500 Jeffery Club

[Daniel Cary]

I personally don't believe a 11.5lb's is necessary & understand "it's not for everyone". I lost over two years (laid up) w/o shooting. @Altitude sickness, etc. helped critique, which takes time & a lot of practice.

Lost a lot of strength, but ran the AHR anyway,
600grn @ 2100fps
Norma 570
Norma 540
Kynoch 535

Taking an absolute beating 'c the Sako.

Norma 540's almost 7000ft/lbs .. they are nasty.

 

[colorado]

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.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Anyone here own a R8 in 500 Jeffery? Seeing lots of traditional bolt actions in this cartridge but not in the Blaser.

Curious how the recoil would be in that platform vs the Sakos and CZ's.

 

[R eight]

Anyone here own a R8 in 500 Jeffery? Seeing lots of traditional bolt actions in this cartridge but not in the Blaser.

Curious how the recoil would be in that platform vs the Sakos and CZ's.

See post # 482 from Aussie _ Hunter.

I’ve got a 500J barrel on order.

As to recoil. The R8 will be almost 1KG heavier than the Sako. I’m pretty sure that will make a considerable difference to felt recoil.

 

[Daniel Cary]

If you're in good shape, controlled, measured .. you'll become proficient.

It has to be devastating.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Anyone here own a R8 in 500 Jeffery? Seeing lots of traditional bolt actions in this cartridge but not in the Blaser.

Curious how the recoil would be in that platform vs the Sakos and CZ's.

Thread '500 Jeffery Shooting Thread'

Aug 31, 2024

After spending quite a bit of time recently reading through the 500 Jeffery Club thread, and also turning my Blaser R8 Kilombero into a 500 Jeffery, I thought a 500 Jeffery shooting thread would be interesting. This is my second 500 Jeffery, both have been R8's however the Kilombero stock fits me much better than the professional hunter stock which was the first one I had.

Today was my first session on the range with my R8 Kilombero with the 500 Jeffery barrel fitted (it's how I intend on keeping it), 25 rounds later I had a rather sore shoulder but was very happy with the performance of...

• Aussie_Hunter
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• Forum: .375 & up

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[Northern Shooter]

Thread '500 Jeffery Shooting Thread'

Aug 31, 2024

After spending quite a bit of time recently reading through the 500 Jeffery Club thread, and also turning my Blaser R8 Kilombero into a 500 Jeffery, I thought a 500 Jeffery shooting thread would be interesting. This is my second 500 Jeffery, both have been R8's however the Kilombero stock fits me much better than the professional hunter stock which was the first one I had.

Today was my first session on the range with my R8 Kilombero with the 500 Jeffery barrel fitted (it's how I intend on keeping it), 25 rounds later I had a rather sore shoulder but was very happy with the performance of...

• Aussie_Hunter
• Replies: 32
• Forum: .375 & up

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Haha whoops, didn't read far enough back into this thread.