Remington 540X
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manicmechanic
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Found this on RIMFIRECENTRAL
"The 540X and 540XR have nothing in common with the 40X family of guns.
They are pretty rare as far as Remington rimfire rifles go. If I remember correctly only 11,000 or so 540X & 540XR's were produced total.
But they aren't as sought as after as the 37 and 40X. They just don't bring as much money."
Most of the comments on these rifles were very positive, and they seemed to have a loyal following - if it shoots half as good as it looks it'll be a keeper.
"The 540X and 540XR have nothing in common with the 40X family of guns.
They are pretty rare as far as Remington rimfire rifles go. If I remember correctly only 11,000 or so 540X & 540XR's were produced total.
But they aren't as sought as after as the 37 and 40X. They just don't bring as much money."
Most of the comments on these rifles were very positive, and they seemed to have a loyal following - if it shoots half as good as it looks it'll be a keeper.
The same as used for the 5mm magnum line of rifles, then? If so, hell for strong. IIRC, there were some posts to the effect that Remington designed those to withstand 60Ksi pressures. Made them pretty popular for centerfire conversion, once the receiver was threaded.
540 Remington
Your a lucky man to find a fine looking 540 Remington they are great shooters have one in 540xr that my son shoots at local benchrest shoots near Ottawa. He often wins beating me with my 40x Rem and many of Anshutz 54s
The 540 perform best with top end ammo, Sk Rifle match is not top ammo !
A good friend of mine found a fellow that has a Rem 540 in a original box never opened, unfired ,now that would be a find. There are 3 Remington 540s at our club all extremely good shooters and often win matches
Here is targets that won shoot in June 2019 with 540 xr at 50 Yards
Good luck with yours.
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To show you how tight the competition is check out second place shooter who lost bye x count shooting a fine 54 Anshutz
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Your a lucky man to find a fine looking 540 Remington they are great shooters have one in 540xr that my son shoots at local benchrest shoots near Ottawa. He often wins beating me with my 40x Rem and many of Anshutz 54s
The 540 perform best with top end ammo, Sk Rifle match is not top ammo !
A good friend of mine found a fellow that has a Rem 540 in a original box never opened, unfired ,now that would be a find. There are 3 Remington 540s at our club all extremely good shooters and often win matches
Here is targets that won shoot in June 2019 with 540 xr at 50 Yards
Good luck with yours.
View attachment 299828View attachment 299829View attachment 299830
To show you how tight the competition is check out second place shooter who lost bye x count shooting a fine 54 Anshutz
View attachment 299832View attachment 299833 note target #2 those three shots measured .055"
All 540 shooters at club get best performance with Lapua + yes 20.00 per box 50 one likes center x and both shoot well at 100y,SK match will not win any shoot at 100y they work okay at 50 y in some guns
Thanks for that.
Nice find. Out of curiosity does this rifle have the two adjustable screws on the bottom of the forend to be able to tune the forend pressure point for best accuracy? I can’t remember if Remington used this but I know some of the older rimfire target rifles had this feature.
