Sunday Gun Day XXIV - The History of the Six-Gun, Part II
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Dirty Harry would want on.
I received a phone call from a young man who said he was a revolversmith living outside of Cody Wyoming. His name was John Linebaugh and I had never heard of them prior to this time. He was very enthusiastic about his pet project and he had my attention very quickly although I must admit at the time I had a lot of doubts. His reaction to my doubts was to let him send me a test gun so I could see for myself. This is what he told me: “I’m sure my guns will stay on a car door-sized target to half a mile if you can hold ‘em. They are bigger guns, both in caliber and size. We only claim 50 to...
In those early years Linebaugh built custom five-shot .45s on both Ruger and Abilene/Seville frames. Because of the grip frame designs then available felt recoil was extremely heavy.
Dirty Harry would want on.