5MM Remington magnum rimfire

You are in luck my friend!

Aguila, a mexican ammunition company makes ammunition for the 5mm Remington Rimfire Mag. You can contact your local gunshop and see if they can put together an order with Aguila in Mexico. I beleive they may have some agency deals in the US that would make the procurement of this ammunition even easier. Good Luck!

5mm Remington Rimfire Mag

Hi,

I wanted to tell you that there are at least two manufacturers of 5mm Remington Rim fire Magnum ammo. The name of the company’s are Aguila in Mexico and Centurion. You could check with your local gun shop about ordering this ammunition.

They may also have some Agency Representation in the US and that should make it even easier for you to buy some ammo for your rifle.

My Brother has had one for 20 years and loves it.

Here is a link that may be helpful my Brother buys them from Midway se link below, either click on it or copy and paste it to your browser.

http://www.midwayusa.com/browse/Bro...categoryId=20350&categoryString=653***7547***

Good Luck

New 5mm Rimfire Ammunition is now available!

5mm Rimfire ammo is now available under the brand name, Centurion. Ask your dealer to check his Zander Sporting Goods wholesaler, as they carry it now.

the 5mm will smoke anything a 17 or 22 mag will do; it has the same trajectory as a 17 does, yet at 200 yds, it still has almost 200 lbs of energy!!!! that is totally sick!! The round you see now by centurion , ammunitiontogo.com sells for as low as 15 bucks a box, and they are just the first makers of the ammo, i believe the price is yet to come down. Also, the company says that if the rifle mfgrs make new rifles, they will also come out with a hotter load, they are thinking a 35 or 38 grainer, moving out at 2500fps!!!! My friends, that is like a downloaded 204 ruger, and with a 100 yds zero, that 35 grainer will only drop 5 inches at 200 yds, which again is totally smokin.
Here are some other threads and articles;
http://www.varminter.com/
http://www.chuckhawks.com/5mm_rem_mag.htm

We both feel there is definitely room for increased performance in this cartridge despite it already being a marked improvement over the older ammunition. The production ammunition exceeded our expectations, and we feel that shooters will be very pleased by its performance. This initial run of ammunition started out as a way to fill a need for the existing rifles and shooters, but now, is heading down the path of really bringing something new and improved onto the market.

And with current powder technology, better bullets and a better understanding of internal ballistics, there is yet, more to come! Future development of newer, higher performance Centurion 5mm Remington ammunition is already underway! The future indeed looks bright for this old veteran cartridge…

awesome.

Given the cost of ammo, the 5mm doesn't seem to offer much in comparison to centerfires like the 22 hornet. Centurion looks to be selling for $20 per box of 50 rounds, but I can buy 22 hornet for around $30 per 50, and it's reloadable and has superior performance.

I'd be more interested if the ammo was close to the cost of 17HMR.

Guntech your correct in that assumption, however, for its day the 5mm was a tack driver. I owned several of both models and I usually got three shot groups of 3/8" at 50yds. I still have one model 591 left and about 20 boxes(1,000rd.)of the real Remington 5mm ammo. I'll probably end up selling it all.

Hey Ivanimal, I just picked up a 50rd box of 17HMR Century ammo new manufacture but it's only a 30gr projectile. Paid $14.95. Good shootin'!
Peace out::

Hello Ivanimal, are you shooting a Remmington rifle in 5mm? I know the
#591 was a clip fed and the #592 is a tube feed like the old #552 rifles. I would like to own either or both 5mm rifles and I am looking so thought I'd ask. Peace

had one and foolishly sold if for next to nothing back when the ammo started drying up

I just bought one a couple months back, a 592. NIB! Centurion is making two different configurations of ammo, a FMJ hollow point and a exposed lead tip hollow point.

The 5mm ammo can be purchased at Midwayusa.com

Wow. This thread was started in 2003.

Now I'm beginning to understand why it seems a lot of people want gun companies to chamber a new rifle in 5mm rimfire. It's not because they think the round is superior to .17 HMR - it's just because they HAVE one and can't get ammo, and know that if someone chambers a new gun, ammo makers will start making ammo again; is that it?

