500 Jeffery Club

[BJH65]

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That looks familiar, the one listed on MNR? Congratulations, a bit jealous, a perfect 500 J, was contemplating.

 

[colorado]

Thanks It feeds, functions flawlessly is very accurate and fits me. It's just minor cosmetics. going to take it elk hunting again next fall.

 

[cajunchefray]

Sorry guys, going rough after the storm.

Will give you a preview.

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Hope you got through the storm well.

Thank you for showing a proper .500 Jeffery stopping rifle.
Great gun making skill.

 

[cajunchefray]

No, custom built, but I borrowed some ideas from WJ Jeffery

Proper poached ideas from WJ Jeffery.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Thanks It feeds, functions flawlessly is very accurate and fits me. It's just minor cosmetics. going to take it elk hunting again next fall.

“Don’t you know you’ll blow an elk right in half with that kind of caliber…”

The old guys like reminding me at moose camp that my 416 and 458 will vaporize the animal lol.

 

[DWB]

Proper poached ideas from WJ Jeffery.

Well basically just the engraving on the side of the action....

I bought the barrel with sights as it is there.

The Single square bridge was my request as I have always been a fan.

The stock etc is the shape the gunsmith uses, guessing if someone says it looks like a WJ Jeffery I will just have to take it as a compliment.

 

[gizmo]

I am in the early stages of joining the 500 Jeffrey club. I acquired a large ring Mauser action that I am about to send off to have built into a 500 Jeffrey.

 

[colorado]

Last one I shot at 225 yards made an unearthly sound that dropped dead right there.

 

[rosenberger stephen]

I may be off topic here but I remember reading a magazine article about 20 years ago or so where Mr. Sanchez-Arino discussed the 500J/S and a rifle he had made for it. There was a picture of the special 500 cartridge he also had made WITHOUT the rebated rim. If I recall, he preferred that to the rebated rim version. Anyone familiar with that version of the 500 ?

 

[grand veneur]

Mr. Harald Wolf, a gunsmith in Belgium, well known from the magazine HATARI TIMES, experimented with the 500 Jeffery cartridge sometime in the 1990s. He called his new cartridge 500 Jeffery Improved. At this time the cartridge 500 Jeffery was not C.I.P. standardized. He also built rifles for this cartridge, but I don't know whether he sold many. So far I have only seen one rifle caliber 500 Jeffery Improved on the used market in Europe.

The rebated rim is certainly not ideal, but the cartridge 500 Jeffery/Schüler was designed that way at the time. There is no reason to tinker with the cartridge, because if one don't like this traditional cartridge, one can use others of the same caliber class and without rebated rims.

 

[GWB]

Ok, so here you go!


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Bliksem Deon
Wow
I am jealous. That's an awesome 500 Jeff.
Congratulations!
Nou gaan daai leeus, olifante en buffels moet bontstaan!!!

 

[cm76]

My new to me Heym in 500 Jeffery

 

[RR 314]

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Other than a few customs, that era Heym 3-pos safety is my favorite. Great rifle.

 

[Creigh]

My new to me Heym in 500 JefferyView attachment 651078View attachment 651076View attachment 651077

That's quite a flex. Congrats.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

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Amazing rifle!

 

[cm76]

Amazing rifle!

Thanks Sam

 

[Northern Shooter]

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Beautiful rifle! nice straight grain on the stock. What does she weigh?

 

[cm76]

Beautiful rifle! nice straight grain on the stock. What does she weigh?

The rifle is heavy and weighs around 12lbs empty. Perfect weight for a 500 Jeffery IMO.

 

[grand veneur]

The perfect weight for such big bore rifles can be debated. If you just look at it from a recoil perspective, big bore rifles of greater weight are an advantage, but such rifles are not the best when it comes to handling it by hunting. At last, it depends on why you are buying a rifle of this caliber. I had a rifle caliber 500 Jeffery/Schüler built above all for hunting, so I don't regret that it only weighs about 9 lbs. Apart from the fact that the recoil is felt differently when hunting than at the shooting range, with increasing age it is not the recoil that cause me problems, but rather the weight of a rifle.

 

[cm76]

The perfect weight for such big bore rifles can be debated. If you just look at it from a recoil perspective, big bore rifles of greater weight are an advantage, but such rifles are not the best when it comes to handling it by hunting. At last, it depends on why you are buying a rifle of this caliber. I had a rifle caliber 500 Jeffery/Schüler built above all for hunting, so I don't regret that it only weighs about 9 lbs. Apart from the fact that the recoil is felt differently when hunting than at the shooting range, with increasing age it is not the recoil that cause me problems, but rather the weight of a rifle.

Very true GV. I have handled a few 9lb rifles in 500J and whilst the recoil is stout, it is manageable, especially in a field situation