The Remington Model 572 Fieldmaster is a slide action, manually-operated .22 caliber (rimfire) repeating rifle manufactured by Remington Arms Company. First introduced to the commercial market in 1956, the 572 Fieldmaster rifle incorporates a tubular magazine capable of feeding .22 Short, .22 Long, or .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridges, a cross-bolt safety, and an aluminum receiver grooved for scope mounts.[3] The original Fieldmaster used a 22.75-inch barrel.[5] The Model 572 uses many of the design features first introduced on the Remington Model 870shotgun, and replaced the Model 121 Fieldmaster as the company's slide-action rimfire repeater.[1] The 572 was discontinued in 2020 following the bankruptcy of the parent company.[6]
Introduced in 1956 as well, the 572A featured a 22.75 in (57.8 cm) barrel, an uncheckered hardwood pistol-grip stock and a grooved forearm. It was discontinued in 1988.[4]
Model 572SB
Introduced in 1961 the 572 SmoothBore (Garden Gun) had the same specs as the Model 572A except with a smoothbore barrel. It was discontinued in 1979.[4]
Model 572 BDL
In 1966, Remington introduced the BDL or "Deluxe" rifle to supplement the 572A and 572SB. The BDL featured a ramp front sight with gold bead, a fully adjustable rear sight modeled after the sight used on Remington 700 big-game rifle, and a higher-grade walnut forearm and straight-comb butt stock with impressed checkering. In 1991, the walnut butt stock of the BDL Deluxe version was altered to incorporate a Monte Carlo comb to improve cheek weld when using the rifle with a telescopic sight, and the impressed checkering was altered to machine-cut checkering.[7] In 2017, after complaints that the high Monte Carlo comb made the rifle difficult to use with open sights, Remington returned to a straight comb butt stock design for current production BDL rifles, until production ended in 2020.[8][9][10]
^2017 Remington Arms Co. Retail Catalog, Wilmington, DE: Remington Arms Co. Inc. (2017)
^Maroot, Roy, History of Remington Firearms: The History Of One Of The World's Most Famous Gun Makers, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Jun 1, 2005, p. 82
^2018 Remington Arms Co. Retail Catalog, Wilmington, DE: Remington Arms Co. Inc. (2018)
