I always wanted a Big Bore by Sterling Davenport - a 500 Jeffery custom

I agree. I have several Big Bore rifles that are ported. A real advantage to reduce muzzle lift for faster followup shots.
If you're going to port it, why not put a good brake on from Muzzle Brakes and More and enjoy greatly reduced recoil. I have one on my 416 RM and I love it, use that gun for everything including coyotes, love it .
 
Very nice!
FYI, that's a Wyatts "CFE" center feed mag box and follower.
The Davenport is identical to a 460 Weatherby follower and magazine box system on a Mark V Action. Looks like Wyatts did some modifications from the Weatherby.
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Nice touch

I am taking My davenport 500Jeff to Namibia this year.
 
Do you have any pictures of your 500?
 
Very nice - does yours load from the bottom like mine?
 
I have loaded from the bottom, and I have also slowly loaded two rounds from the top, sliding the rounds back under the what I call the magazine retaining lips.
 
It is a single stack style of feeding. 500 Jeff in a standard mauser action.

Getting them to work in a standard dual stack is a real pain, And Sterling Davenport really got the single stack feed done right.
 
Nice blaster! What’s the mag-capacity? 3?

And why not just top-load the rounds in, instead of bottom loading?
The capacity on mine is 1 up and 3 down. The feed lips (magazine retaining lips) on my single stack magazine extend to within 1-/2" of the chamber, so its impossible to load from the top. Sterling did this to insure 100% positive feeding with no chance of a miss-feed or jam. This flawless feeding is necessary when facing dangerous game.
 

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