wj jeffery,s info

[invisabill1958]

Hi guys I have been looking in a lot of differant sites about this gun .I have herd some good and some bad.all the bad ones after they get done telling me its not worth anything ask if I want to sell it to them. that makes me think it's not as bad as they say.the gun was given to me by a 92 yesr old women that I did work over the years it was her fathers she said he used it all over the world .has trophy room in house all kinds of mounts there lion,zebra,hippo,there are some others that I dont even know how to spell here are the markings on the gun.on top of barrel has WJ Jeffery&Co LTD 13 king street ST James london 21173 that is between front and rear sights .In back of rear sight it has BV,BP,NP all with crowns. in a circle it has QS under that is stamped trademark over that has nickel gun barrel steel, then there is .333 EX under that has GORDITE 42-300 MAX  on bolt handle it has 8775 every part of the gun has 75 stamped here are some pichttp://s654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/invisabill1958/wjjeffery/

[AtlLaw]

What a beautiful, beautiful rifle.     You have been given something that makes people like me swoon at the thought of owning.  I'm sure more knowledgeable Jeffrey enthusiasts will chime in but in basic terms, and from what you say the likelyhood of it being an imitation is small, what you have is a 333 (Jeffrey) Express proofed for a max load of 42 gr. of Cordite - an early type of smokeless powder to my knowledge no longer used - with a 300 gr. bullet, made by one of the preimere turn of the century English Gun Firms using, as most all did for their "Express Rifles" back then, the 98 Mauser action.  In typical German/European fashion, all parts of the rifle were stamped with at least the last 2 digets of the receiver serial number.  This may even include the stock.

If ol' Brithunter, was it?  still posted he could probably give us a great workup on it!

That thing should be cherished!  I'd be willing to bet, just from the looks of the rifle that there was a wooden/leather case for it at one time.  Mayhaps the lady has it and doesn't know what it is?

[roper]

Another name for it is the 333 Jeffery you can make cases from the .404 Jeffery (Bell) .  52gr/IMR-4350---275gr bullet---
2230fps got that info from Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversion has a .538 rim dia--shellholder #7--86.13gr water capacity--loaded case lenght 3.5".

[invisabill1958]

the wonen said that when she was young that there was a wooden box that it was in .there is alot of stuff in that house.I am going to give her a call and see if she will let me look around for it. she dose not seem to be one to get rid of meny things when she gave it to me it was wraped in felt.there is a little rust on it .but all in all it is in good shape bore is clean no pits bolt slides like butter barrel is tight when put together thank you guys I am glad I found this web site. looks like I can a lot of info no here thanks again  BILL

[Frank46]

I think that if you were to contact them (the maker) about your rifle you'd probably get some interesting information from them. May cost a few bucks but documentation would be priceless. Frank