A shot in the dark, large frame revolvers from the 1980s

[dmcdonnell]

I am gonna take a chance here, and hopefully some of the old timers may remeber back in the early eighties, probably somewhere between the 1978 - 1988 era, there were a couple maybe 3 times I remember seeing these huge revolvers written about in Guns & Ammo magazine, but I cant remember anything but seeing the covers in myhead.

What I remember are the calibers, I THINK...!!

.460, .470, .500, but not the modern ones.. these were most likely specialty calibers at the time, wildcat loads, etc.

If I could see the covers I would know it immediately, but after searching the internet for old Guns & Ammo covers all evening, I came up empty.

Do any fo you remember such things, or at the very least have old Guns and Ammo magazins that you could look at to see..?

Thanks,
Dave

[CommonHighrise]

Hmm, I know the .500 Linebaugh is still alive and kickin. There is a backed-down load .460 caliber out there, just cant remember what it is.

Look for info from John Taffin, he has several books out there on old big bores.

[General Geoff]

.454 Casull.

[dmcdonnell]

I remember the .454 Casull.. These were different..

I remember a really large blued pistol with what appeared to be rosewood or cocobolo grips, and the other one was stainless or nickel plated with black grips..

Not much to go on, I know, but its caught my eye back then, because they were not commercially produced..

Thanks for the help anyway guys.. always appreciated..

Dave

.454 Casull.