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For a non-bonded cup and core bullet, i find them better than Sierra (although they are amazingly accurate) or Hornady Interlocks. At high velocity close range they leave a lot to be desired. At moderate velocity (30-30 170g at 2100fps) they'er awesome.

I think the 257 Roberts is a lovely cartridge. If you're going to go up to 6.5mm why not just shoot the parent cartridge, the 7mm Mauser?

I have a Mark V in 270 Weatherby I bought used it's a great gun, a tad heavy and a Rem XCR II that weighs 7 1/2 lbs with scope lol in 375 Weatherby, a bit light. Both are great guns.

You have to send them a new empty case. There's instructions on the web site or call them. It's worth it.

I use the Lee Factory Crimp Die on all of my 500 Jeffery rounds. I believe it is a necessity. Before I got it I noticed rounds changing their OAL due to the recoil, not a good thing. Since I've begun crimping them with the Lee Factory Crimp Die, that problem no longer exists.

375 Weatherby is a much more sensible cartridge than the 378 Weatherby. A 300g A-Frame at 2800 fps is pretty much lights out for anything but elephant. A 350g solid at 2550 fps will out penentrate a 416 Rigby or 458 Win Mag.

I would measure with a dummy round how far you are from the lands. If you're 1/10" or more short of the lands you should be fine. With IMR 4895 seating the bullet a bit deeper and reducing your case capacity will only help not hurt.

Recoil while sporty loading 103g H4895 with a 570g bullet to 2300 fps is manageable (load is mid range from the book "Any Shot You Want"). My load getting the same bullet to 2510 fps using IMR 4350 was brutal. Recoil comparison: 570g TSX 103g H4895 2300 fps: 96.13 ft/lbs 570g TSX...

I bought a used Weatherby Mark V (Japan manufacture) about 7 years ago. It shoots 1/2" groups with Weatherby factory 150g Nosler Partitions at 3200 fps or so. Paid $800. No complaints.

I learned to shot rifle with a scope and always have had scoped rifles. At 1.5x it's faster for me to get on target, even in the brush at 10 yards than with irons. I do practice with irons just in case.

Nice I have a bullet puller that works with my 500 Jeff. I use a Lee Classic Press for my factory crimp die and my bullet puller (rarely need that anymore). I use Lee Turret Press for everything else, had it machined to take the larger dies, cost me $20. I know RCBS is higher quality, but...

My 500 Jeffery is scoped. The Leupold 1.5-5x has tons of eye relief. I won't shoot it prone though.

You mean they can't work from home?

I had Wayne at AHR do the CZ#1 upgrade on my 500 Jeffery right after Ed Plummer retired. It included: 3 Pos M70 type safety single stage match trigger straighten and fill the bolt handle Best $500 I ever spent.

500 Jeffery 570g TSX at 2300 fps Energy: 6694 Momentum: 187 Taylor KO: 95