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The 475 Bishop Short Magnum is a rebated rim centerfire cartridge initially developed for the AR-10 semi-automatic rifle for medium and large game hunting. The cartridge was designed and developed by Bishop Ammunition and Firearms, North Highlands California. The brass is CNC machined by RCC Brass from solid bar stock. Projectiles are manufactured by Cutting Edge and Hawk Precision. There is no parent cartridge for the 475 Bishop Short Magnum.

Compared to similar big bore cartridges designed for the AR-15 – such as the .450 Bushmaster, .458 SOCOM, and .50 Beowulf – the 475 Bishop Short Magnum offers velocity up to 2500 feet per second, solid copper or jacketed bullets, a flatter shooting trajectory and the ability to reliably feed hollow point ammunition at 390 grains yielding ME in excess of 5500 ft lbs. The 475 bullet becomes subsonic at 650 yards.

The 475 Bishop Short Magnum is chambered in the AR475GAR semiautomatic AR10 rifle and 475 Safari Bolt Action rifle. Both manufactured by Bishop Ammunition and Firearms.