Gandhare Rifle — Call of the Wild Guide: Ammo, Classes, Best Animals & Where to Use It

The Gandhare Rifle is a rifle chambered in .577/450 black powder in theHunter: Call of the Wild, from the Sundarpatan Nepal Hunting Reserve. Its ammo covers classes 4–9, so it can legally take 58 species, from Whitetail Deer up to Banteng. This guide covers every load and what it is for, the animals and reserves it suits best, how to use it, and how it compares with similar weapons.

The Gandhare Rifle in the Game

Gandhare rifle and cartridges Aiming the Gandhare rifle

2 official images from the game's store page. Tap any image to enlarge.

Ammo and Class Ranges

In Call of the Wild the ammo, not the gun, decides what you can take: each load is rated for a band of animal classes. Use a load inside the animal’s class to pass the harvest check and keep the trophy.

Notes: Martini-Henry style single-shot, ~200 m.

What It Can Hunt

All 58 species inside the Gandhare Rifle’s class range, heaviest first. Animals with their own guide are linked.

Where it shines: the top of its range, class 9: Banteng, Bengal Tiger, Cape Buffalo, European Bison. It is also legal on the Great One species Moose, Black Bear, Gray Wolf, Jaguar, Red Deer, Mule Deer, Wild Boar, Fallow Deer, Tahr, Whitetail Deer.

Best Reserves for the Gandhare Rifle

The reserves where the biggest share of animals falls inside this weapon’s class range, so you can carry it all day:

• Silver Ridge Peaks: 7 of 9 species in range.
• Cuatro Colinas Game Reserve: 8 of 11 species in range.
• Yukon Valley Nature Reserve: 5 of 8 species in range.
• Medved-Taiga National Park: 5 of 8 species in range.
• Sundarpatan Nepal Hunting Reserve: 8 of 13 species in range.
• Vurhonga Savanna: 6 of 10 species in range.

7 of 9 speciesSilver Ridge PeaksIn range for the Gandhare Rifle

8 of 11 speciesCuatro Colinas Game ReserveIn range for the Gandhare Rifle

5 of 8 speciesYukon Valley Nature ReserveIn range for the Gandhare Rifle

How to Use the Gandhare Rifle

• Pick the load by the animal’s class first, then by shot angle: expanding loads (soft-point, hollow-point) for broadside shots, penetrating loads (polymer-tip, FMJ) for quartering and frontal shots or animals at the top of the class band.
• Aim for the heart and lungs just behind the front leg. A clean lung or heart shot passes the harvest check and keeps trophy integrity.
• Zero your scope for the distances you actually shoot on that reserve, and use the rangefinder before long shots.
• Shoot from a rest or prone when you can; it steadies the reticle far more than standing.
• Big game: it reaches class 9, so it can stop dangerous animals. Keep a follow-up shot ready on bears, big cats and buffalo.

Similar Weapons

Other rifles that overlap its class range:

Where to Get It

The Gandhare Rifle comes with the Sundarpatan Nepal Hunting Reserve. Buying the DLC adds it to your store and outposts.

Class ranges from our weapons database (checked against store pages and community guides; they can change with patches). Images are official store screenshots and artwork. Compiled October 2026.