Bolt-Action 500's, who is still producing them today?

[Muskox]

Sako 85 Kodiak still a thing?

 

[NDWoods]

I want a 500 just to have fun shooting a few times a year and maybe a pig or 2. I really missed out on the affordable ones. I thought it would just be way too much but after shooting 458 I need more!

A CZ or one of those Sakos would have been perfect.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I want a 500 just to have fun shooting a few times a year and maybe a pig or 2. I really missed out on the affordable ones. I thought it would just be way too much but after shooting 458 I need more!

A CZ or one of those Sakos would have been perfect.

Please keep it in mind. A year & a half wait without word one .. it showed up. (2021)

I am not destitute, yet.

 

[DieJager]

Whether it's a 500 Jeffery, 505 Gibbs or something more obscure in this caliber class, which rifle companies are still producing these rifles today? From my research it's a very small club of the bespoke British makes, especially now with the CZ550 and Sako 85 being discontinued. Other notable makes like Rigby, Mauser & Heym seem to top out with the 0.458's.

1. Jeffery & Co Model 500 (500 Jeffery)
2. Westley Richards Magazine Rifle (505 Gibbs)
3. Holland & Holland Bolt Action Rifle (505 Gibbs)

Any others that I am missing?

George Gibbs still makes the 505 Gibbs bolt action

 

[R eight]

I’ve owned a Sako 85 in 500J and currently shoot a 500J in my Blaser R8 PH. The Blaser is far superior in every aspect.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Sako 85 Kodiak still a thing?

@Muskox
To me the Sako is a glorified Tikka just a lot more expensive.
Bob

 

[gcbailey]

W.J. Jeffery makes the .500 again. https://www.wjjeffery.com/500-magazine-rifle

 

[R eight]

@Muskox
To me the Sako is a glorified Tikka just a lot more expensive.
Bob

You just can’t accept that won’t chamber them in outdated cartridges like the whelan .

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

You just can’t accept that won’t chamber them in outdated cartridges like the whelan .

@R eight
Don't get me wrong Sako make some nice rifles but overpriced in my book.
I have beer tastes and beer income. What works for me others may not like.
For value for money with great accuracy both Savage and Howa suit me just fine.
Sakos in Australia will set you back $3000aud.

Howa for my son with scope and gunbag $650.
My Savage 270 $300 new barrel $550 barrel fitted and chambered $350 mates rates. So semi custom Whelen $1,200aud or less than $800 US.
BOTH shoot sub moa so what's not to love. May not be as perty as a Sako but the kill game just as deed.
Bob

 

[mooze]

American:
John Boliger
Joe Smithson
Ryan Breeding
Reto Buehller

German:
Waffen Prechtll
Reimer Johannsen
Heym

Austrian:
Hambrusch

French:
Dorleac & Dorleac

Italian:
Armeria Concari

Germany: Hartmann&Weiss

 

[Northern Shooter]

Sako 85 Kodiak still a thing?

Been discontinued now for a couple years.

 

[Daniel Cary]

The Sako, last affordable factory 500 for $2500.

And 2016, perhaps.
Jay's sent pics of CZ's 505, ready to move on. $3650. (Bit of a regret)

Last semi-affordable factory option.
Now, $7500 if you catch one.

2003, CZ 500's were $2500

 

[Daniel Cary]

I’ve owned a Sako 85 in 500J and currently shoot a 500J in my Blaser R8 PH. The Blaser is far superior in every aspect.

Thank you. I get a bit intrigued by these; members have shared some great insight.

 

[franzfmdavis]

Matt Roberts was the only one immediately willing, I'm sure still would be.

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Matt is a great smith and also very responsive!

 

[Daniel Cary]

All necessity, need, whatever aside on personal thoughts on 500's.

CZ really brought back a renaissance. The history alone,

I'm a hx buff. And members stories here, I get lost in.
Thanks to all.

 

[colorado]

CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery. AHR CZ#1 Upgrade (3 pos M70 type safety, single stage trigger, straighten and fill bolt), Kevin Weaver put on the ebony forend and grip cap and machined the magazine follower so it feeds and functions like a dream. My favorite rifle. I use it for everything.

 

[Daniel Cary]

Well Hartman & Weiss available

Hartman &Weiss, Best Takedown, .505 Gibbs for sale

Hartman &Weiss, Best Takedown, .505 Gibbs for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

 

[colorado]

Well Hartman & Weiss available

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Hartman &Weiss, Best Takedown, .505 Gibbs for sale

Hartman &Weiss, Best Takedown, .505 Gibbs for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

The pinnacle of bolt action rifles.

 

[Daniel Cary]

The pinnacle of bolt action rifles.

Others have sworn, .. thank you, none the less.