5mm rem.?

[ratgunner]

What is a 5mm ?Isaw two for sale today both are remingtons they look like target models ,Ive never heard of these are they sort of like a 22 mag? :?

[quickdtoo]

Yes, it's an obsolete rimfire.....ammo is a collectible....
http://www.ssaa.org.au/February%202004/A%20potent%20little%20magnum.htm

[Yukon Jack]

I saw today where Quality Cartridge is now producing 5mm Remington cartridges again.  Might be a new supply for a renewed interest in the old rifle.

[Don Fischer]

I knew several guy's that bought a 5mm mag that would like to see that, if they still have the rifle's. But production and cost is going to be dictated by sale's. Probally gonna be weak unless someone starts making more of the rifles. They just weren't that big a step up over the 22 mag and didn't work in handguns. As I recall, they were bottleneck cartridges.

[quickdtoo]

I saw today where Quality Cartridge is now producing 5mm Remington cartridges again.  Might be a new supply for a renewed interest in the old rifle.

That's a centerfire conversion for the 591 and 592....

http://owlnet.com/quality/5mm%20Remington%20Magnum.htm

[Drilling Man]

and didn't work in handguns. As I recall, they were bottleneck cartridges.

  Who says "bottle neck cartridges" won't work in a handgun?

  There's been several made includeing the 22 hornet, but i have a S&W "K" frame revolver in 25/20 WCF and it works perfectly!!!

  The ones that have problems are from "operator error".

  Drilling Man

[Lawdog]

Remington came up with the first modern bottleneck rimfire cartridge, the 5mm Remington, in 1970.  Unfortunately, technical issues with the rifles, the cost of the ammunition, performance letdowns, and the 10-year headstart of the 22 Winchester Magnum doomed the 5mm Remington to the collectors' table.  The idea was a good one but it didn’t live up to expectations.  Lawdog
 

[jhm]

the 5mm rem mag. is the same thing as the 17 is today except one was 20 cal and the other 17, as far as bottleneck cartridges go someone needs to contact hornady, ruger, and a few others and let them know that the 17 wont work in their handguns, and I guess I will have to throw the old S&W 32-20 out in the trash cartridges wont work.      JIM

[S.S.]

The 5mm Rem.Mag is a larger Diameter case than the
.22 Magnum and are not parent and child cases such as the
.17 HMR and the .22 Mag are. As for the Bottle neck case in a
revolver, The .22 Remington Jet cartridge was the one that
started this. It was a pretty high intensity cartridge and
would jam the cylinder from freely turning. As far as I
know this is the only cartridge\gun combination that
had this problem.

[Drilling Man]

The .22 Remington Jet cartridge was the one that
started this. It was a pretty high intensity cartridge and
would jam the cylinder from freely turning. As far as I
know this is the only cartridge\gun combination that
had this problem.

  The "only" reason the owners had the problem with there Jets was, they were leaveing oil or oil redidue in the chambers.  If the chambers and brass were DRY and oil free there were no problems with the 22 Jet.

  Like i said before, it was "operator error" that caused the problems in the first place.  And YES, i have owned more than one 22 Jet in the past.

  Drilling Man

[S.S.]

The ones I saw jam was actually due to the primer
protruding into the hole that the firing pin passes through
the frame in. It looked like the indentation that the pin made
in the primer poped outward when the case made contact
with the frame. I have never seen this happen with any other
weapon before or since. Could have just been a really
soft lot of primers?

[tatonka]

I owned a 5mm Remington 592 several years ago when ammo was available. it was purchsed to rid my pond of several fish eating turtles.
It performed great.  Accuracy was ok but not great with 100 yard groups running around 2 inches. Only one choice of ammo.