Reeder Custom Guns - Dead is dead

Zach
Dead is dead
Thursday, January 04, 2018, 09:42

It all comes down to wants and desires and freedom to choose and have fun experimenting. Stuart listed why the .475 came about (fear of no supply of brass for the .500 Linebaugh).

Put any over .40 hole in something in the right place and it’s dead and can’t be any more dead. My biggest thumper right now is a .475 Linebaugh and I know without a doubt I could take it anywhere in the world and kill any animal.......does that stop me from wanting to add a .500 or .510 bore? Of course not! Or even add a .45 since I skipped from .44 to .475? Nope I still want that too.

It’s all good fun and need basically doesn’t come into question at all, we are so spoiled with guns and bullets and powder available to us.

Another look at the .475/480 vs .500s - Dave H., 2018-01-04, 06:49
- Dead is dead - Zach, 2018-01-04, 09:42
  - 500vs ??? - Frank Simon, 2018-01-04, 16:58
- Dave, I have 510GNR, 475LB, 410 GNR, - Larry Fry, 2018-01-04, 08:53
- Dave, I'm really careful about using the term "Better"... - Huey, 2018-01-04, 07:01
  - "Better" is a relative term, yes, I was thinking in the - Dave H., 2018-01-04, 13:02
    - Understand and have pondered the same things... - Huey, 2018-01-04, 13:15
      - Oh I think we do have plenty of room... - Dave H., 2018-01-04, 13:26
  - THE BEST CARTRIDGE IS EASY TO NAME. THE ONE WHICH STANDS - JT, 2018-01-04, 07:57
    - Plus they don't count in your collection total - WB, 2018-01-04, 08:39
- From what I understand, Linebaugh developed... - Stuart in GA, 2018-01-04, 06:58
  - I remember reading the development progress in G&A - WB, 2018-01-04, 08:36
    - .475 American Hunter - Stonecold, 2018-01-04, 11:40
    - In the early days I made all my own brass - Jim Taylor, 2018-01-04, 10:11
      - I remember you telling me that tale... - WB, 2018-01-04, 11:24
        when I sent the Jurras Memorial to Lee Jurras to get - Gary Reeder, 2018-01-04, 13:55
        Oops! Sounds like Lee was a real character til - ChrisG, 2018-01-04, 14:53
        yep, losing 3 good friends in a short period of time - Gary Reeder, 2018-01-04, 17:12