5mm New Rifle anyone?

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I guess they are makeing 5mm ammo again. But who is makeing a Rifle for that round??? Seems funny to recreate a round just for a few Remingtons. Shoot if thats the case I know can think of a few to remanufacture......Jeff
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I heard that CZ was going to throw their hat in and put in a 453 platform.. I would rather they put in a 527..
 
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You can always get Match Grade Machine or possibly OTT (if he is back to taking orders) to make you a barrel for a contender or encore.
 
Seems like it would real easy for H&R (NEF) to make a Barrel for the Sportster. No R&D just make it. Would sell Quiker than they could make them.
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I just acquired the rifle not too long ago here on the forum and let me tell you it's a shooter. I am in the process of ordering a TC Custom bbl in 5mm craig though, don't know how much longer they going to be selling the ammo but I will be ready when they decide to stop..

-Juan
 
I have the 5MM Schroeder CF conversion on a Model 591 Remington, and I have never bought any of the new RF ammo. What you can do with the CF ammo in terms of bullet choices is far better than the Centurian RF ammo, IMO.

Swapping bolt heads from RF to CF, or back the other way if you want, takes @ 5 minutes with the Schroeder conversion. The Craig conversion is more or less permanent as a slot is cut across the bolt face for the CF firing pin.... With the Schroeder conversion you have two separate bolt heads - one CF and one RF. Knock out one pin and the switch is made...

Schroeder makes the brass by machining and forming 22 Hornet brass. He also sells dies for reloading the brass.

-BCB
 
Originally Posted By: Chapped Lipsmaybe remington is gonna re-chamber the 597 in it.....
LMAO...................................................................

In reality....as has been stated numerous times, it's not the rifles....

The pressure levels in the 17 HMR ammo can't be controlled to the extent that every single cartridge will be safe to use in a simple blow back action. CCI recognized that and issued the original warning.....

The 5MM RF ammo operates at considerably (read muchos) more pressure than any blow back action could safely handle.

So.... Both cartridges, because of their unique characteristics, are bolt action cartridges..... A bolt action rifle does not operate on chamber pressure, so pressure excursions in the ammo are not a concern if kept within reasonable levels that a blow back semi-auto won't tolerate and still operate safely and reliably.

Remington did the right thing to pull the rifles back before someone lost a face... Then the whining would have been extremely loud, and everyone over 30 years old probably would have demanded a Brad Pitt face lift for their inconvenience; even if their present face was still intact....

-BCB
 
Originally Posted By: Bayou City Boy Then the whining would have been extremely loud, and everyone over 30 years old probably would have demanded a Brad Pitt face lift for their inconvenience; even if their present face was still intact....

-BCB

Not me,,,, I'm pretty enough just the way I am..
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Originally Posted By: RePeteOriginally Posted By: Bayou City Boy Then the whining would have been extremely loud, and everyone over 30 years old probably would have demanded a Brad Pitt face lift for their inconvenience; even if their present face was still intact....

-BCB

Not me,,,, I'm pretty enough just the way I am..
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, me too!!!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: RePeteOriginally Posted By: Bayou City Boy Then the whining would have been extremely loud, and everyone over 30 years old probably would have demanded a Brad Pitt face lift for their inconvenience; even if their present face was still intact....

-BCB

Not me,,,, I'm pretty enough just the way I am..
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LOL..!!

Dang, Charlie, from all the pics I've seen of you, I thought you were Brad Pitt... Maybe knowing you're not explains why Angelina was never in any of the pics....
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-BCB
 
Originally Posted By: Bayou City BoyOriginally Posted By: RePeteOriginally Posted By: Bayou City Boy Then the whining would have been extremely loud, and everyone over 30 years old probably would have demanded a Brad Pitt face lift for their inconvenience; even if their present face was still intact....

-BCB

Not me,,,, I'm pretty enough just the way I am..
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LOL..!!

Dang, Charlie, from all the pics I've seen of you, I thought you were Brad Pitt... Maybe knowing you're not explains why Angelina was never in any of the pics....
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-BCB

If you thought I looked good in those pix,,,,,,, you should see me with my teeth in..
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I read up on 5mm. Don't see why it didnt' catch on. If ammo was available at a similar price as other rimfire mags it would be a very logical round for a guy who doesn't reload. Seems like it could put the hurt on animals up to coyote size.
 
