Reeder Custom Guns - 350s in the 455 GNR?

Now that the weather is finally turning cooler I need to get my casting stuff out and set back up. Thinking of trying some 350s in the 455. Anyone have any experience they would like to share?

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revolver cartridges are, for a mid weight bullet. I took an African Savannah Buffalo with my 410 GNR and a 250 grain bullet and it did the job with one shot, point of shoulder. The next year I decided to try my new 455 GNR and a friend talked me into trying a heavy bullet in the 375 to 400 grain weight range. I hit the buffalo 4 times on or around the point of shoulder and after each shot he ran off. A long tracking session later I hit him again a bit farther back behind the front leg and the same thing. Finally I put one just back of his ear and that stopped him. When skinning him out any of the first 5 or 6 shots should have killed him but none penetrated more than 2 inches. That soured me on the extra heavy bullets. Pics of that buffalo are shown below. A couple were not a killing shot but the animal was at a trot after the first shot. But any of the other shots should have put him down and none did, nor did they even slow him down. And these shots were equal to a hot 454 Casull but the heavy bullet slowed them down too much for a good clean kill and for deep penetration.
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Our Alaskan guide and outfitter and good friend George Faerber has banned the extra heavy lead bullets in his camp due to them not putting the bears down immediately and not penetrating deep enough for a good clean kill.

So I am not sold at all on those extra heavy bullets.

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I use the 255 grain cast bullets in my .410 GNR Encore and the 350 grain cast bullets in my .510 GNR Encore and my revolver. I really cant tell the difference in recoil in either caliber. I have a .475 LB with 400 grain bullets in another Reeder made Encore. Soooo, how come the LB wants to hit me in the head and the .510 (I cant get anyone else at the range to shoot) does not? Other range shooters will shoot the LB and it recoils a whole lot more than either the .410 or .510, but are afraid to shoot the .510. Is this just a matter of felt recoil versus real recoil or what? I have killed hogs with all three and the .510 is my go to for just about everything, including deer. One shot does it. When I go to a rifle in .308 I use the 150 grain for almost everything in the South that I hunt. Lots of difference between the 255 or 350 and a 150 grain bullet size (even if it has more velocity)and at 50 Yards which is about the max here in North Alabama the animal is just as dead and doesnt seem to know the difference. BTW, I dont shoot the .475 LB much anymore as it just hurts my wrists and hands too much - arthritis.

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reaction. The recoil is a reaction to the action of pushing that heavier bullet faster up that barrel. The 510 GNR ballistics are softer as it is a softer rounded pressure curve, like a rainbow. The 475 Linebaugh has a sharper recoil curve, more like a sharp spike. The 510 GNR may end up pointing straight up but it normally won't come back at your nose. The 475 LB has that sharp recoil that comes right back at your nose, just like the 454 Casull.

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When I was younger I ran my 45 Colts hot and finally an older and far-wiser gun nut convinced me that if I "had to lean on a cartridge I should just step up," so I sold my well-worn NM Blackhawk and invested in a Freedom Arms Casull....what a sexy revolver. Then I started flirting with that damned 454....at some point reason and logic took control of me and I decided the 454 was not all it was cracked up to be....that there are better mouse traps. So I sold that fine Casull and got myself another Blackhawk in 45 Colt and invested in the 455. I think its a fine mouse trap and sexier than the 454.

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350s in the 455 GNR?

that might be a bit heavy. I designed it as most of my

Thanks, Bwana

Which brings up another question...

simple physics. To every action is an equal and opposite

That 454 is just plain nasty...