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Neat thread, for sure!

Very nice rifle and the posting is almost an article in itself. Is " Ronnie Boy" the PH Ronald MacFarlan?

Well have you fired it yet?

Hello Tejano,

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately I don't know Ronnie Boy's real name.

But, yes! I have fired it - quite a lot with fun loads. I shoot a 500g bullet at 2000 fps ... but not the full house 2500 fps load yet.

Getting the history linked up with the rifle is very cool.

Hello utah708,

Yes, I love rifles with stories to tell. Everyone always says - "if only they could talk" - well, sometimes they do.

Very cool story and rifle, love reading about one off rifles like that!

hello rg475,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, and this one is a "hoot" to shoot. Helps me keep the elephant population in check here in Wisconsin.

Yep- I don't think I've seen a single one around here since stix got this rifle!

What a great story! Fantastic rifle! The history behind it is priceless.

Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm still searching for the 1970's Petersen's artical on the 475 A&M that called it "The Dinosaur Flattener".

I really enjoyed the history of your rifle. Boy, the original owner had quite the life! I've bought over a hundred firearms in the last 40+ years and can count on one hand the brand new ones I bought. I've wondered about the history of more than a few I have or had. An old-timer once told me long ago he would always remove the butt plate of any used guns he got, said sometimes guys would put stuff under there assuming it was a stock that had a bolt hole for dis-assembly. Sure enough, I went home and started removing butt plates from my guns. and on an old single shot shotgun, I found two hunting licenses from the '30s from same dude. Ya never know. Thanks for sharing the story, I enjoyed it.

Hello nick,

Thanks for the reply,

I also remove butt plates in search of history, but have never found anything. You are lucky.

Neat thread and very unique rifle!

" anybody want to buy a rifle?"


F A N T A S T I C - all the way around.

1 Rifle, in the first place
2 Story
3 Pics
4 History

I'd call that a 'Grand Slam'

Congrats

And NO, I don't want to buy it, at least to hunt with.


Jerry


ps: I have some of the Petersen's Annuals, not sure how early mine are, but I'll look thru them to see IF I can find anything.

Hello jwall,

thanks for the reply.

I don't think the article was in an annual, but it would have been 1972 through 1980 or there abouts.

You are correct. I have a hodgepodge of magazines/annuals/rifle/handgun/hunting etc. I looked thru the table of contents of all that MIGHT have had the article/cartridge listed and found nothing.

Oh well, it only took a few minutes.

Good luck w/someone else finding it.

Jerry

Hello jwall,

Thanks for the reply.

And thanks for looking. It took over a year to find the History of the rifle, so if it takes another year or two to find the Article, it won't be a big deal.

buckstix,cool piece of history you bought.It was really neat having contact with the original owner and getting those pics.He looked to be a big man.Thanks for posting this.Huntz

Hello Huntz,

Thanks for the reply,

I hope to find another like it someday. I love guns with stories to be discovered.

Just ran across this story. Buckstix has some great stories hiding in his safe! Did you ever find the old G & A article?