Gents!
As some of you are aware of, I am looking for a .475 Linebaugh for practice, competition & hunting. I have now checked things with the IHMSA guys here and they think it is ok with a linebaugh, as there are those shooting bfr 444 marlin in the same district, 5 shot capacity is ok too. Both .480 & .475 meets IHMSA criterions for production guns, and thus qualify me to apply for a licence.

So, then the question would be if it will be a BFR or a SRH, (FA is out of reach economically) and if the SRH could stabilize the heavy (+400gn) bullets with the 1-18 3/4 twist compared to the 1-15 twist of the BFR?

Next thing, who could ream the cylinders to .475 linebaugh from .480 ruger on a SRH? I think it would be easiest to have it done in the US since I do not know of any smith in Sweden who have the reamers, as well as it would be easier for me to get a licence on it if it was chambered as a .475 linebaugh in the export/import papers. Then I have the option of shooting both in one cylinder, more versatility and no fuss with the police to change the licence after reaming.

What is the cylinder length on the SRH compared to the FA and BFR? I want to shoot 400gn bullets and be able to seat them right without loosing too much space in the case.

I have ordered the LEE 400gn mold & will start casting bullets during the summer, hoping that the gun will like to be fed with those bullets.
SA or DA is not as important as the accuracy and crisp trigger pull & recoil handling of the gun.

Any advice or tips on where to find a gun would be greatly appreciated!
These overseas international things take time and I hope that I will have the gun in my hand sometime in february/march....

Sincerely
Daniel

Daniel,

Whitworth recently had the conversion done that you are interested in and I'm sure he can answer all your questions. Jack Huntington is the one to have do this from what I've read. I have shot a BFR that Jack converted to .50 Alaskan. .475 is a standard chambering for the BFR revolvers I believe and they can be cleaned up to have a good trigger pull.

In my opinion, there is no need to shoot .480 Ruger ammo in a .475 Linebaugh if you handload. Loads from mild to wild can be assembled.

It would certainly be easier and cheeper to buy a BFR in .475 and if you have to have a double action revolver, a .480 should suffice. That said, if you must have a .475 Linebaugh double action, than go no further than Jack Huntington (530/268-6877) and he can build you a 5-shot cylinder -- or he can ream a 5-shot .480 SRH (he will not do this to the older 6-shot .480s). He built mine last year, and I couldn't be happier! Here is a photo of it:

+1 with the above 2 posts..

The BFR .475's have an excellent reputation for accuracy, and that would seem to me to be the most reasonable approach.

Get the BFR and don't worry about having to modify it at all. The money you save, you can buy a lot of ammo or reloading supplies.

unless he wants a DA revolver.......otherwise, the BFR is definitely the way to go.......

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
unless he wants a DA revolver.......otherwise, the BFR is definitely the way to go.......

Yea you are right there. Either double or single action don't matter to me, I shoot them both the same and I like them both.

Whitworth, I hate you! Your camera takes much better pictures then mine!

bfrshooter, it's not the camera, it's me.......