Having been in bad breath distance of a wild Grizzly. Back then I had My .510 revolver and a .440 GNR. I was hunting Blacks but I carried some special ammo just in case for Grizz!
George, our guide was quite surprised. He said I was the very first to have shown up with custom "Paper Patched' big bore ammo. I had read Seyfried long ago and mimic'd his cue. Not having any .430" bullets over 325 gr. I "paper patched" some 410 gr. Hornady .416" FMJ bullets. I bumped them up to around .432", lubed the paper with alox, and with a good dose of H322 they worked their way up to 1900 fps from the 14+2" Encore. That was about all I could stand. I felt as safe with that rig as I could have with anything.
I bought the .476 GNR barrel from Puffy. I have some Barnes 500 gr. bullets for it. That would do about anything with some reserve.
The MIGHTY .476 GNR end all load, a 500 gr. Barnes monolithic solid.
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A caliber question for you. An old friend called recently
- Gary Reeder, 2026-03-05, 14:54
- With what I own now, the following two. - John W, 2026-03-06, 14:23
- My choice would be be the 510 GNR but I would - JPL, 2026-03-06, 01:00
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I have a pair of those myself, I concur
- WB, 2026-03-05, 20:30
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I think the fact that it is an absolutely balls
- Gary Reeder, 2026-03-06, 07:18
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I flattened my second Asian water buffalo
- Blake, 2026-03-06, 17:48
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Yeah, the action was ready for the next round, but were you?
- Gary Reeder, 2026-03-06, 18:08
- I bought 4 boxes of the Hornady - Blake, 2026-03-06, 19:44
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Yeah, the action was ready for the next round, but were you?
- Gary Reeder, 2026-03-06, 18:08
- I loaded some .475 LB revolver projectiles. - WB, 2026-03-06, 11:52
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I flattened my second Asian water buffalo
- Blake, 2026-03-06, 17:48
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I think the fact that it is an absolutely balls
- Gary Reeder, 2026-03-06, 07:18
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Agree, sorry you couldn’t go. I have no desire to go after a
- SPB, 2026-03-05, 16:15
- MY 476GNR Encore pistol and - Blake, 2026-03-05, 16:49
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Firstly, sorry that you couldn't go.
- Darryl T., 2026-03-05, 15:21
- It is really good to see a couple of you - Gary Reeder, 2026-03-06, 06:44