nobody here seems to have one built by John Linebaugh himself?
I see a lot of Jack Huntington and Gary Reeder builds mentioned, but seldom read about a Linebaugh conversion done by John L.

Just wondering...

had his son build dustin build me an awesome 475 linebaugh

Mine was built by John himself as well as my .38-40 WCF.

he's pretty spendy.

Rich

Just depends on what suits one's fancy. I think it's worth every penny I spent on it. Feel the same about my Mag-Na-Port Stalker & Predator.

John won't build a .500 or .475 on a DA revolver frame -- Jack Huntington is one of the few who does (Bowen does as well), as well as one of the few who builds his own cylinder. I really like DA revolvers.

Reeder builds more Linebaugh caliber guns then all of the rest of them combined.......

and.............imho the perfect role of a 500 linebaugh is in DA form. one day i'll get one from bown if the smith 500 gets to old...............or big.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
he's pretty spendy.

Rich

no more then other top smiths building on the bisley platform

Where he does all the work himself , it takes him a while to build a gun .. Some people don,t want to wait ...

However , from the Revolver I,ve handled that was built by him it is worth both the money and the wait ...

I believe John's conversions are worth both the wait and money. I prefer these on the Bisley conversion or at least a single action platform.

hey hitman dustin linebaugh is starting my 38-40 bisley he says about 6 months

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Originally posted by gumboot458:
Where he does all the work himself , it takes him a while to build a gun .. Some people don,t want to wait ...

Reputation, and in most cases well deserved, can often result in a considerable backlog of orders. Back in the early 80's when the PPC cartridge was really beginning to take off, I waited over 5 months for a Shilen.

F. Prefect

I have a 475 built by John, does that count?

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Originally posted by J_Zola:
I have a 475 built by John, does that count?

Most certainly!

John is a friend of mine and when he builds a gun he does all of the work himself except for grips. Bowin and reeder have gunsmiths working for them so a gun from them is from their shop not necessary built by them.
Having say-ed that. David Clements built my 500 Linebaugh. I got it in 3 months instead of a year plus.

I have a 475 and a 500 built by John and a 500 built by dustin and have had two other 500s built by john that ive parted with.

For me it was simple economics. A Bowen 550 L Nimrod with brass, loaded BB ammo, hundreds of quality cast and jacketed bullets from the "big names", Keyle's punch bullets, Ringler holster, belt and slide, dies and all shipped for less than the price of the conversion alone. Tough to pass up.

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Originally posted by Lloyd Smale:
I have a 475 and a 500 built by John and a 500 built by dustin and have had two other 500s built by john that ive parted with.

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. Lloyd ; thats just getting carried away !!!!!!