Apparently he died at work, doing what he loved--building revolvers.
We are diminished.
Okie John
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Apparently he died at work, doing what he loved--building revolvers.
We are diminished.
Okie John
R.I.P. After I read his article "The .45 Colt--Dissolving the Myth, Discovering the Potentional" in my early 20s I adopted the .45 Colt as "my" sixgun cartridge--hence, "Oregon45." Also, his explanation of how a heavy bullet at a moderate velocity acts as a "long range punch press" cured me of my early fascination with high velocity in calibers .44 and up.
I learned a lot about the love of craftsmanship just reading articles about him.
Indeed, we are diminished.
RIP, I hope he passed on all he knew.
Oh no, that’s terrible to hear! One of the true giants.
Sad news for sure.
I'll carry a .45 colt today in memorial.
Oh man, what a loss. I devoured everything he wrote back in the day and dreamed of owning one of his guns. Much respect and condolences to those close to him.
I have several fixed sight .45 LC single action Rugers he tuned for me -- very classy and unpretentious to deal with.
Damn. That is not good news at all. I always wanted to meet that man. We are profoundly diminished.
Rest up John...
The loss of knowledge about heavy for caliber loads and revolvers for them cannot be imagined. Between John Linebaugh and Dick Casull, the entire field of big bore rounds and revolvers were reinvented. Casull pushed velocity while Linebaugh pushed sectional density. I started with Casull and ended with Linebaugh as I could not handle the quick twisting impulse of the .454. Heavy bullets and moderate velocities work very, very well.
We are most definitely diminished.