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5mm rimfire ammo source
- Thread starter Solitar
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PreserveFreedom
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Good luck!
Mike Irwin
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Gunshows, if you're lucky.
Last two boxes I saw were $75 per!
There is a company out on the west coast that does conversions to 5mm centerfire. Can't remember the name, though.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
Last two boxes I saw were $75 per!
There is a company out on the west coast that does conversions to 5mm centerfire. Can't remember the name, though.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
Sell the ammo and use the rifle as a door stop. Take the money made from selling the ammo and put it towards a good .22 Magnum.
You can't even replace the 5mm barrel with a .22 barrel because the case head of the 5mm doesn't match any existing rimfire. So you would need to replace the bolt too. The rifle isn't worth that kind of expenditure.
Converting to a 5mm centerfire wildcat isn't worth the bother unless your neighbor is a handloader and has a ready supply of 5mm bullets (not a common item at most gunshops).
Remington should produce some runs of this ammo just out of consideration of the people who still have these rifles. Failing that they might consider taking them in trade on new rifles just to make up for the idiocy of trying to compete with the .22s.
[This message has been edited by PJR (edited August 06, 2000).]
You can't even replace the 5mm barrel with a .22 barrel because the case head of the 5mm doesn't match any existing rimfire. So you would need to replace the bolt too. The rifle isn't worth that kind of expenditure.
Converting to a 5mm centerfire wildcat isn't worth the bother unless your neighbor is a handloader and has a ready supply of 5mm bullets (not a common item at most gunshops).
Remington should produce some runs of this ammo just out of consideration of the people who still have these rifles. Failing that they might consider taking them in trade on new rifles just to make up for the idiocy of trying to compete with the .22s.
[This message has been edited by PJR (edited August 06, 2000).]
You might try Old WEstern Scrounger at www.ows-ammunition.com. I just tried to get on but couldn't access the search feature for 5mm. Hopefully will be up later.
Thank you folks!
He has tried the gunshows and found the same price - $75/box!
FAL308 - I couldn't get into the Scrounger's search this morning either.
Yes, Remington should do a production run because this 5mm rimfire is stranded/orphaned. My neighbor does handload but he's not so ambitious as to try to convert it to a 5mm wildcat centerfire.
Thanks again!
He has tried the gunshows and found the same price - $75/box!
FAL308 - I couldn't get into the Scrounger's search this morning either.
Yes, Remington should do a production run because this 5mm rimfire is stranded/orphaned. My neighbor does handload but he's not so ambitious as to try to convert it to a 5mm wildcat centerfire.
Thanks again!
If your friend rolls his own try this web site. I'm planning on having my 5mm changed to a centerfire. http://www.certech.net/index.htm
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