Centurion 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
The 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum is back!
The 5mm Rem Magnum was originally produced from 1970 to 1974. Only a few firearms where chambered in it. The bolt action Remington Model 591 and Model 592 where chambered in it and Thompson Center Arms offered it for a brief period of time.
In comparison the 30 gr .22 Magnum (WMR) traveling at 2,200 ft/s generates 322 ft/lb of energy.
More about the Centurion 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum @ varminter.com
For those who held onto their Remington 5mm Rimfire rifles in hopes that someone, someday, would revive this fine cartridge, their prayers have been answered in the Centurion made 5mm Remington. For those of you who wished for a new generation of 5mm rifles and handguns, your day is at hand. There can be little doubt that the reintroduction of this cartridge will produce a new line of firearms to augment the original Remington rifles that might be in a shooter’s rack. 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…
UPDATE:
THe ammo should be available after SHOT Show. According to an bayouboy @ RFC Aguila said:
OUR WEB SITE IS DOWN FOR UPDATING, THE AMMUNITION IS BEING SHIPPED THIS WEEK
AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE SHOT SHOW, PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US, THANKS
FOR YOUR INTEREST.
UPDATE: More info at GunPundit
5mm Remington Magnum Rimfire is Back…
Okay, I admit I never knew it was gone. Or that it even existed in the first place. More info over at Steve Johnson’s Firearm Blog…….
My dad collects the old 5mm ammo. Maybe I’d better send him this link, huh? Might be time to unload some of the old ammo. But he’s also got a couple of rifles in this caliber, so maybe it’ll be good news.
The rep at the Aguila/Centurion booth did say that it will be out next week.
I posted a bit and a pic here.
5mm is available now. Go to ows-ammo.com. $19.95 a box + shipping . I just ordered 5 boxes and shipping by FedEx was less than $10.00. Bill
Thanks Bill for letting us know.
J&G has it for $17.95 a box!!!
I was so excited to hear this news. I have a few boxes but haven’t spent much time out shooting with it yet. Anyone else tested it?
I just ordered six boxs from Ceaper than Dirt catalog $17.95
I bought this fine Remington back in the 70s and wanted to sue Remington when they dropped it and vowed I would never buy a remington or rimfire again! This was my squirrel hunting baby! And now it’s going to get a new pair of shoes! G. Poling- Ohio
. Hooray for the ammo maker that brought it back and the heck with Remington.
Here is an even cheaper price at $15.95 a box.
http://ammunitiontogo.com/catalog1/product_info.php?pName=50rds-5mm-rimfire-magnum-centurion-30gr-hollow-point-ammo&cName=rifle-ammo-5mm-rimfire-magnum
This new 5mm stands up to the .17 HMR ammo.
.17 HMR ammo is too tiny with the Centurion 5MM beating it hands down.
Hey Remmington, your Edsel works fine!
While I love the round, I’ll lay odds that it goes away like it did before! It’s simple economics. You have a round that is in the same basic class as the 17HMR, the 22Mag, and the 17HM2; although it has slightly better ballistics. There are 100+ times the number of 22Mags out there as there are 5mm’s. There are 10 – 20 times the number of 17’s out there. While there are a few new guns being chambered for the 5mm, who is going to buy them? When you can buy 500 rounds of 22Mag or 17 HM2 in the $80 to $100 range, and 17 HMR’s in the $100 to $130 range; who is going to buy a gun that takes a round that costs 150 to 200% as much? And if they don’t have the number of guns out there that need the round, they won’t sell the ammo! If they can keep the price in line with the other rounds in the same class, or even slightly more since it is a slightly better round, it will probably sell (in proportion to the number of guns that use it). Right now, the owners of the5mms who know it’s available seem to have already ordered and bought what they need to last them for a while. In the last month, I’ve picked up 5 boxes at gun shows in my area for $10 and $12 per box from dealers who said they were selling it at $18 to $20 per box when it came in. Then everyone in their area that needed it had bought what they wanted and now it’s just sitting there using shelf space. They wanted to turn it and get inventory that would move. It’s a great round!!! If they keep the price in line with the competition, it should do well. If they keep pricing it so much higher, it will fade away again!
