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

very hard to argue with your results.

Rich
DRSS

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!

You Da'man Cottonstalk

larry good job i think whitworth said to keep the 475 as a christmas present

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Originally posted by TBEAR99:
larry good job i think whitworth said to keep the 475 as a christmas present

You guys are so generous with my things!

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Originally posted by TBEAR99:
larry good job i think whitworth said to keep the 475 as a christmas present

Whata guy11111

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
You guys are so generous with my things!

Not difficult.....

Thats just cooolll!

God Bless, Louis

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
You guys are so generous with my things!

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

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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Originally posted by flat top:
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!

That ain't just "any old handgun"......

.........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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Originally posted by flat top:
.........and Cottonstalk just aint any old hunter/marksman!!!! Any old handgun could have worked in his hands...at that moment of truth!!!

You've got that right!

I finaly understand the thread title, "I Get It".

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Cottonstalk gets the 475!!!!!! Man am I slow or what!!!!!

Dang! Is that what the title of the thread means?