500 Jeffery Shooting Thread

[Daniel Cary]

@Altitude sickness & his 505 .. nice!

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This stance being the goal .. still watching, studying his form here.

 

[DWB]

This was me with a mate's 500. Lost over 50lb since.

 

[Daniel Cary]

This was me with a mate's 500. Lost over 50lb since.

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That's great ..
I was going to ask in the "picture thread" if anyone had a fireball pic.

beautiful shot, ssb, etc. thank you!

 

[Tintin]

Nice fireballl @DWB

Here's my contribution.

Not sure what that untidy feeding on the second round was all about

These plinking loads are on the mild side, ~5750 ft lbs - but deliver good accuracy.

Target is at 25 m, offhand, shooting 'quick' pairs.

That's my 'quick' not Jerry Miculek 'quick' .

 

[Daniel Cary]

Nice fireballl @DWB

Here's my contribution.

Not sure what that untidy feeding on the second round was all about

These plinking loads are on the mild side, ~5750 ft lbs - but deliver good accuracy.

Target is at 25 m, offhand, shooting 'quick' pairs.

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That's my 'quick' not Jerry Miculek 'quick' .

That's really nice .. many thanks.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I'm awaiting daylight .. we'll give the Kynoch's a shot here shortly.

been up all night, why not.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I didn't notice that much difference. However, the lighter bullets & Kynoch do have a bit more energy.

600grn, Norma 570, Norma 540, Kynoch.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I threw a box of clays with the coach again .. I've never felt a 3" that stout.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

600 grain Woodleighs at 2200fps. Have zeroed a scope for this rifle now as well so I have the option of the red dot and a scope.

 

[Schroeder]

600 grain Woodleighs at 2200fps. Have zeroed a scope for this rifle now as well so I have the option of the red dot and a scope.

Geez there seems to be a lot of Blaser R8 500 Jeffery rifles in Australia.
I to have a R8 PH.
I went for the super low Henneberger four foot mount, with a Docter 3 on it. It gives me much better cheek weld, than with a standard mount and red dot. I also have settled on the 600 grain Woodleigh. Bloody fantastic combination.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Geez there seems to be a lot of Blaser R8 500 Jeffery rifles in Australia.
I to have a R8 PH.
I went for the super low Henneberger four foot mount, with a Docter 3 on it. It gives me much better cheek weld, than with a standard mount and red dot. I also have settled on the 600 grain Woodleigh. Bloody fantastic combination.

Nice shooting!

 

[R eight]

I threw a box of clays with the coach again .. I've never felt a 3" that stout.
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Last time I hunted birds was in NZ and I used a borrowed Beretta 300….I tried some 3” shells in it, can’t recall the brand or the exact velocity.

Anyway, very stout, actually uncomfortable to use. IMO much worse than shooting my Sako 85 in 500J.

 

[colorado]

Yikes!

 

[DWB]

Right, so here goes. First time rapid fire test with my new custom 500 Jeffery.

The bolt is extremely smooth, however if I cycle in my shoulder I am pressing it into something that causes it to stick a bit, but I will sort that out.

Feeds very well:

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Right, so here goes. First time rapid fire test with my new custom 500 Jeffery.

The bolt is extremely smooth, however if I cycle in my shoulder I am pressing it into something that causes it to stick a bit, but I will sort that out.

Feeds very well:

Looks good to me! More photos of the rifle please

 

[DWB]

Looks good to me! More photos of the rifle please

I added photos in the 500 Jeffery Club

Post in thread '500 Jeffery Club' https://www.africahunting.com/threads/500-jeffery-club.72319/post-1325816

 

[DWB]

Ok, so I had the first opportunity to use the 500 Jeffery at a BASA (Big Bore Association of Southern Africa) shoot yesterday. It operated flawlessly.

Feeling a little sore but satisfied today. Ranges all together were 18 shots.

Here's a video of 2 of the ranges.

 

[IvW]

Ok, so I had the first opportunity to use the 500 Jeffery at a BASA (Big Bore Association of Southern Africa) shoot yesterday. It operated flawlessly.

Feeling a little sore but satisfied today. Ranges all together were 18 shots.

Here's a video of 2 of the ranges.

Nice shooting.

Here is visible why I stopped doing the BASA shoots.....as I believe the wrong muscle memory is being worked into the use of the rifle.

I quess if someone has a 500 Jeff for fun it is different but if it is used in the field for hunting and backup it is different....

1. If your rifle takes 2, 3 or 4 that is how you should start everytime.
2. Nowhere in the hunt will you be taking a rifle off a table.
3. Reloading on the run is how it happens in the field not once you get to where you decide to take a follow up shot(maybe this was your choice or maybe you where told to only reload when you got there).
4. In this cenario(if your rifle was empty) I would have loaded 1 only so I could get another backup shot into the departing elephant asap not load 2 as the oportunity would have been lost.

I can carry on but I think it can be seen where I am coming from.....

So if I was allowed to start as I would in the field.

1. I would have started with 4 up.
2. 2 shots on first target.
3. 1 shot on departing elephant leaving 1 in mag.
4. Reload on the run so I would have 2 shots availible when I get to the tyre instead of having to reload 2 when I get there......

These shoots are great and are definately good excercise but need to accommodate more realisticly in field use of the rifle instead of what is decided by someone.

Shooting and reloading etc should be the same for all irrespective of double or bolt.

No double could beat a bolt in the first one on the elephant if I started with 4 as the double guy would have to reload twice and the bolt guy only once on the run.......

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Ok, so I had the first opportunity to use the 500 Jeffery at a BASA (Big Bore Association of Southern Africa) shoot yesterday. It operated flawlessly.

Feeling a little sore but satisfied today. Ranges all together were 18 shots.

Here's a video of 2 of the ranges.

Nice rifle! And looks like a good bit of fun too

 

[Altitude sickness]

Nice shooting.