Perhaps now that they’re retooled for 5mm ammo the prices will come down in the future?
Let’s hope so. It’s a great round and ballistics are superior to it’s competition. In these economic times, if the price is competitive with the competition (both guns and ammo), it should do well in the long run. But if they price it higher to recoup their initial setup quicker, it’s popularity may dwindle again just like the first time! I certainly hope not, as I’ve put several thousand rounds (most of it the original stuff) through my 591 and love it. Let’s hope the manufacturer and the retailers keep it in line with it’s competitors so it lasts forever this time. (or at least as long as our government lets us keep our guns, but that’s a different subject that I shouldn’t get into here)
I have noticed the prices coming down, so hopefully the setup cost to re manufacture this ammo has been recouped. I’ve got my fingers crossed!
I need a clip for my 5mm does anyone have one for sale.
If the price is coming down to 10 or 12 dollars a box then it is as cheap as the 17hmr. I have had a rem 591 since I was 14 and was lucky enough to buy a couple of cases at sunset sports in the early 80s. I also have a 17hmr and a 17mach2. The 5mm is by far the best shooter ( no comparson)
Fred Wright: I personally never saw any point to the .17 rimfire nonsense. .22LR works just fine and is cheap.
But if they can catch on, perhaps this can catch BACK.
Richard Burger: Magazine for what rifle? I may have a source.
i would like to buy a 5 mm magnum rifle if anyone has one for sale-model 591 or 592 doesn’t matter
I’ve got close to 20 boxes of the 5mm mag ammo in the white boxes and another bunch of the old green and yellow. Is the old ammo worth anything anymore seeing they brought it back?
I bought it up when I saw it and sat on because it was becoming worth a fortune.
I am looking for the Remington Model 592 tube fed. Does any one know where I might find one.
Could some one tell me what scope base fits the Remington 591 & 592.
Thanks for any information
Larry
Larry, the 591 and 592 both have 3/8 in divetailed receivers to accept rimfire scope rings also to anyone intersted thompson centers has a g2 contender barrel for 5 mm its a 23 inch heavy barrel i have 1 and it shoots awesome
I have a 592 tube fed 5mm remington and 6 boxes of original rem. ammo.
I got it about 5 years ago from a good friend who is now deceased. I have not yet shot it , but I am going to.
I NEED A CLIP FOR MY 591, ANYBODY
I bought one from Mark Lloyd. Expensive but I needed one also so I had to pay the price. rembolt788 [ at ] hotmail dot com
I have two bolt action ones. Will sell the one I got at an auction last year. It shoots just fine. Has a scope on it. Contact me for a price.
I have a 592 that came with 3 boxes of original Rem ammo and 11 loose rounds. I shot the loose stuff just for the experience (never thought I’d ever see one much less shoot one). Sat on the ammo to see what happens and last year while just browsing ammo sites I find the Centurion stuff, almost fell outta’ my chair! Bought 500 rounds right off and after seein’ what it does to groundhogs I bought 500 more. I haven’t even taken my 22 mags outta’ the house.
I applaude the efforts of Centurion to load ammo for this great “suburban varminter”. Their 30 gr bullet at 2300 fps is really just a starting load for this cartridge. The original 38 gr load offered by Remington moved along at an advertised 2100 fps. Centurion promises there is yet more to come, and this cartridge has plenty of potential.
I have a 591M converted to centerfire, a process that destroyed the ability to shoot the rimfire rounds. I easily get 2000 fps with a 40 gr Schroeder roundnose, and 2500 fps with the Berger 30 grainer, and no signs of excess pressure. I’m happy with this, no need to push the envelope, I have other more powerful varmint rifles.
A couple of guys out there make a living producing oddball cases and bullets. Now we wildcatters have kept these 5mm rifles shooting up till now, although handloading a miniature round such as this is a labor of love. And getting square milled cartridge rims to feed through a scratchy plastic magazine is a challenge. No feed problems with the original rimfire rounds.
Now to find either an original complete bolt assembly, or just a bolt head, to fire the Centurion rounds. Any offers or leads?