...the .333 Jeffery.

Here is my custom-mauser made on a commercial action from the 1920´s. The 25.5 " barrel is metfordrifled as the originals were. The barrelcontour is copied from David Littles jefferymauser. Capacity= 4+1. trigger+ magazin is Recknagel and the english sidemount is golmatic. Express-sights are flipping backwards, regulated for 50-100 and 200 yards.
The gun is rustblued.




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Here shown with my .33WCF 1886 made in 1909

That is beautiful! A real work of art.

I love it!

Dang that would sure look nice finished up with a new coat of Rustoleum.

One nice rifle my freind.

Are those scope mounts available commercially? Looks like the H&H. Gorgeous rifle, I am working on putting together a .318 Express.

But, where's the Talisker?

Seriously, that's a superb rifle, authentic in every way, right down to the cocking piece aperture sight. Wonderfully good taste in all things pictured.

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WOW!

Jens

Great rifle, I look forward to shooting her

PS Meplat the Talisker is in the cabinet.

Cheers,

André

Great riffle and the pics are outstanding as always. And your taste in whisky is on the same level

Dang, that's a peach! I'd love to have a pattern of that stock and the bottom metal.

TMc

Nifty! And photograhed on top of "African Hunter" if I'm not mistaken.

Did you have this rifle put together in Denmark?? Maybe I'm just uninformed, but I have not run into a lot of custom gunsmiths in DK??

- mike

Thank you all gentleman for your fine compliments

The rifle here is a proof of patience. It takes a loong time to find someone( +$1000 phonebills) who could do the 7 groove segmental metfordrifling which was the rifling of pre-WW1 jefferymausers. Three years of waiting on that expense.
The first gunmaker fxxxxxx up everything and was fired from the project. I finally found someone here in denmark which knew precisly what to do and did all the metal work. I did the stockshaping - the inletting.
I wanted an original mauser(commercial action) for the project...and soon realized it is EXTREMLY HARD. 300 miles from here in denmark, in a small wooden box, with all kinds of actions..THE Oberndorf "BU" marked action popped up as a lightning from a clear sky..the hunt was over . It took my two years of searching...but it paid of
Th english sidemount is made by Golmatic, and requires squarebridging of the action + alot of benchwork. The drop of the stock is 2" from centerline of the bore, perfect for ironsights The rubberpad is Silva ofcouse. The rifle regulates perfect for the express-sights.
All in all this rifle has under way in almost 6 years from projectstart to finish.

Thank you all again here..

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Jens,
The Macalan and Bowmore are good whiskies!
As for Talisker, it'd too peppery for my tastes.
What do you think of the Islay malts?

Oh yes, dam fine rifle you have there.

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Originally posted by ALF:
Jens:

Please tell me about the Metford rifled 333 barrels

Yes Sir!
My first incountering with a Metfordrifled jefferymauser was a description Charles newton made when he went into a new York gunshop in winter of 1910-1911 and found a jefferymauser in .333cal. He there says:" The barrel is heavier, more substantial lines than german mausers.The rifling is of metford pattern and the bore is mirror polished".
I have this information in Bruce jennings book"The father of high velocity Charles newton".Page 376.
The second time was in verbal form by the barrelmaker, which have had some jefferymausers with metford rifling in his hands.
I know Ellis Metford did experimenting with the gaintwist especially for the .461Gibbs and the .303, but it didn`t bring(gain) anything over normal twist rifling.
I hope that have helped a some
I might add that is was Charles newtons 2 page description/fasination for that rifle and caliber that got me finally to get started for real. It all touched deep into to my soul...later it hit the wallet..$$$$$$.... hahaha

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Originally posted by oldun:

Jens,
The Macalan and Bowmore are good whiskies!
As for Talisker, it'd too peppery for my tastes.
What do you think of the Islay malts?

Oh yes, dam fine rifle you have there.

Sorry old Chap
The whiskey is entirely Andre`s set up. perhaps if I get to NZ one day you could learn me about this. My wife has family from South Africa living in hamilton North Island.

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Wow! Very nice rifle. Looks to be in great shape for as old as it is.

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Originally posted by ALF:
Please tell me about the Metford rifled 333 barrels, this is an enigma for me because it means that the examples you must have as reference must have been very early and Mauser actions fitted to English made barrels.

