2005. I killed a wild hog with my ruger super Blackhawk at about 10 yds. The gentleman that ran that operation showed me his 500 linebaugh. Then he showed me scars on his leg from a hog. Said he had the 500 built after that. He said the 500 was his security blanket as no hog would get to him after being shot with it. He let me fire it and I was hooked