I feel bad for you guys; that sucks. But let's not be disingenuous and claim that it's superior somehow to .17 HMR, is it? It'd be a fantastic addition to the rimfire lineup *if .17HMR hadn't ever been introduced*. But alas, it has and has a foothold.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. If it is superior ballistically by a signicant margin, how does it accomplish that? Looks like the case is nearly identical to the .17 HMR...

Sportsman's Guide seems to have it all the time.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/5-mm-remington-30-gr-hp-ammo.aspx?a=413149

Cheaper than dirt do too... So does J&G.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM079-5.html

OK so who knows about the dissassembly of the extractor?

What goes on under the receiver cover?

I need to take mine apart.... yes I really do.

Thanks,
MGB

Dr. Tad; the reason it is far superior is that it has the same trajectory of a 17hmr, while weighing twice as much. And now centurion is doing a 32 or 35 grainer at 2500 fps; I would say downrange it is closer in energy to a 22 hornet, than a 17 hmr, say at 150 to 200 yds. It also of course is going to buck the wind much better than the 17 as well. Many folks think it is a 22 mag case necked down, but in truth it is a bit bigger than a 22 mag case.

MGB....careful with those screws holding the receiver cover in place, they are torqued to an incredible amount, use the correct fitting screwdriver bit! And good luck with it.

Do you have a lot of rust or ? under the cover?

I believe I have rust under there don't know how much yet, but it does function still. It just needs to be cleaned up or replaced. Rust and firearms don't mix in my book. Thanks for the tip about the screws I will try to be careful. Perhaps I'll start with some PB Blaster. I found the following information on dissassembly I hope this will help others too.
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Regards,
MGB

...not yet, but still looking. will have to go by the gunshop today, thanks for the reminder...

Uncle mike; did you get yours all cleaned up? I would like to see some pics of the internals, if you made them while you were doing it... no need to go back now, if you did not. Or just some good ol' cheescake pics of the beauty of a 5milly you picked up...

I did a few, very few of the extractor(primary) and the bolt shroud, but that's it... What did you specifically want to see?

All cleaned up and ready for the range, when I get the darn time...:banghead:

I rmembr you telling me , that because it was all origional, and had not been opened, there was some decay/rust issues in the trigger area. would liked to have seen some before/after pics, but that is okay. Believe me, the above pics are just fine, as beauty as I remember it to be...
that is some pretty good looking wood on that... the figuring on the left side looks nice, what wood do you think it is? I know we said not walnut, right? even though the origional owner thought so...
Even the bolt shroud on that thing looks nice and sexy.

My new to me 592

So I got this 592 the other day in an auction and it was in more than just rough shape when I bid on it.


Well the plan was to check the bore and function and if either was bad to send it back. The bore was the dirtest I have ever seen and the rest wasn't much better.

But the bore cleaned up amazingly and the firing pin worked so I kept it.

Here is a picture of the trigger group before the acid dip....I cannot locate the picture of it after its dipping session and re-assembly, but it looks and operates as new, not a problem!

This is a common problem with long term storage of firearms with aluminum trigger housings that have been coated with a certain oil, what type of oil, I do not know.

So far you have done an outstanding job of resurrecting that 5mm!

How did you make out with the side panel of the receiver?

Using my Dremal and it's wire burshes I cleaned up most of the rust and took apart everything but the trigger and bolt as the bolt wasn't in bad shape. Somethig had dripped on the barrel and stock. where it did it removed the bluing and bubbled the finish. I used three wire brushes and one floppy sandpaper disk to remove some of the scratches and pitting.



Oh Ya regarding that side panel. The screws were not very tight, however I did have a lot of PB Blaster and other solvents on it for quite a while before I tried them. Even so they were not torqued anything like you mentioned. When I put it back together I put them in tight but not overly so. Nothing in that info I posted on dissassembly mentioned them being extra tight. There is that cover over the spring and guide under the top cover too so I think the other fellow just got carried away with yours.