Remington Model Five

[blackwolfe]

Anybody here have a Remington Model Five?  The model five is a bolt action .22 and may have been made in other rimfire calibers.  I believe they were made by a company in Serbia for Remington and Remington has recently discontinued them.  I was wondering how the quality and accuracy of them are.  I have been looking for one and they seem to be pretty hard to find now as well as the magazines for them.  If you have one, let me know what you think of the qualit and accuracy.  Also if you know where to get one and magazines for them, let me know.  Thanks.

[ccd]

CDNN was getting rid of them in November IIRC. I know for sure they still have some of the Rem 798's and mini Mausers still in stock, not sure whether they still have any of the rimfires though. I just checked the Charles Daly website and they still list the magazines from when they imported the same rifle.

[kilopaparomeo]

Wolfe

I've got a Charles Daly Zavasta .22 rifle that is the rifle that Remington started importing as the Model Five.  Remmy put a new stock on it but otherwise it is the same rifle. 

The workmanship and bluing on the rifle is beautiful.  It is extremely accurate also...I've shot it at 100 yards and shot groups in still conditions around 1-1/2" at 100 yards with Wolf Match (hard to believe for me but true).  The rifle has a light but gritty trigger that has smoothed some with use.  The magazine did not feed reliably but I messed with it (put a "bump" on the follower to properly angle the last round) and have fixed its issues.  I've not been able to find extra mags for it.

I bought this one for aobut $140 with a scope from CDNN several years ago (before Remmy started importing them).

If the Model Five is of similar quality and a good price, I'd say go for it.

We should get together out at BC Sportsmans club some weekend that is nicer weather and you can try mine out.

[blackwolfe]

Thanks CDD and KPR.  KPR, that would be great to try yours.  My schedule changed at work, so it messes up most weekends now, but once in awhile I have some weekends off.  I'll keep in touch.

[ccd]

BTW here is the new importer's website:

http://www.ussginc.com/pdfs/catalogpg6.pdf

No MSRP listed, Zanders has some of the 22LR's in stock.

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