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Dangerous Game Rifle Recommendations?
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<blockquote data-quote="rcoody" data-source="post: 1106441" data-attributes="member: 91090"><p>The cartridge and rifle were designed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atkinson_%26_Marquart_Rifle_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Atkinson & Marquart Rifle Co.</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Arizona" target="_blank">Prescott</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" target="_blank">Arizona</a>, by necking up the then new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.460_Weatherby_Magnum" target="_blank">.460 Weatherby Magnum</a> to accept a .475 in (12.1 mm) diameter bullet. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_N._Barnes&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Fred N. Barnes</a>, the founder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnes_Bullets&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Barnes Bullets</a> for whom the first rifle chambered for this cartridge was made, supplied the bullets. According to anecdotes, Fred Barnes gathered a group of people to demonstrate the rifle. The rifle was fired at the base of a small tree which was uprooted while Fred Barnes who had been shooting from a crouched position on a gravel bed had slid a few feet and ended on his back due to the recoil.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.475_A%26M_Magnum#cite_note-cotw-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">[1]</span></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/475%20A&M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rcoody, post: 1106441, member: 91090"] The cartridge and rifle were designed by the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atkinson_%26_Marquart_Rifle_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1"]Atkinson & Marquart Rifle Co.[/URL] of [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Arizona"]Prescott[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona"]Arizona[/URL], by necking up the then new [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.460_Weatherby_Magnum"].460 Weatherby Magnum[/URL] to accept a .475 in (12.1 mm) diameter bullet. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_N._Barnes&action=edit&redlink=1"]Fred N. Barnes[/URL], the founder of [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnes_Bullets&action=edit&redlink=1"]Barnes Bullets[/URL] for whom the first rifle chambered for this cartridge was made, supplied the bullets. According to anecdotes, Fred Barnes gathered a group of people to demonstrate the rifle. The rifle was fired at the base of a small tree which was uprooted while Fred Barnes who had been shooting from a crouched position on a gravel bed had slid a few feet and ended on his back due to the recoil.[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.475_A%26M_Magnum#cite_note-cotw-1"][SIZE=2][1][/SIZE][/URL] [IMG]http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/475%20A&M.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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