Short answer- NO, despite what you'll read. 5R is a rifling profile. Mike Rock made the barrels on the first run of M24s before Remington started doing them. The 700 5R rifles you'll see for sale have the 5R rifling, BUT, they have a thinner barrel profile than the M24. The commercial 5R rifles have a thinner Remington Varmint profile, the M24s have what is known as a M24/M40 profile similar to a Shilen #7.
Rem 700 5R

M24
Rem 700 5R

M24

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