Does anyone have load data for .475 Linebaugh in a 1894 Marlin or carbine style rifle? I can't find anything but pistol loads....Heavy and light loads.Thanks....

the 475 Linebaugh is a 50,000 psi cartridge. The Marlin 94 can stand 40,000 psi, if it is not fed a steady diet. Don't even think of it.

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Hello Riflemen-Look at this from Montana-

Forkin/Marlin 1894

Notes: These are Marlin 1894 lever-action rifles modified by Ben Forkin, a noted Montana gunsmith. His first such "mini-Guide Gun" was chambered for the .475 Linebaugh cartridge. It uses a carbine-length 16-inch Pac-Nor barrel, a through-bolt, and a thick Kick-Eeze recoil pad, with a C&H Mercury tube in the stock to further dampen recoil. The sights are of the ghost-ring type, with a bead front instead of the usual ramped post. Several years later, Bob Forkin modified the design to fire the .50 Action Express cartridge; this version is actually lighter than the .475 Linebaugh model, since the walls of the barrel are simply bored out to the new caliber and are thinner than the .475 Linebaugh version. In addition, the Mercury tube in the stock is removed, to further reduce the weight and reduce the complexity (and cost) of the weapon.

Twilight 2000 Notes: Bob Forkin still lives in Montana, and makes modifications of many weapons, including these.

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