Originally Posted by remingtonman
Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by bluefish
I just don't see how 3-4" of barrel makes a rifle "handier".

This is the important part:

“ make it a bit more handy in the brush”.

It won’t hang up as much.


I've never seen this to be the case in my experience, if the brush was a problem I have always went with a big bore revolver. Now that is much handier


I have seen it make a difference more than once with different length barrels and I am not ever carrying both.


I carried both and it paid off once. While working a moose kill a 7 footer came and my rifle was out if reach, but my 475 Linebaugh revolver was in my shoulder holster. Jimmy shot first and the bear went down and came up like he was spring loaded, I fired and the bear went down and never got up again.

I can seen a difference from a 26" barrel to a 18 or 20. But a 22 to 20 I don't see that being much of a difference




What caliber did you end killing the bear with? How did you like the performance of the 475 linebaugh on the bear charge?


The 475L with a wide meplat hardcast is impressive on large game. I shot Moose Bison and Asian Buffalo with it and hit hits like the hammer of Thor.

The 500L and the 50JRH do hit a bit harder to me. I mean you can see the ribs push in more on impact

In my experience there is a significant step up in impact over a 454


I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first