John Linebaugh
John Linebaugh | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 15, 1955 |
| Died | March 19, 2023(aged 67) Clark, Wyoming,U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Gunsmith |
| Known for | Inventing the.500 Linebaugh caliber cartridge |
John Linebaugh(November 15, 1955 – March 19, 2023) was an AmericangunsmithfromCody, Wyoming,known for creating customfirearms.He was theinventorof the.500 Linebaugh(1986) and.475 Linebaugh(1988) cartridges. GunwriterJohn Taffin,a big-bore enthusiast, describes Linebaugh as a "pioneer" in developing powerful sixguns.[1]
Biography
[edit]Linebaugh's early efforts in the 1970s produced revolvers made to handle much more powerful loadings of.45 Coltthan standard firearms, and later expanded into creating his own cartridge designs.[2]After inventing the.500 and.475 Linebaugh, he later created a variant of each cartridge, lengthened to 1.61 inches, and appended "Maximum" to their names.[3]Linebaugh focused on developing cartridges which were compatible with standard-size revolvers, keeping them "old school" or "packable" rather than oversize.[2]
Linebaugh died inClark, Wyoming,on March 19, 2023, at the age of 67.[4]He was laid to rest on March 28, 2023, at the Bennett Butte Cemetery[4]in section 108–5.[5]
References
[edit]- ^John Taffin (12 October 2005).Single Action Sixguns.Krause Publications. pp. 230–.ISBN0-87349-953-0.
- ^abJerry Lee (15 July 2013).Gun Digest 2014.F+W Media. pp. 166–.ISBN978-1-4402-3550-4.
- ^KP Staff (28 February 2011).Gun Digest Book of Deer Guns: Arms & Accessories for the Deer Hunter.Gun Digest Books. pp. 65–.ISBN978-1-4402-2666-3.
- ^ab"Obituary for John Linebaugh at Ballard Funeral Home".www.ballardfh.com.Retrieved2023-03-22.
- ^"Cemetery Map".Bennett Butte Cemetery District #1 Clark, Wyoming 82435.Retrieved2023-05-22.
- "The sixguns of John Linebaugh".American Handgunner;05/01/2006; Taffin, John
Further reading
[edit]- McCombie, Brian (12 April 2013)."Gun Digest Interview with John Linebaugh".
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