Obit watch: March 24, 2023.

Great and good FotB Borepatch lost his younger brother yesterday. We extend our condolences to him and to the other members of his family. May his brother rest in peace, and may his memory be a comfort to them.

I’m a little late on this one, but I just found out today: John Linebaugh passed away on Sunday.

Mr. Linebaugh was an influential maker of big-bore revolvers.

In 1985 he cut down a .348 Winchester case to craft the .500 Linebaugh caliber — the first successful .50 caliber revolver/cartridge – then followed that with the .475 Linebaugh cartridge two years later. He would go on to revamp both cartridges into Max variants.

Linebaugh was a true pioneer in the big bore game by living, breathing and believing in Sir Samuel Baker’s theory, “Bullet diameter and weight are constant. Velocity is the only diminishing characteristic.” This statement is the heart and soul of big bore enthusiasts. Large-diameter, heavy bullets, at moderate velocity, drive deeper and straighter, creating large wound channels. Linebaugh believed in chambering a gun with cartridges having these characteristics in compact, packable handguns. And that is exactly what he strived for and accomplished with his guns.

Fuzzy Haskins, of the Parliaments, which became Parliament, which became Parliament-Funkadelic.

Since this is from 1976, I am assuming (but can’t confirm) Mr. Haskins is in this. (According to the obit, he left the group in 1977.) Even if he isn’t, this is still a neat slice of history.

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