Reeder Custom Guns - I guess I am turning into a pussy in my old age

Gary Reeder
I guess I am turning into a pussy in my old age
Monday, June 28, 2021, 16:23

John, our PH on the lion hunt, sent me a video of a lion they took last year in the same area we will be hunting. They spotted the big lion at 20 yards in heavy brush. The hunter took a shot with his 375 H&H. The PH then took a shot with his big caliber rifle. Then the hunter took a second shot. Then the lion was on him. There were 2 more shots while the lion was flinging the hunter around like a rag doll and doing a taste test on him. The PH finally put the final shot into the lion at point blank range while it was nibbling on the hunter. The hunter survived, the lion didn't.

The moral of this story is maybe my little 429 GNR, that was fine for a cape buffalo, isn't up to taking a lion down immediately as in RIGHT FRIGGIN NOW. So, I am changing horses in mid stream. I just dragged my 510 GNR out of the safe and told my guys to turn down a 6" barrel from round stock, fit a brake to it and screw it on the frame. With a brake that makes it 8" and with the brake I can jack the power level up to where I feel confident with it.

I realize it is silly of me to change gears at this stage of the game but the gun is already built.
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All I have to do is build a barrel and brake on it and I am ready to do the load work. I asked John what would happen if the lion took a couple of bites out of me. He said they would charge me with feeding a wild animal. Just call me Mr. Pussy.

I guess I am turning into a pussy in my old age - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-28, 16:23
- I thought some of the crew that you invited - Ray Shepard, 2021-06-29, 18:25
  - not decoys, but bait. That is what Michael Mendes is for. (nm) - gary reeder, 2021-06-29, 21:39
    - I’ll make sure NOT to ride in a Safari truck with you! Hahah (nm) - MTM, 2021-06-30, 05:43
      - riding in the Land Cruiser with us should be fine. It's - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-30, 12:10
- LITTLE EXPERIENCE - BUCKWHEAT, 2021-06-29, 17:46
- 610GNR to put Mufasa on the ground? (nm) - Tarzan, 2021-06-29, 03:29
  - That's "Numa". (nm) - the REAL Tarzan, 2021-06-29, 08:27
- Interestingly everything I have read has leaned toward - WB, 2021-06-28, 21:06
  - the problem with your theory is they are not legal - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-29, 11:16
- Wonder if that bears blood will spook 'em or bring 'em in? (nm) - Asa, 2021-06-28, 18:23
  - that bear blood was on my other 510 GNR - gary reeder, 2021-06-29, 21:43
  - Here kitty kitty kitty!! (nm) - Bucky, 2021-06-28, 19:06
- That 510 would have been - Derek, 2021-06-28, 17:18
- I don't think you are .... - Jim Taylor, 2021-06-28, 16:34
- What load you thinking on? - JB, 2021-06-28, 16:28
  - yeah, just like in the pic except with a new barrel with - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-28, 17:18
    - Seyfried - Okie, 2021-06-28, 18:11
      - Fire power first - Ed, 2021-06-29, 09:50
        obviously you are not a handgunner. The 357 - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-29, 11:08
        Lion hunting Video clip - Roy, 2021-06-29, 11:37
        that is the same area we will be hunting in - Gary Reeder, 2021-06-30, 12:43
        Put some 510 holes in that cat! Dang that was fast! (nm) - Derek, 2021-06-30, 17:05
        That’s my plan! (nm) - MTM, 2021-06-30, 17:24
        Ouch!! That ol boy was tough!! (nm) - Bubba, 2021-06-30, 08:55