I joined the 505 Gibbs club

[Fenstar]

Keep talking about your handload recipes for your .505 G. Lon Paul finishing up his touches on my .505 G hopefully in next week or two. Buff on the bill in Mozambique next year. Can’t wait to shoot the rifle!

 

[John Telford]

Welcome to the club! Now bring that to Botswana and help us thin the National herd!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

My favorite magazine rifle caliber of all time ! Heartiest congratulations for acquiring this piece of art.

600Gr South African Rhino monolithic brass flat nosed solids and solid shank expanders are my favorite bullets for this magnificent caliber. Those Northfork 600Gr flat nosed solids and cup nosed solids are also really good stuff. Velocity with 600Gr bullets need not be more than 2150FPS.

I highly recommend getting a Limb Saver recoil pad fitted to it. You’ve got a nice thick barrel which is the reason why the recoil was so manageable.

Aside from elephant, you’ll really enjoy it for hunting hippopotamus on land.

 

[cpr0312]

Congrats on the new addition!

 

[VertigoBE]

Congrats on the new addition!

I believe there is a “c” missing there..


“Congrats on the new addiction”

 

[Altitude sickness]

Here is the recoil pad of the .505 next to the 7 Rem Mag I said hit me harder. Also the one on the right is as hard as a tractor tire

 

[Altitude sickness]

I got out to shoot today. First time shooting the .505 Gibbs for a group. Standing using shockey sticks 50 yards. The previous owner had it dialed in. I didn’t touch a thing. Using a Riton RMR red dot

It’s a pussy cat

 

[Daniel Cary]

Awesome! .. always hoped to hear more from the 505 owners. Many congrats & beautiful machine.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I'm excited for ya & to hear more, owners, experiences, etc. I've been flogging the Jeffery since I was introduced, all outside Africa though. When the 500's becomes extinctive, controlled, & the rifles dialed in, it has to be extremely impressive on DG.

 

[Flewis]

I'm excited for ya & to hear more, owners, experiences, etc. I've been flogging the Jeffery since I was introduced, all outside Africa though. When the 500's becomes extinctive, controlled, & the rifles dialed in, it has to be extremely impressive on DG.
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Pretty hard to pick one or the other. That’s why I have both.

 

[Daniel Cary]

Pretty hard to pick one or the other. That’s why I have both.

I took an absolute beating one outing & saved this photo .. thinking 14" may be too short. However, it seems I'm wrenching my neck, or positioning the toe of the stock high in my shoulder to get a line of sight? .. any help appreciated.

Just comparing above photos .. thank you all.

 

[Flewis]

I took an absolute beating one outing & saved this photo .. thinking 14" may be too short. However, it seems I'm wrenching my neck, or positioning the toe of the stock high in my shoulder to get a line of sight? .. any help appreciated.

Just comparing above photos .. thank you all.
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Just buy a slip on and put it over your existing pad. You definitely need more length.

 

[zephyr]

I use to finish all of my Big Bore range sessions shooting a box or so of .22's. This re-established proper shooting technique that may or may have not been compromised by shooting a Big kicking gun ... Then I discovered reduced loads using Trailboss or 5744 and mostly Cast Bullets, now I can shoot the same Rifle same Trigger same Sights with little or no recoil .... after shooting my 505 or my other Big Bores This keeps the flinches at bay and gives me more trigger time with my favorite big gun

 

[Daniel Cary]

Just buy a slip on and put it over your existing pad. You definitely need more length.

Thank you for the advice .. will do.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I use to finish all of my Big Bore range sessions shooting a box or so of .22's. This re-established proper shooting technique that may or may have not been compromised by shooting a Big kicking gun ... Then I discovered reduced loads using Trailboss or 5744 and mostly Cast Bullets, now I can shoot the same Rifle same Trigger same Sights with little or no recoil .... after shooting my 505 or my other Big Bores This keeps the flinches at bay and gives me more trigger time with my favorite big gun

I believe recalling you mentioning this, .. another sound idea. Many thanks.

 

[zephyr]

Daniel Carey I'm 6'1" my 505 has a 14.5" LOP

 

[PCC600]

Here is the recoil pad of the .505 next to the 7 Rem Mag I said hit me harder. Also the one on the right is as hard as a tractor tire View attachment 583627

I replaced the horrible hard butt pad on my 458 Lott Ruger Safari Magnum with a Kick Eez and extended stock by about 0.75 inches . Made a world of difference to shooting . I too am a 505 addict . Have a custom rifle with 25 inch barrels and SSB magnum action - about 11 pounds . Another nearing completion with GMA action and Krieger barrels - both made by Bob de Vries ( Kudu Services ) in Melbourne Australia .

 

[AZDAVE]

@Daniel Cary You should get a proper gun fitting first then adjust your rifle LOP to match the fitting. Yours is definitely to short. in addition the straight style stock helps with recoil mitigation but is designed for shooting a scope. to get a good iron sight picture you have to really force cheek down onto the stock comb. On a 30/06 no problem in a 500 class rifle you get the feeling you have been in a fight after each range session.If you are planning on just irons I would look at a stock with more drop (Back to proper fitting)> the alternative would be to use a red dot as it gives you a good sight picture without the crushing your cheek into the stock. My .02 worth hope that helps.

For reference I have long arms and neck at 5'10" my rifle LOP that works best is 15 1/4-3/8's. and on a shotgun it is 15 1/2.

 

[Altitude sickness]

the gentleman that built my .505 did it right. It came dialed in out of the box. Luckily he adjusted the pad to give me my LOP

 

[John Telford]

Added this kick ezee slip on which makes LOP 15 inches.