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I bought a 591 & 592 also.
The 592 loves Centurion.....
The 591 was picky...I sold it.

I thought 15 bucks was high for Centurion.....
Guess I haven't bought any in a while.

This one is in VGC, I would say 98%.

If you want one, you'd better JUMP for that money. It won't last long.

I am a Remington fan generally but on this your 110% right and it's not the only time the asswipe management types at Remington have done this. One can only conclude the Remington Management f**ks aren't shooters but beancounters.

Just left over there picking up something else. He said I could get it for $400 OTD with the (3) boxes of old Remington ammo. His dad, who works at the shop too, is the original owner. Ohhhh so tempting.

I'd buy it for that so fast it would make your head spin!

X2 !!!!!!!!

You need to either buy this thing or give ME the guy's phone number, because I won't sit on my hands……………….

Well, maybe as an investment or a collectable, but I can think of better ways to spend $425 for something to actually use. Hummers and good .22 mag loads will do the same jobs and offer wide choices in guns and ammo. I've had a 581 since 1967, and its a pretty good little rifle, but I ain't looking for more, regardless of caliber (or cartridge)

I bought the magazine type 5mm Remington magnum years ago before Aguila was making the ammo. complete rifle with one magazine was $125. There was a guy in California that was making a centerfire conversion for the rifle plus me sold the centerfire brass. The bullets at the time were a problem since 20 caliber/5mm bullets seemed to all be made with plastic tips and were too long for the mags. Another fellow was selling bullets that I believe were a match for the original 5mm magnum bullets and fit the magazine perfect. After buying all that conversion stuff with the brass and the bullets I discovered Aguila was starting to make the original rimfire stuff so I put the conversion away just in case the Aguila project didn't last and bought their ammo. It's a nice light rifle and has a good amount of power for a little rimfire.

Guess it depends what you want to pay

He's lowered the price to $375. Lord grant me will power!!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON???!!!

Yes, I meant to YELL!

Good friends brother lost an eye shooting his Rem 5mm Mag. Don’t remember if it was clip or tube version. From what I recall the plate that’s screwed onto the side blew off and this or parts/shrapnel hit him in the face. He wears glasses and had them on. Don’t know if they were safety or not. Anyway his eye was black for awhile and there was hope his vision would return. Never did. Looking into it years ago I remember finding a sight specific to the Rem 5mm Mag. Guy on there posted a letter from Rem about potential problem with these rifles. I’ll look for it. Anyway, certainly a lesson for me to wear eye protection always when shooting.

Reference here but letter link no longer works:
http://5mmforums.com/forums/index.p...om-back-in-the-day-on-the-591/#entry3797

What he said !!!

MidwayUSA currently has 5mm REM MAG ammo on sale for $25.25 per box of 50 round of the 30 grain SJHP style of ammo. Their part # 2624230772.

I bought a mystery box, at an estate auction. It contained 3 boxes of original Remington, late 60s vintage and 2 boxes of Peter's, early 60s vintage. 1 box was missing 12 rounds.


After searching for almost 2 years, for a decent rifle, I listed the ammo and sold it.


Awesome cartridge, far superior to the .17 rimfires. IMHO

Target sports has it in stock for 22.99 per 50 rounds.

Now that's a deal.

For this run, it is.

I was getting it for $15/box the first run. I guess the price of most everything goes up.........

I bought 10 boxes of 5mm RM and because MIDWAY USA only sells rimfire ammo in individual boxes, disassembling the 10 box cartons, I got ammo from 3 different lots; 5, 4, and 1. I bought 20 boxes of 17HM2 at the same time and got ammo from 2 different lots 18 and 2. It seems like a lot of unnecessary work to disassemble the cartons, but there must be a reason for them doing it.