Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

yooper2

I'm not shy about reshaping sights to suit me or even replacing them, especially the little conical front sights found on so many cap and ball revolvers. Bowen used to make cool insert rear blades for fixed sight N frames that were really classy as one would expect from him. They give an excellent s...

yooper2

22 Savage High Power. The only readily available bullet is the Hornady 70gr and it was on the ragged edge of stabilizing. I tried all sorts of things before making a bump die that lets me make 60gr Hornady soft points .228". Brass is an issue as well, I have to form it from virgin 25-35 as the ...

yooper2

Short barrels K frames are my favorite CCW revolvers. 3" barrels are nice compared to the 2.5" as the ejector rods are longer and much more forgiving on ejecting magnums. In my 2.5" 19 I use Skeeter loads in 38 Special brass.

Eric

yooper2

I have a 44 mag Smith Mountain Gun, its my dedicated truck gun. Very practical and capable sixgun. That said, I would love a Flattop 44 Mag, really prefer single actions for everyday carry in the field. Somehow I've never crossed paths with one at the right price or right time. I really need to do s...

yooper2

I'm surprised nobody has snagged this, great price for a great revolver. If I didn't already have a pair I'd have snatched this up weeks ago.

Eric

yooper2

I'm surprised nobody has snagged this, great price for a great revolver. If I didn't already have a pair I'd have snatched this up weeks ago.

Eric

yooper2

Good looking sixgun!

Eric

yooper2

Some of the other New Models had them too. Easy to remove if you take out the mainspring then you just need to make a little strut for the mainspring to rest on. Much less problematic than the S&W nonsense.

Eric

yooper2

So so sorry to hear about your loss. It tears a hole right through you. I'm right there myself. My 8 year old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Elo, died on Monday due to complications from Lyme despite a lifetime of careful tick prevention. He was my constant companion. Came to work with me every day, w...

yooper2

I bought 6k last month. Been through maybe 1200 or so without any issue.

Eric

yooper2

I've shot the most game the with a 4 5/8" Blackhawk and my old Smith 58 (4") as those are the guns I carry the most over the last 25 years. As a kid I shot a ton of game with an 8" 1858 Remington knockoff. For dedicated handgun hunting I now carry a 6 1/2" 480 Bisley.

Eric

yooper2

Super cool, I'm also curious who did the work and when? Have you taken it apart?

Eric

yooper2

I'm game. 1. Smith K22, preferably an early one and not a later Model 17. 2. Smith 624, 4" please! 3. Marlin 39A 4. Winchester 94 Big Bore, 356. (This could be any powerful levergun. Marlin 1895, Winchester 86/71, etc. 356 is just a lot of oomph in a very handy package) 5. Any good 16ga SXS, 28...

yooper2

I know a lot of folks are happy with the tang safety but I'm a half cock sort of guy, all of my other leverguns are set up so and it would just bug me. If it's a thing requiring parts I won't go for it, but it's just some work that's no big deal. I'm trying to get the shop to let me take it apart to...

yooper2

Dixie used to sell cases that were set up to use a 22 acorn blank. There are also a couple guys on YouTube that show how to make them. I followed the directions from a guy called "Steve B's Workshop" to make some 32 RF Longs for a friend's rolling block. Quite time consuming but they shoul...

yooper2

Good morning all, There is a newer production 95 in 30-06 languishing in our local shop. Overall very nice and marked for a reasonable price (that I'm sure I could get a bit lower). It has the tang safety and rebounding hammer. While some folks can live with them, I'm not one. I've gotten rid of the...

yooper2

I had a Browning 71 and used winchester brass exclusively. I annealed it when new then after 5-6 loadings using the torch and water drop method. Starline wasn't available then an I have no experience with it in 348.

Eric

yooper2

I'm 6' and a muscular 200 lbs, by that I mean no gut and I have a substantial taper from my shoulders to my waist. I'm a nominal 32" waist but wear 34" carhartts and carry a 3" round butt model 13 or 19 inside the waist band just behind the hip on my strong (left)side. Both guns wear ...

yooper2

What a wonderful time that must have been! Thank you for sharing it with us. Beautiful landscape, it's a part of the world I've never seen.

Eric

yooper2

I've always been very happy with my Accurate molds. Must be 8-10 around here now.

Eric

yooper2

Very cool! Is there anywhere to read more about the striker conversion? Certainly gives the rifle a bit of a Borchardt look.

Eric

yooper2

Where I grew up the 22 mag with fmj bullets was favored by native black bear hunters/poachers. I also saw my grandfather kill a nice 8pt buck with a 25-20 loaded with an 86gr cast bullet at maybe 1300fps from a Marlin 27s. He waited until the deer lowered his head for a nibble on something and put t...

yooper2

Daily driver is a 2022 GMC Canyon, it's a great vehicle in every quantifiable way but it is utterly soulless. For real towing/work and satisfaction I hop in the 86 K20. It's big, powerful, and crude but I cherish it.

