Reeder Custom Guns - 41 GNR Kill Pics

Gary,

If you have any pics of the entry wounds on your large animal 41 GNR kills I'd be interested in seeing them. I am hoping to get a bison or beefalo at the HHC. Thinking a shot just behind the ear maybe near the lower lobe might be the spot for a good kill. I haven't killed any large game animals. The deer here aren't hardly bigger than a great dane

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I use either the Hornady or Sierra bullets. Both are great for big animals. Both are almost a FMJ with just a small amount of lead at the nose.
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As far as the entrance hole don't worry about that. It is what the bullet does inside that counts. The hole will be the size of the bullet as it will not expand on the skin. It expands slightly when it hits a hard bone like the spine or shoulder bone. Just remember you have to put that bullet in a 2" square about 4 inches back from the ear. If you miss that spot you are in for a chase.

If you can't find any silhouette bullets a good hard cast gas check bullet around 220 grains will do just as good.

The main thing is practice standing on your hind legs shooting offhand as more than likely your shot will be off hand. Probably 99% of my shots are offhand. There is one thing you can do. If there is one around lean your shoulder up against a tree. That will help a lot. Scotty posted a video recently of a shot on a Scottish Highlands bull at about 65 yards. And I leaned up against a tree which helped. The shot was taken from the trees in the background.
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Another that Scotty has a video of is a shot on a big 6X6 bull elk and again somewhere around 65 yards, taken from the treeline in the background. And again I leaned against a tree for the shot.
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So take any help you can get. A tree, a stump, anything that helps steady yourself. And PRACTICE as much as possible. Draw a 2" square on a piece of paper and practice until you can keep your shots in that square at 50 yards. Then you will be ready for that buffalo.

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This is just one I happened to have. I'll never forget at HHC I was resting in a stand when GNR and PUffy came along, sized up a HUGE 2500+ lb. Asain buffalo bull. Broadside at about 50 yds. Gary shot once. It looked like you flipped a switch, it collapsed instantly in it's tracks, not even a twitch. I'd shoot it in the Adam's apple and have to watchchace it all over creation, but I saw that one myself with the .41 GNR Pirate G2 rig and the little Serria bullet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWRDuAD6E6U

Gary loves that little jacketed bullet. I prefer cast bullets myself but they accomplish the same. My favorite for the revolver is the 260 gr. LFNGC which has a lot of the bullet nose out front of the case allowing more capacity. I also like the 255 gr. and I have a custom Corder mould in a 270 gr. that I now use. If you cannot find the Serria JFP any quality 240-270 gr. FNGC bullet will do. Many good powders for the .41 GNR from old 2400 to the more commonly used H110/296 and Lil'gun (what I've used lately). LilGun has a bit of controversy in some circles with max loads. I think the slow powder is pushed forward intensely before on fire and slamming into the forcing cone on wheelguns. Some have reported throat erosion and others say its BS. Just FYI, I'm not good enough and can't see enough to tell. For me it gives fantastic velocity at lower pressure. You HAVE to use Magnum primers.

I have only shot one animal (no pic) with the .41 GNR, a huge hog in TX. I first shot it with a 4-3/4" .475 LB and 400 gr. cast bullet at 1150 fps. It was sick and laying down about 45 yds. away. Of all things, a herd of Bison came between me and the downed animal and would not leave. I had the scoped Ruger Hunter in a shoulder holster. With a very precise sight picture with the 4X Leupold I put a 265 gr. through both shoulders and the heart/lungs. The big sow just rolled over. I saw leaves and dirt fly up on the off side some distance beyond. The bullet hardly slowed down.

The .41 GNR gives about 85% of what the .410 GNR does on the .454 Case. In a single shot the difference is greater since the platform can burn more powder but in revolvers it is about so, and you get an extra cartridge in the cylinder on a SA conversion.

My two rigs, a GNR Slayer replica, with slightly longer barrel, and my .41 GNR Hunter Ruger.
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to time. When I developed the 410 GNR I built myself a 6" 410 GNR revolver. I had a hunt coming up in a few weeks so I loaded up some of Kelly Brost's fine 255 grain hard cast gas check LFN bullets. We were hunting the Savannah Buffalo, also called the Central African buffalo. One came out of the heavy brush and chased the truck. He just wouldn't stop. I told the driver/PH to circle around with the bull to the right of us. As he did I tumbled out the left side door and the bull stood sideways to me watching the truck going in circles. I rested my elbow on my knee and took the shot. It hit him on the point of his left shoulder. He bucked like a horse and ran off. At about 45 to 50 yards he stopped and started blowing blood out of his mouth. He staggered a bit and fell over and it was all over. That hard cast bullet did the job right. One of the skinners saved the bullet for me. It was battered on the nose but could be loaded and shot again. From that day on I have used the 250 or 255 grain LFN that Kelly made. Unfortunately when Kelly sold Cast Performance the new owner dropped those bullets. I have been trying to find one like it since that day.
In the pic below you can see blood on the point of the bull's shoulder.
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Gonna have to call you "the one shot wonder" of handgun hunters....the elk dropped so fast the others never stopped eating...

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41 GNR Kill Pics

First off you need to find some silhouette bullets.

.41 GNR shot video clip...

thanks for that Scotty and I do use lead bullets from time

gary

thanks James. I do get lucky from time to time