Gentlemen



My first handloaded ammunition



21 pcs. of .500 Jeffery 535 grn. woodleigh soft nose



Spec.:



Powder: VihtaVuori N140 113 grn

Primer: CCI 250

Case: Horneber

Case length: 69,77 mm

C.O.L. 86.60 mm



Expected colocity 2380 fps







The test shooting will take place tomorrow



Cheers,



Andr�

Its been nice knowing you Jeffery. After tomarrow you will be punchy and playing bridge with Mohammed Ali!!

Ray

Is the load too hot ?

I will take the scope of so I won't get scoped like in the movie clip christer/CChunter posted

I have shot many 2400 fps/730 m/sec shots with my rifle this is the first handloaded.

Cheers,

Andr�

Andre,

Good luck, and I assume you meant 2380 fps (not m/sec).

I haven't used the Vit. powders, but it would seem that your load of 113 grains may be a tad HOT, at least in my experience with the powders Vit. says are equivalent to N140, then again I was using the 570 grain pills, so???

Are you going to chronograph these loads? I strongly recommend you do, afterall I want to know what their actual performance is, not the often mythical performance published in books.

ASS_CLOWN

Andre,
he's just giving you trouble on the recoil level of the 500....


and he's right... until you build up OVER A LONG TIME a decent resistence, 5 shots should be the max

jeffe

Jeffe

Before I ran out of factory ammo I shoot 40 shots every time I went to the range No problems.
My rifle is very well build I can shoot it all day
I have shoot about 235 shoots with the rifle so fare and love it

I will keep you posted.

Cheers,

Andr�

AC



I have no chrono But will have soon



The loads are not from a book but from a AR member Nobert Hansen, who also have a .500 Jeffery rifle.



Cheers,



Andr�

JefferyDenmark

You have ? shot this rifle before i take it

my big stuff i lay acrossed the hood of the truck on a pad
and for me ( at the time ) 15 shot's was max before i started turning back and blue. No matter how far i leaned into it no matter how well i held it .It was just a matter of not shooting it more then 5 to 10 time or wind up being brused.
No matter how many coat's i put on no matter how many bean bags i stuck between my shoulder and the recoil pad

The old girl was just going to kick me ..

Another question if i may ?
what other slug's / Bullet's did you get for your 500
weight wise

Standing bench across the bonnet is defintely the way to go for the bigger rifles......bugger sitting down with them