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Thanksgiving weekend I met a friend of my wife's family that owned a Remington that was chambered in 5mm. I do not know a lot about the caliber other then it was diccontinued after a short period of time.

Has anyone found a source of ammunition or thought about rechambering for any other cartrige. The 5mm was a rimfire so that could be a problem

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Collector grade ammo now. It was another of Remington's answers to an unasked question in the early 70's. The cartridge was a necked down .22 mag, so changing the barrel to that cartridge could be done. It's not a re-chambering only job. The 5mm used a .20 calibre barrel.
 
As stated it is pretty much a non-shooter. I don't know anyone collecting them - not a lot of value... If you can find a box of ammo it will probably be $40 or $50... The cost of rebarreling/rechambering/whatever is prohibitive..

If Remington came out with this rifle today it would be a good competitor to the .17 rimfires...
 
I've heard of guys rechambering them to the milder CF cartridges, something like a shortened Hornet or 218 bee might work. A .20 Ackley Bee would be a neat conversion if possible. It would require modification to the bolt & firing pin, probably to the magazine as well as custom loading dies and a custom reamer. Probably cost prohibitive. Check http://www.jesseshunting.com/articles/guns/category16/53.html
 
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The 5mm is not a necked down .22Mag. - the rim diameter is a bit larger. Ammunition is a real orphan, and can bring $50/box. Absolutely nothing wrong with the cartridge, it was just introduced when there was no market. The only rifles made were the Remingtons, and their extractor design would make conversion to .22Mag. problematic. The rifles themsleves have a rather strong action with multiple rear locking lugs, but are otherwise nothing special - certainly not worth the time, effort and cost to convert them to another calibre.
 
I just checked out the 'craig" site and was impressed but ....when all is said and done I don't believe it is worth the money...esp. when the .17HMR is so reasonable and accurate.....factory loaded ammo costs less than the 5mm bullets alone!
 
Absolutely true. No one's claiming the conversion to be cost-effective. But, on the other hand, you'd end up with a very unique and intriguing gun, and not just another HMR. Plus, you'd have to be careful to police up your brass, which is not a consideration with an HMR.

Personally, I wouldn't go with a Craig solution if I were at all inclined to do a CF conversion. For maybe an additional $200 over the Craig convert I'd see about a 20 ackley bee. Sure I'd still have to do all the work required for the Craig (as well as get custom dies as with the Craig) PLUS a reamer/rechamber cost, but at least I'd get a significant performance boost and be able to use cheaper brass.
 
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