gary reeder
I had an elephant hunt scheduled for early March
Sunday, June 07, 2020, 21:51

but the virus crap cancelled that. I had thought about the new 471 GNR but I wanted to run it in an encore. One of our stretch frame revolvers would probably have been on my hip as a "just in case". But I never got to further the idea. I took my big Cape Buffalo with one shot from my 450 GNR Encore. The load was a Hornady Dangerous Game bullet, a 500 grain soft point running about 1950 fps. I might have been able to get it to 2000 fps or a bit more but 1900 to 1950 was all I could handle and keep control of the gun.But it did fine on that big buffalo.

Good Lord willing I will be going back for a larger Cape Buffalo next April along with 10 good friends. The elephant hunt is not on the table for this hunt but that's OK. This will be my 15th African safari and more than likely my last African hunt so I really couldn't ask for more. But unless things change, I will be hunting with my 450 GNR again and that Hornady 500 grain bullet.