5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum

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The 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum or 5mm RFM is a bottlenecked rimfire cartridge introduced by Remington Arms Company in 1969. Remington chambered it in a pair of bolt-action rifles, the Model 591 and Model 592, but this ammunition never became very popular, and the rifles were discontinued in 1974. About 52,000 rifles and 30,000 barrels for the Thompson/Center Contender pistol were sold during its brief production run. Remington discontinued the cartridge itself after several limited/seasonal production runs from 1974 to 1982, leaving owners with no source of ammunition for their rifles. In 2008, the cartridge was reintroduced by Aguila Ammunition in collaboration with Centurion Ordnance.

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