight cover. The 597s in 17 HMR were recalled by Remington and out of the goodness of their hearts, Remington offered to compensate owners of those rifles with credits worth pennies on the dollars.
Magnum Research recalled their 17 but treated customers right by rebarreling it to 22 and paid shipping.
