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I am going to have a custom built next year and have had a time picking the caliber I want.I don't feel I need any bigger than my colt,but the bigger ones appeal to me.So I've been harassing a few friends who have the really big bores to let me take them on a test run and see if they are worth the extra money.Thanks to Whitworth, who was nice enough to loan me his 475 Linebaugh,I can tell you what I think. The friends I hunt with have just started hunting a new property and it's loaded.A biologist has recommended 40 deer be taken to stabilize the herd.So we have been working on it the last week or so.Due to other obligations not as much as I'd like.I have shot a yote,which helps,and today a duck?or maybe boe?I saw 16 deer total picked a larger one out and squeezed the trigger.The deer fell as if struck by lightning.It has knots,black hocks(as if in rut),but female parts.Not sure exactly what it is,but it will eat the same.Estimated weight between 120-130lbs. One deer and I know I like the BIG ones.The deer was slightly quartering and broke a rib on the on side and exited the ham.If you look at the pick you can see the exit.I understand what all the hype is about  .It didn't appear as though the vitals were hit that good,and it fell as if struck by lightning.The rear of the onside lung was hit and it travelled on through the internal organs and out the ham.Not my best but my longest with an ironsighted revolver.I had to dodge an obstacle between the deer and myself and missed my exact mark(the spot I wanted the boolit to go) by 2".Other than the smell I had to deal with,I am   "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence,try orderin' someone else's dog around" unknown cowboy | ||
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very hard to argue with your results. Rich DRSS | |||
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Larry, you got the .475 in your hands, you sighted it in, and took a deer at 100 yards all within hours! Great shooting, my friend! I knew you would like that revolver/caliber!! The .475 has no flies on it, and the jerk on the trigger is pretty damn good! Congratulations!  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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You Da'man Cottonstalk  _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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larry good job i think whitworth said to keep the 475 as a christmas present DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR | |||
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_____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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You guys are so generous with my things! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Whata guy11111  | |||
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Not difficult..... _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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Thats just cooolll! God Bless, Louis | |||
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Whitworth, you don't need the little ole 475, because you have the 50 Alaskan. On the other hand Cottonstalk needs a bigger revolver, plus he already has possession _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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Cottonstalk; Congrats on your deer!!! Just goes to show that "any" old handgun in the hands of a true "hunter/marksman", can get the job done! | |||
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That ain't just "any old handgun"...... "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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.........and Cottonstalk just aint any old hunter/marksman!!!! Any old handgun could have worked in his hands...at that moment of truth!!! | |||
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You've got that right! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I finaly understand the thread title, "I Get It". > > > Cottonstalk gets the 475!!!!!! Man am I slow or what!!!!!_____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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Dang! Is that what the title of the thread means?  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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