Guns Holsters and Gear

With a recent surge of interest in rimfire cartridges not starting with .22, Taurus International has brought out a new revolver in their Tracker line chambered for the 5mm Remington Magnum rimfire.

For those not familiar with the 5mm Magnum, the rimfire cartridge was introduced in 1970 by Remington Arms Co. Along with the cartridge, Remington introduced two rifles chambered for the 5mm, the models 591 and 592. However, a lack of sales prompted Remington to cease sales of the rifles in 1974, and by the early 1980’s, they stopped making the ammunition as well. However, like many discontinued cartridges, the 5mm rimfire has a small, loyal band of followers who have kept interest in this cartridge alive.

In recent years, several new rimfire cartridges (.17 HMR, .17HM2) have renewed the interest of the shooting community for high speed rimfire cartridges. Taurus, never afraid to think outside the box, introduced the first handgun chambered for the 5mm RMR at the 2008 SHOT Show.

The new Taurus revolver is a Tracker revolver with a nine-shot cylinder and 6 1/2″ barrel. According to Bob Morrison of Taurus said the new 5mm RMR Tracker is designed for varmint shooting and the revolver is “very scope-able.”

Taurus has not listed the new Tracker on their website yet, but the revolver should be shipping to dealers in the near future.

Aguila Ammunition announced that they will begin producing 5mm Remington Magnum ammunition for the Tracker. This is also good news for the owners of those Remington model 591 and model 592 rifles.

*** Update: Refer to my post here about the new Aguila 5mm RMR ammunition and when it is shipping. ***