RE: Ruger 10/22 Magnum vs. remington 597 mag.
I have a Rem. 597M that i bought several years ago. I put a straight 7.5X Leupoldscope on it, and it's quite accurate. It's only used for "pest control", so it doesn't get shot a lot, but to this day it has never jammed of failed to function in any way...
DM