Originally Posted By: Bayou City BoyI have the 5MM Schroeder CF conversion on a Model 591 Remington, and I have never bought any of the new RF ammo. What you can do with the CF ammo in terms of bullet choices is far better than the Centurian RF ammo, IMO.

Swapping bolt heads from RF to CF, or back the other way if you want, takes @ 5 minutes with the Schroeder conversion. The Craig conversion is more or less permanent as a slot is cut across the bolt face for the CF firing pin.... With the Schroeder conversion you have two separate bolt heads - one CF and one RF. Knock out one pin and the switch is made...

Schroeder makes the brass by machining and forming 22 Hornet brass. He also sells dies for reloading the brass.

-BCB

Since I am not familiar with the specs on the 5mm rimfire case and how it compares to the Schroeder conversion I have to ask. If I had a 5mm RF Contender barrel would I be able to fire either by just switching the firing pin position ?
 
Originally Posted By: skb2706Originally Posted By: Bayou City BoyI have the 5MM Schroeder CF conversion on a Model 591 Remington, and I have never bought any of the new RF ammo. What you can do with the CF ammo in terms of bullet choices is far better than the Centurian RF ammo, IMO.

Swapping bolt heads from RF to CF, or back the other way if you want, takes @ 5 minutes with the Schroeder conversion. The Craig conversion is more or less permanent as a slot is cut across the bolt face for the CF firing pin.... With the Schroeder conversion you have two separate bolt heads - one CF and one RF. Knock out one pin and the switch is made...

Schroeder makes the brass by machining and forming 22 Hornet brass. He also sells dies for reloading the brass.

-BCB

Since I am not familiar with the specs on the 5mm rimfire case and how it compares to the Schroeder conversion I have to ask. If I had a 5mm RF Contender barrel would I be able to fire either by just switching the firing pin position ?

Yupper... It should work fine, Steve...

-BCB
 
Juanjo, have you killed any varmints with that 5mm mag yet? And your right Ive shot alot of 5mm mags in my day and that one you have was the best shooter. I think you'll like the 5mm CF my buddy has one we even shot the CF in the 592 I sold you it shot pretty good I think we were getting 2,250fps out of some 30gr. bergers. We even made are own brass it was alot better than the schroeder brass! ~Marco
 
I had one of the original Remington 5mm's back in the day. I always liked it. I think there were several reasons it flopped back then. One, Remington had problems with the bolt design. There was too much of the case head unsupported and many of the rifles would blow cases with fair regularity. The other thing was, like a lot of Remington's ideas, the market wasn't ready for it at the time. In those days there just wasn't the interest in serious rimfire use. Most of the rifles available didn't have the accuracy to take advantage of the higher speed and flatter trajectory. People just didn't take rimfires seriously like they do now. Those that wanted something with more steam than a .22 LR were well served by the .22 magnum. I think that if the .17 HMR had been introduced in the early '70's it would have failed too. Cost was an issue as well. Like a lot of things, the numbers on the price tag were smaller than today, but the value of the dollar was a lot more. We were paying less than fifty cents for a gallon of gas. Figure what that almost five dollar box of 50 rimfires was worth in terms of gasoline, and ask if you'd be willing to spend the price of that many gallons of gas today on a box of them. I think that if a few manufacturers started making rifles at low, medium and premium price points, and if Hornady or one of the other biggies started producing ammo, the 5mm would take off today. I wish somebody would stick their neck out.
 
Originally Posted By: Tk10gataurus is making the tracker in 5mm for 2010

As early as 2008 Taurus announced it was planning to make and import a 5MM Tracker. They even showed proto-type revolvers...

For the past year or so, the word was it "might" get imported in the second half of 2010 if consumer demand was found to be high enough.

At the just happened 2010 SHOT Show in Vegas, the word Taurus was putting out to the public is that the 5MM Tacker is a dead idea...

-BCB
 
Wish Cooper would offer the Jackson Squirrl in 5MM..

I've never owned a Cooper, but that just might be the push I need...
 
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