Reeder Custom Guns - Gary are you Taking a buffalo

Hey Gary

Are you planning to hunt Cape Buffalo this trip?

out of the Reeder vault for sale.

about having a long talk with a Cape Buffalo. They are wild and bad tempered, sorta like your mother-in-law. So we have to remember on any Cape Buffalo hunt, it all boils down to this...either you are going to die, or he is. I would prefer it be him. But he and his buddies are there waiting for us.
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The bull in the first pic closest on the right and the other 2 bulls in the last pics as they stand? Where do I bust them so they don’t grind me into the ground?

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break him down first and then kill him. If you can break that front shoulder first hopefully some of the bone splinters will either go into the lungs or possibly even the heart although the point of shoulder is a bit high for a heart shot. But they can't run as fast on 3 legs. John told me he wants the first shot a solid and the fast second shot (as fast as I can be with a single shot) a soft point. I wanted to try one with my 410 GNR but John said they were too wild and mean to take a chance, so the 450 GNR comes into play with the 500 grain solid. The second shot the 350 grain soft point. All this is conjecture as I might not even be able to get up on one if they are as wild as he says. We will see.
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the 450 GNR next to a 45-70 for size comparison..
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Gary

Please have video taken!!! I'll send you my go pro if I need too!! I am anxiously waiting your results! I can't imagine How you feel! What 350gr soft point?

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ammo. I use their 500 grain solid and their 350 grain soft point. I consider the Hornady bullets the best for something serious like Cape Buffalo. The DGS is Dangerous Game Solid. Steve Hornady has been a good friend for a lot of years and I trust him to deliver the best bullet I can find.
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It is a 'goodun'. Run it in my .457GNR, along with the 300gr hp.

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money back guarantee wouldn’t do much good. I use more Hornady bullets than any other brand and have always had good luck with them, but I have never shot dangerous game before. That’s gotta be fun and exciting, good luck.

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Gary

Do you know what the velocity impact range is for this bullets?

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expand I think would depend upon where you hit him. A gut shot probably wouldn't expand, nor would a shot in the ham. But a point of shoulder shot should expand fine.

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I will be following this very closely. I am interested in doing a buff with a handgun. I am doing brown bear this May with my 500S&W. But next year if you have openings my wife and I would like to go.

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John has any openings for 2019.

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Gary are you Taking a buffalo

I hope to. That is the reason for all the guns coming

there are several of the group that are seriously thinking

Shot placement as they stand in the pics?

on any of them, point of shoulder. On the Cape you have to

Please please video!!

I normally use Hornady bullets in my serious

Hornady 350sp

That’s one of those cases where a

350gr Hornady

it is running about 2000 fps. But the velocity it takes to

Kase’s Ultimate 10 is sold. So that’s a horn or hoof?

that will pay for the left horn. Thanks.

Great!

we should know in a bit over a month whether