Anyone know the 401 GNR?

[Grey Morel]

I'm having trouble getting much info about this round from the manufacturers website, and Google is USELESS thanks to "Guns and Roses".

What is this cartridge based on? What kind of velocity does it make from a handgun? What does it look like out of a carbine barrel?

Any help is appreciated.

[quickdtoo]

http://www.reedercustomguns.com/information/GNR_cartridges.htm

Next is our 401 GNR. Using the .400 caliber bullets this one is an easy shooting round with plenty of punch. I personally use the 180 grain to 200 grain gas checked hard lead 38-40 bullets in this one. On a recent hunt the 200 grain hard cast bullet plowed completely thru a large hog side to side for an instant kill. This is a 44 magnum brass necked down to .400. Very much like the 41 GNR in looks and power.

The oldest of our custom cartridges is our 41 GNR - the 2nd cartridge from the left. (the two on the right are the 410 GNR - see below)  This one developed back in 1979 and released it in 1980.  It is a 44 Magnum necked down to 41.  This one put a 170 gr. Sierra JHP out of an 8 inch barrel at 2100 fps.  Everything up to elk and caribou have been taken with this one.  In the last two years I have taken a 1900 pound Bison with one shot with the 41 GNR in an 8” barreled G-2, and more recently a 2000 pound Water Buffalo also with one shot with the 41 GNR in the same G-2. Any 41 Mag revolver can be rechambered to the 41 GNR

[crash87]

The .401 is still fairly new, in fact he just introduced it. go to his website, get in his forum, you don't need to register, and ask about it. You'll get a few of his minion's chiming in, and if he feels they didn't explain it well enough, He'll point you in the right direction. Good Luck, CRASH87