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Until recently work was all encompassing but i plan to hunt everything locally from jack rabbits, to antelope to elk with my 500 Jeffery. That served me best when my only rifle was my 270. I think it will do the same with my 500J. Maybe go to Texas do some hog culling as well.

My CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery weighs 11 lbs naked and 12 lbs with a Leupold 1.5-5x scope and Talley QR rings. I find that just about right. I work out with 15 lb dumbbells so the rifle feels light and lively to me even when elk hunting.

Awesome!

Just have your gunsmith rechamber your rifle for the 375 Weatherby (not the 378 Weatherby!) You'll still be able to shoot factory 375 H&H ammo if you wish and factory 375 Weatherby ammunition or handloads will get you 2800 fps with a 300g bullet. You'll be pushing 3000 fps with a 270g bullet.

I like to use the word "sporty" lol Wayne at AHR worked on my 500 Jeffery. It's got his single stage match trigger, 3 position M70 type safety, and bolt straightened and filled. He also smoothed out the action a bit. It's getting an ebony forend and grip cap, when I get it back I'll...

500 Jeffery (not from the Internet :) )

Either this Hartmann & Weiss 505 Gibbs or Jim Corbett's 450/400 double

I believe Jim Corbett used a 450/400 as his heavy rifle. Although few of us (not me) can place our shots under pressure as he could.

Europeans have longer arms, they're not as evolved as us Muricans ...

Marlin 336C in 30-30 Plain Jane got it from my father in law probably 60 years old, shoots and functions great, shoot 170g CoreLokts' through it. It's our "camp gun"

Thanks I'm assuming you use fillers in your 500 NE? The load I have for my 500 Jeffery with H4895 is straight out of the book "Any Shot You Want" Seems to work fine. I'm going to try 101g H4895 with the 570g A-Frames and see how they shoot and what my new Garmin Chronograph tells me. If...

470 NE, 470 Capstick to name a few

I've shot a 450 Rigby, less recoil with standard loads but from what I've read, the big 50s hit significantly harder, not due to energy but the diameter of the bullet. Of the three big 50s, I think loading the 500 Jeffery with a fast powder (like H4895) is the most power for the least recoil...

Just an example with my 500 Jeffery which I love but I limit how many rounds I shoot at a time. CZ 550 12 lbs with scope and rings unloaded. Here's the stats 570g bullet 2300 fps 103g H4895 recoil is "sporty" but rifle is still fun to shoot and easy to control. Energy: 6694 TKO: 95...

I went from a 375 H&H right to a 500 Jeffery no sense in messing around lol

That's my experience as well I use H4895. My 500 Jeffery weighs 12 lbs with scope unloaded. Shooting a 570g bullet at 2300 fps, recoil is sporty but not punishing.

500 Jeffery for everything including jackrabbits!

For me I don't see the point of moving up from a 416 Rigby to a 458 Lott. The Rigby will kill anything you want. If you want more power step up to a 500 Jeffery, 505 Gibbs or 500 A2.

I have had a bag of 25 570g A-Frames sitting on my reloading shelf for about 5 years. The 570 TSXs shot and functioned so well I haven't bothered. This thread has got me motivated to load some up. I've also ordered another 100 from Swift :)

There is nothing wrong with the cartridge, just no need for it and they could've done better. I just think it's a vanity cartridge, like buying an H&H baseball cap for $140 at their Mayfair store. If it didn't say H&H after it that cartridge would've been DOA in a day.

The three animals I've killed with the 570g TSX out of my 500 Jeffery are two cow elk (longest shot 225 yards), and a 425 lb feral hog at 8 feet. All died instantly. The impact velocity at 225 yards should've been about 1800 fps. The ek squealed and died instantly, the bullet exited so I have...

270 Win 500 Jeffery Don't need anything in between :)

My 500 jeffery barrel is a 1 in 10" twist. Shooting a 570g TSX at 2510 fps you can feel the forearm twist in your hand.

Because I couldn't take the recoil of my 243?

I too shoot the 570g TSX, but through my 500 Jeffery at 2300 fps. I shot a cow elk at 225 yards, did not recover the bullet but the exit wound was significant telling me that some expansion occurred. I spoke to Barnes and they told me the 570 TSX would expand down to 1600 fps but I have no...

If I had to keep only one rifle it would be my CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery. I"m definitely taking it on my next brown bear hunt and will be taking it elk hunting again this fall :) I don't know if I've mastered it, but it comes up naturally to my sight picture, swings like a fine shotgun and so far...

Yes, what a useless proprietary round. If they had just necked the 375 H&H case up to .423 caliber without "improving it" legitimizing the 404/375 wildcat it would have been, pardon the pun, wildly successful.

Mine came good when new, but I bought mine from the CZ Custom Shop and asked for an NECG front sight so I'm sure they adjusted it there.

Great reasons :)

The problem with counting on a rifle or a shotgun is the time it's 30 feet away when you need it. i know that from experience.

Great looking rifle!

Yeah I was shooting in a T-shirt too all from a a rest. Not ideal. My 500 Jeffery weighs 12 lbs with scope w/o sling and unloaded. It still gets your attention with my mild load of a 570g TSX at 2300 fps

Sorry to hear. When I first got my 500 Jeffery I went to the range to do load development / testing with the 570g TSX. Fired about twenty four rounds. the last 3 were with IMR 4350 the 570g TSX clocked in at 2510 fps. I got home my wife made me go to the doctor. My GP a good old boy asked...

I love my CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery with it's pretty walnut stock, but just for comparison here's a Rem XCR II in 375 Weatherby that weighs 7 1/2 lbs unloaded with a Leupold 2-7x Firedot mounted on it. Apologize for the fuzzy picture.

Agree Denver and Boulder first! Saw a bumper sticker "The best view of Denver is in your rear view mirror"

I don't have a problem with the caliber, but I hate having to go into the feminine hygiene section to buy ammo

My Talleys come back to within 1/4" of zero after removing the scope and putting it back on. Nice to have a 2nd scope in Talley rings zero'd in should anything happen to your primary one. And then there's always my backup iron sights :)

I do live in the West too. No mentioned getting rid of grizzlies when I lived in Montana, they were part of life. I guess Coloradans are two wimpy to deal.

When I lived in Western Montana, if you shot a grizzly you better have a good lawyer! Until 1973 or so it was legal to hunt them and we did in the Bob Marshall. As I recall only 25 licenses a year were granted, and almost all of the hunts were guided.

What's that funny thing at the end of the muzzle?

I've seen some reloading info from "Real guns" that had a 500 Jeffery shooting a 570g bullet over 2500 fps. I achieved that with my 500 Jeffery and a 570g TSX using IMR4350 powder ( a lot). I can tell you the fun index was zero. I've settled on a 570g TSX at a sedate 2300 fps using H4895...

Thanks!

I went with the 500 Jeffery because I was worried there wasn't enough bolt face on my CZ 550 for the 505 Gibbs. No regrets :)

I thought the 500 A2 was really a 510 Wells but I'm probably wrong.

You need grizzlies to eat the mountain lions!

I like it ! Less people more bears, more game animals :)

Especially in Colorado. I miss them having moved from Montana many years ago. Waiting for my T-shirt to come in.

Well the 270 Win is obviously the better cartridge unless you call the 7x57 Mauser the 275 Rigby then it wins lol!

All good reasons :)