I also have a remington 597 with synthetic stock. I put QD studs in mine, remove the stock from the action first, if you look inside the stock fore end where the stud would naturally go, there is a plastic 'nub' cast into the stock, just drill into this from the underside. Now, when i did mine i had a slight problem in that the nub came away so i just screwed the stud through and put a blob of araldite on the screw from the inside. With regard to the rear stud there is plenty of plastic in the stock to drill into, but again i put a little araldite on the threads as i was screwing it in. Nick