The 475 Linebaugh was vey impressive on the Moose on the left as well as on the Bear on the left.
This was in 88 and that is the very first year that the 475 was available and the very frist is 475 built by Bowen. The load was a LBT LFN made from straight wheel wieght that wieghed as cast 390 grains. The load consisted of Winchester 45/70 brass cut down to 1.4" and loaded with 296 and ignited by Federal Mag pistol primer for about 1350 FPS.
The Moose I shot in the shoulder at about 40 yards and that was all that it took.
The Bear came in on us as I was chopping the antlers out of the skull. My partner shot him first with a 338 Win, and the bear went down and immediately got back up. The Bear was angeling away and I shot him at the back of the rib cage on line for the off shoulder and all 4 legs went straight out spread eagle style and that was that.

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The 475 impressed the **** out of me that day and still does.

Nice job and that's a good looking revolver. Wish I'd of had that instead of my 44 mag a bunch of years ago when I was faced with a big Brown on the Russian River.

This is why the .475 Linebaugh is my favorite all-around big-bore handgun cartridge. It hammers game. Big, heavy hardcast bullets at moderate velocity trumps light and fast every time..........

"when I was faced with a big Brown on the Russian River."
I haven't had the experience of facing down a big bear but last year my son and I were fishing the Russian. We were walking through a bit of woods to get to the river and I thought to myself "what If you were to come upon a bear?" Bogged down with waders and rods, there wouldn't have been much to do.
I can appreciate the comfort of a big bore pistol like the .475 - or better yet, a big bore rifle like a .416.

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Pete, I have a .338, a .416 Rem, and a .450 Ackley, and I don't feel in the least undergunned when I am carrying my .475 Linebaugh!

And it's a whole lot easier to carry.
Pete

Just wish I knew someone with a .475 Linebaugh to give it a try before I buy. I too am impressed with this cartridge and what I have seen so far from this post as well as others.

I really hated to see Ruger drop the 480. That was a nice cartridge.

Bob -- Ruger hasn't dropped the .480. They re-released it (SRH) with a 5-shot cylinder. It is alive and well, and a great cartridge/gun combination.

J_B -- if you are recoil sensitive, the .475 may not be pleasant for you to shoot. But, you don't need to push it too hard to be effective, which leads me to suggest that maybe you would like a .480 Ruger as it is really all that one would need on any game and lots of .475 Linebaugh owners load down to .480 Ruger levels anyhow. I think that both of these are fantastic rounds!