Well ihave finally found out what to do with the FN 98 mauser in 8x57IS, ill build it into a .500 Jefferey . I think that can be very fine for foxhunting or anything else that moves ,except lawyers, i need silverbullets for them and 570 grains of silver is to expensive

The rifle is still under planning and will be build in a few months, got to apply for the conversion and save up some cash, perhaps SAeed can wire me some dollars? So Walther doesnt use them up

Anyhow the rilfe will have a laminated stock and good sights, the gunsmith Fossdal and i are planning how the conversion will be , and it will be cool to have one of the most powerful rounds that a M98 can get.

Have you looked through the excellent Recknagel catalog for sights and other accessories?

Will your magazine box be single stack or staggered feed?

Will the bolt handle be true Obendorf?

Great choice, I'm doing a 500 Jeffery on a BRNO ZKK 602. I wanted the longer action for heavier bullets, my 600gr solids are an overall length of 3.550 inches and wanted the ability to go heavier/ longer overall length. The big BRNO will be a double stack in the mag well. I chose this rifle for an easier modification, I know a military surplus mauser can be opened up to feed magnum length cartridges but they may be single stack for this fat round. Keep us informed, I'm interested!

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Originally posted by mr rigby:

got to apply for the conversion

I'm understanding that you need apply to change your rifle caliber am I correct?



Anyhow the rilfe will have a laminated stock and good sights, the gunsmith Fossdal and i are planning how the conversion will be , and it will be cool to have one of the most powerful rounds that a M98 can get.

Hey cool! I want progress reports from you and Bent please!!

My rifle has the double stack magazine box from Blackburn. It does have some feeding issues. Most of the time it does well. Sometimes it pops one up. Are all converted Mausers this way? Who could adjust it?

i have thought about a single stack magazine as that will allow the cases to feed better, and it will make me feel more comfortably about it.

Well 500 Grains, i will have a look trough the Recknagel catalog and see what i can find of goodies.

yes i have to apply for a conversion , and for every new weapon i purchase, and i have to use good arguments for every new, i have gotten the phne call twice:" are you sure you need that new rifle?"

So im building over my old FN sivilian mauser with no cut for the thumb in to 500 jeff, i just have to apply first.......

Ill discuss it with the O holy gunsmith how the layout and design will be, but its promising, i have gotten a mail from a British solicitor which send me some pictures of his rifle , and i send those pictures over to Bent ASAP, so he could see them .

mr Rigby,
Contact "boha" at this forum. He and his gunsmith Sam Björkholm (http://www.bjorkholm.fi/index.php?tocID=2&sprak=swe) has built on a Husqvarna 640 action. The nicest .500 Jefery you ever can imagine!

Hi Husky. i saw the site with his 500 Jeff on, it was superb, but iam after a user rifle with a laminated stock on. I have heard much good about Fossdal and i wonder if its possible to pay him in monthly parts , but i will look into it further when he hunting season is over.

Is there any one that knows if Swift makes the Aframe bullet in .510 diameter?

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Originally posted by 500grains:
Have you looked through the excellent Recknagel catalog for sights and other accessories?

which is sold in the US as new england custom guns, fwiw

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by 500grains:
Have you looked through the excellent Recknagel catalog for sights and other accessories?

which is sold in the US as new england custom guns, fwiw

And is also available as a PDF file. FWIW.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by 500grains:
Have you looked through the excellent Recknagel catalog for sights and other accessories?

which is sold in the US as new england custom guns, fwiw

But NECG only carries a small fraction of the product line, fwiw.

We have a importer over here aswell that can get much of the Recknagel goodies.

I will deceide on what i first will nedd before i order it.

There's a fine line between pleasure and pain when converting to the 500 Jeff. I cnc machine new underrail geometry to match the wider box. The rail opening width needs to be just enough so the round can pass through. I cnc mill this width in as well. Then very judicious die grinding to the front third of the rails, bow them, leaveing the rails in the back alone to hold the stack in so it doesn't spew ammo when the bolt is pulled back hard on it's stop. When grinding the bow in the front third of the rails take off small amounts of rail material at a time. Assemble the parts and acess the feeding and grind accordingly. Grind the feed ramp wider at the bottom of the ramp, pay close attention when doing this, do not knife edge the top of the feed ramp, you must maintain the original action bore at the top of the feed ramp
it supports the bolt right behind the locking lug when the bolt is in battry, finish out the inside feed rails with mold stones that will breakdown as you polish, when finished you'll have a 500 thats feeds great and never spews ammo.
Timan

This is going to be a fun project.
I am planning and thinking a lot, and a staggerde magazine it is going to be. Since this is a low budget project, all fundings are going to the "functionality-department". Reability is the game, and I will alter the old bottom metal, lengthen the magazine box to the rear, and make a new bottom plate, 1/2" thick to give room for the third round down. I'll shape it real nice, it will be fun to do. It will be up to Mr.Rigby to show pick's, but I'll take them while working.

I have a 500 Jeffrey with a Recknagle front sight. It has a large white bead that flips over the smaller bead to act as a poor light front sight and I suppose to protect the fine bead.

The large moon front bead gives you maybe 2 minutes more sighting time at the beginning and end of the day. I timed it. Not of much use unless you get attacked at point blank range by a hippo while in a canoe during that 2 minute time frame.

And it is so large that it is not much use for shooting at more than 20 meters. And when the gun recoils the big moon bead flips into place making it difficult to hit running game after the first shot.

Now I just tape the moon sight down to get rid of it leaving the fine bead always in place.

The large moon sight is of almost no use and is actualy a problem when it flips into place under recoil.

But i have gotten good advice from JeffreyDenmark to keep the rifle on about 5 kg in weight, his weighs 5.4 and is good to shoot with. Plus the stock must be wide and good so that some of the weight lies there.

It will be fun to see the project going, and perhaps in a while we can get abunch of .500 Jeff rifles on a hunting trip somewhere in Norway or abroad.

I think W. J Jeffery would have liked that.

for ted gorsline

your front sight is obviously defektiv

you should replace it immediately.

these were not really made for shooting in the dark

they were made for hunting in jungle or forest where you could not find the frontsight when looking at a dark skinned animal in a dark environment. used like this they are a great assistance, out in the open plains they are of little use - a scope is better.

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Originally posted by lb404:
My rifle has the double stack magazine box from Blackburn. It does have some feeding issues. Most of the time it does well. Sometimes it pops one up. Are all converted Mausers this way? Who could adjust it?

CAll Steve Heilmann in Grass VAlley, CA. He is a fantastic gun maker and will do the job right.

Seriously- please reconsider a single stack magazine for this cartridge. AHR tried double stacks mags in their guns with pretty poor results and finally made a single stack box conversion. Particularily if you have never done this before, getting it to feed reliably is a nightmare. I finally got my AHR to feed with a double stack set up but it was a very crude fix and not acceptable in my opinion. I'll tell you off-line how I did it if you want to know.-Rob