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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?
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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.
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Getting the history linked up with the rifle is very cool.
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Hello utah708,
Yes, I love rifles with stories to tell. Everyone always says - "if only they could talk" - well, sometimes they do.
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Very cool story and rifle, love reading about one off rifles like that!
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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.
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Yep- I don't think I've seen a single one around here since stix got this rifle!
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What a great story! Fantastic rifle! The history behind it is priceless.
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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".
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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.
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Hello nick,
Thanks for the reply,
I also remove butt plates in search of history, but have never found anything. You are lucky.
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Neat thread and very unique rifle!
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" 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.
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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.
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Hello jwall,
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
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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.
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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
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Hello Huntz,
Thanks for the reply,
I hope to find another like it someday. I love guns with stories to be discovered.
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Just ran across this story. Buckstix has some great stories hiding in his safe! Did you ever find the old G & A article?
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