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    RIP John Linebaugh

    Apparently he died at work, doing what he loved--building revolvers.

    We are diminished.


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    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.

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    I Demand Pie Lex Luthier's Avatar
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    I learned a lot about the love of craftsmanship just reading articles about him.

    Indeed, we are diminished.
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    RIP, I hope he passed on all he knew.
    "Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA

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    Oh no, that’s terrible to hear! One of the true giants.
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    The Nostomaniac 03RN's Avatar
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    Sad news for sure.

    I'll carry a .45 colt today in memorial.
    On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
    And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service

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    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.
    We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......

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    I have several fixed sight .45 LC single action Rugers he tuned for me -- very classy and unpretentious to deal with.
    Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.

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    Damn. That is not good news at all. I always wanted to meet that man. We are profoundly diminished.

    Rest up John...
    Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem
    I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude
    -Thomas Jefferson
    I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

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    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.

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