With a new Chevy truck that he bought off the lot, Linebaugh — thanks to a series of articles about his inventions, including a Guns & Ammo cover in 1986 — would finally be able to transition from working odd jobs around the small town of Cody, Wyoming, to turn his passion for ammunition and firearms design into a full-time career. The .454 Casull and Freedom Arms were just tooling up to make guns, and in the mid 1980s, a lot of states started legalizing handgun hunting. JL: We had no gun; we had no barrel.