Yeah, it's an enigma for me too. These must be rare in the extreme, if they ever existed at all. I've handled quite a few pre-WWI Jeffery.333s, both magazines and doubles, and have never seen nor heard of one with Metford rifling. The RAs disastrous experiment with Metford and smokeless had been abandoned for 13 years by 1908, and I can't imagine someone like Jeffery choosing it for such a cartridge at such a late date.
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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

Uber classy. Very well thought out and excellent execution. Tell us about the craftsmen who put this beautiful rifle together for you.

Thanks for sharing.

Jens that rifle was magnificent. That will makeit to be sjov i skoven .

What bullet weight will you be using in it and have you thought of what powder is best to load it with .

That rifle is worthy a place in Denmark with all your fine hunting history , and the Danish hunters that visited all of the world .

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Originally posted by mr rigby:
Jens that rifle was magnificent. That will makeit to be sjov i skoven .

What bullet weight will you be using in it and have you thought of what powder is best to load it with .

That rifle is worthy a place in Denmark with all your fine hunting history , and the Danish hunters that visited all of the world .

Tak skal du have Hr Rigby...

The rifle will be shooting 300grain bullets only. It is here the .333jeffery became known for killing effect. It was Nystrøm & Krabbe A/S here in denmark that put the rifle together.
I use 64grain N160 powder, Fed 215 primer, Horneber brass and 300 grain woodleighs, gives me 690 meter/sec of MV.
I have plans one day to take this rifle into Ehtiopias mountains (my dream safari)

that rifle is absolutly perfect!

I've spent pleanty of time in some of the best gun shops both in London and the U.S. This is possibly the finest I have ever laid eyes on.

I would rather have those two rifles than 1,000 of any others.

That is an absolutely exqusite rifle. Great Job one of the finest rifles I have ever seen. I agree with Camp Dog. WOW what a looker. have fun

Congratulations on building such beatutiful historical rifle. A real Beauty!

Thanks ya`ll

I forgot to mention this rifle(barrel) here is proofed by London proofhouse, with all the markings etc. Visable on the right side of the barrel.
The gunmakes used some time to get this .333 Jeffery cartridge to feed well from the magazinebox. Like all mausers, each cartridge require some fitting in order to feed perfect.
The ramp on the action has two small "tracks" milled out so the cartridge, regardless which side it lays in the magazine will always "catch" the ramp and slide smoothly into the chamber.

Fint,meget flot.

Indeed a lovely rifle and a credit to your perseverance.
But I am saddened not to see a single bottle of Irish whiskey in amongst that selection !

oldun:

Funny you should ask about Islay malts. Recently acquired a bottle of Bruich Laddich (18 year, I believe) which is simply very fine. Unlike the other Islay malts I have sampled.

Jens; the rifle is a classic job in every respect.

Superb....congratulations....It's beautiful

Hey, while everyone is complimenting the Mauaer, I sure liked the pic of the 1886 Winchester in 33 WCF! I love that old cartridge.. I handload my 338/06 frequently to duplicate its performance...

and yours is in such beautiful shape also!!!

your are definitely the conneseur there Jens!!!

very nice , but I prefer the 86 !
...tj3006

"Happy are those who have dreams, and are willing to pay the prize to see them come true"

Projects like this are always impressive.
Spending time, money and investigation to get the ultimate rifle of your dreams.

It is not an ultimate working rifle, as there are better, more modern solutions, but it is the ultimate rifle to set you in the right mode when you stalk through Etipoia! Very classy, and exelent craftmanship!

As my danish hunting buddies use to say: "Vi har det godt - og vi har fortjent det!"
(Life is good - and we deserve it!)

Hi Jens,
The finest rifle so far at AR!

Jeffery's High Velocity Tripple Three is an interesting cartridge.

My Jansen Sons & Co is still at my gunsmith, but will be ready quite soon. I use Norma 204 powder and Stewart 300 grain bullets

Hats off to you Jens

Thanks for sharing beautiful pictures of a work of art! My jealousy is choking me!

Beautiful! A work of art! Congratulations!

Have you used it on game?

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..... gives me 690 meter/sec of MV.
I have plans one day to take this rifle into Ethiopias mountains (my dream safari)

We'll try and get you close enough.

Beautiful rifle, Jens.
Rich Elliott