Facts: - known for: inventing the .500 linebaugh caliber cartridge - name: john linebaugh - nationality: usa - occupation: gunsmith Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john linebaugh .
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john linebaugh is an american gunsmith from cody , wyoming , known for creating custom firearms .he is inventor of the .500 linebaugh -lrb- invented 1986 -rrb- and .475 linebaugh -lrb- 1988 -rrb- cartridges .gunwriter john taffin , a big-bore enthusiast , describes linebaugh as a '' pioneer '' in developing powerful sixguns .linebaugh 's early efforts in the 1970s produced revolvers made to handle much more powerful loadings of .45 colt than standard firearms , an later expanded into creating his own cartridge designs .after inventing the .500 and .475 linebaugh , he later lengthened created a variant of each cartridge , lengthened to 1.6 inches , and appended '' maximum '' to their names .linebaugh focused on developing cartridges which were compatible with standard-size revolvers , keeping them '' old school '' or '' packable '' rather than oversize .