Volquartsen Hammer & Extractor for Remington 597???

darg · 27-02-2012 11:37PM #1

Anybody know of anyone firearm dealer in Ireland selling the above parts. Im taking delivery of a Remington 597 shortly and want to replace the original hammer and extractor with volquartsen parts (which greatly improve the cycle). They are readily available online in the US but i cant find any retailer that will post to Ireland. Ill also be looking for the newer type metal magazines. Thanks in advance

dax121 · 27-02-2012 11:49PM

i found www.andean-inc very good to deal with and will send you parts up to $100 limit. dont know if they wouls have ur parts but worth i look.

darg · 28-02-2012 12:17AM

Thanks for the link dax121 but unfortunately they dont have the parts im looking for

dax121 · 28-02-2012 12:41AM

try ebay.com ya mite get lucky. e mail them and ask them will they send them to you. it worked for me in the past hopefully you will be lucky

Cass · 28-02-2012 01:34AM

I have nothing to add really other than a warning of sorts.

Be very careful when ordering parts online. Any componant part of a firearm requires import papers. If caught shipping certain items in without the necessary paperwork you could e looking at a hefty fine and/or charges.

Now i know i'll get a load of posts about lads bringing item X, Y, and Z without paperwork. Thats great for them, but it will not always be the case and do you really have the time, and more importantly the money to be the "test case"?

Just know where you stand before trying to order anything is all i'm saying.

roosman · 28-02-2012 02:52PM

I bought both these items for my 597 from this site a while back, no problems, I also got some spare mags as well.

http://www.rimfiresports.com/

darg · 28-02-2012 04:16PM

roosman wrote: »

I bought both these items for my 597 from this site a while back, no problems, I also got some spare mags as well.

http://www.rimfiresports.com/

Thanks roosman. I was on that site yesterday but was put off by the large red banner on the homepage saying "We only accept orders that are to be shipped within the USA. " When did you buy off them? Did you email them before you ordered to clarify that they will ship to ireland?

darg · 28-02-2012 07:48PM

Emailed rimfiresports.com. they wont ship outside the US

EWQuinn · 11-03-2012 03:54PM

I just put the hammer on my Rem 597 and it helped the trigger pull, I prob have some good instructions from the web around somewhere if you need. Below is a link to VQ site and their distributers. Scroll down and they list a "Viking Arms" in the UK. Perhaps a call to VQ themselves or this UK dealer might lead you to someone who sells the parts in Ire. Click on Viking Arms, you go to the web site. Then click on Shooting Sports. Then Find a Dealer at top, then type in Ireland and/or your postal code. I typed in Ireland and found 3 supposed dealers. Whether this gets your parts or not, who knows could be goose chase, but I hope it helps.

https://www.volquartsen.com/page/Dealers

Also I found on Remington page this guy is listed as an authorized dealer.

GOWEN & BRADSHAW LTD TEL: +353 (0)91 483100
Unit 10, Glenascaul Business Park FAX: +353 (0)91 787007
Oranmore, Galway, Ireland Email:sales@gowbrad.ie
Contact: Toby Bradshaw

rowa · 11-03-2012 05:30PM

Little box on the right hand side says they stock a hammer upgrade for the 597 here

http://www.valmontfirearms.co.uk/spareparts.html

EWQuinn · 12-03-2012 02:23AM

Cool link, Valmont looks like a pretty good outfit, lots of stuff there. Here is a link with pics and discussion of the VQ hammer install that I found helpful just in case anyone can use it.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67173

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