Eric

yooper2

I've come to really enjoy old .22 target rifles with aperture sights for offhand practice. In the past two years Ive bought a winchester 52, winchester 75, and a remington 37. Been buying case lots of CCI standard velocity and having a ball. They are quite cheap considering what you are getting. You...

yooper2

Ive heard of the paper trick but never tried it. I'd be more inclined to get a hollow point mold or cast soft nose bullets both of which I have had great luck with. Perhaps you could size down a Lyman gould bullet for your use? Seems the new Lyman molds all cast small anyway. Cast 20:1 and driven to...

yooper2

I'm curious too. Can't see it being adequately strong by just using better steel. Not really something I'd be in the market for but definitely interested in what they did to make this work.

Eric

yooper2

When I was still hunting with jacketed in the 30 WCF I used the Hornady 170gr more than anything else. The last several years I've been shooting the RCBS 30-180-fp which drops around 192gr from my mold. It does everything I want in a 30 WCF. H-335 and Leverevolution are my go to powders with it. Eric

yooper2

Both of my 16 gauges are short chambered so I use cheddite hulls I cut down. The only factory shells I've ever shot were RST, excellent ammo but I'm not of the source for their hulls.

Eric

yooper2

That's my favorite 45 Colt bullet. I cast a ton of them with the 2 cavity RCBS mold and finally had Mountain Molds make a 4 cavity clone of it.
It does drive me nuts to look for a mold I remember having and put in a "safe place"!

Eric

yooper2

You sure turn up a lot of neat stuff! Bizarre that he would be selling it separately in pieces.

Eric

yooper2

I have a pile of Accurate molds and all are excellent. Haven't ordered any since the ownership change, glad to hear they are still doing good work.

Eric

yooper2

While true that the 45-70 is commercially available at different pressures, you will not find high pressure loads from the mainstream manufacturers. All come from smaller boutique firms. Further, the number of modern/strong 45-70s utterly dwarfs the number of 38-55s. I wouldn't want to guess at the ...

yooper2

I think the primary reason that mainstream ammo makers only make "cowboy" loads is the number of weak designs out there chambered for the 38-55. With Ballard's and Stevens 44s among others out there it is probably viewed as too much of a liability. The 32 Special for example is a smokeless...

yooper2

I found the Articles section first then came to the forum.

Eric

yooper2

Very slick. I have a couple of his holsters and couldn't be happier with them.

Eric

yooper2

Excellent haul!

Eric

yooper2

Dad fought alongside some Gurkhas in Korea. He had nothing but praise for them in all regards.

Eric

yooper2

Merwins are incredible revolvers and absolute wonders of craftsmanship. They have to be held and manipulated to be really appreciated.

I've long enjoyed Mr. Selleck's work and I think he is one of the few people in the entertainment industry that is really one of us.

Eric

yooper2

Thanks! I snuck out to range after work with my Winchester 54 in 30 WCF and the old Marlin 39A. Solid day!

Eric

yooper2

On my current active search list are:

Marlin 1894CL 32-20

Winchester 1895 in 7.62x54R

Savage 1899 Carbine non takedown in 30WCF

None are new cartridges for me to load, the only new one Im after is a 336 in 219 Zipper, its the only 30WCF/38-55 based cartridge I haven't loaded for.

Eric

yooper2

Sorry to hear about your shingles, they are a nightmare. Hopefully you don't have any long term effects. I had them a couple years ago after a surgery for a broken collarbone. Now every time I get in the water, whether the shower or swimming and regardless of temperature, I get an electric shock sen...

yooper2

I'm getting a bit short on Unique which is of course a favorite. I do have a few pounds of Herco and Green Dot which will serve the same role in handgun cartridges.

Eric

yooper2

Super cool little rifle! I like that it a has a more military style stock compared to some Martini target rifles.

Eric

yooper2

A 86/92 action scaled to the 30WCF family of cartridges wouldn't be much smaller than an 86 due to the length of the cartridge (perhaps it could be made slightly narrower but the length wouldnt change). The 94 got real rifle cartridges in an action about the same size as a 92. Having the works drop ...

yooper2

My dad had a 500 S&W handi-rifle he won in a raffle. It was a real handful to shoot with full loads. He added about a pound of lead to it and loaded it 50-70 levels which made it much more tolerable.

Eric

yooper2

I have a pair of 32-20 revolvers, one Smith and one Official Police. Also have a Single Six in 32 Mag, its a fair gun but nothing special and i think it has left me a bit cold on the cartridge. I prefer the 32-20s and would like to find one of the 90s half mag Marlin 94s to try it in a rifle. I most...

yooper2

Bobby Tyler or Ronnie Wells would be my first choices. Jack Huntington does excellent work as well but I prefer the style of the previous 2 mentioned.

Eric

yooper2

I hope whoever buys the 25-20 singleshot brass and 44-77 brass resells it for semi-reasonable prices. I'm getting quite low on both. But low enough to buy several thousand pieces!

Eric

yooper2

The 25-35 is my favorite woods bumming cartridge. Not what I pick for any specific hunting task but it'll work on most anything under deer size nicely (and our UP deer are quite large by any standard). I would shoot a black bear if it was close and I could be sure of spining it but it's not really a...

yooper2

I have a couple of Hornets. A Winchester 43 K Hornet and and Contender pistol K Hornet (different versions of the K Hornet!) see the most use. I also have a Taurus Raging Hornet. All work well on coyotes, bobcats, foxes, etc. I really appreciate that they aren't entirely ear splitting.

Eric

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