Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

CaptainFinn

For years I had a couple of .44 specials in rotation as my ‘EDC in the woods’ guns. S&W 696 and a Rossi 720. Later I switched to either a Bisley Vaquero or a SAA in .45 Colt. A Rossi 92 in the same chambering sat on my ATV. Most often used load (because I had loaded a truckload of it) was a 200 ...

CaptainFinn

Okay, I hadn’t opened my safe in over a month (got out the .22’s one weekend around end of July when my kids were over, we went out behind the barn to the old pen and set up some spinners, soda cans, etc). Opened the closet yesterday where my safe sits and a large codura Sig rifle case sitting outsi...

CaptainFinn

OP, strange but I had the SAME experience. Called in my rifle serial, got confirmation e-mail that my return box was sent. Didn't receive box. Tracking said someone at my home named 'Bray' signed for it then sent it back 'return to sender'. ??? Fired off an e-mail to Remington, they immediately said...

CaptainFinn

I sent my recall info in about a month ago; got an e-mail the next day saying a return box, etc would be shipped to me. Hadn't gotten anything today so I went back and got UPS tracing info from my original e-mail and tracked it. According to UPS, my box was delivered on May 5th, signed for by someon...

CaptainFinn

I sent my recall info in about a month ago; got an e-mail the next day saying a return box, etc would be shipped to me. Hadn't gotten anything today so I went back and got UPS tracing info from my original e-mail and tracked it. According to UPS, my box was delivered on May 5th, signed for by someon...

CaptainFinn

That looks like a Millett rear sight, very high quality. It's supposed to be paired with a new front sight, which, on the model 59, IIRC, is staked in place. Staking a front sight was probably beyond tge skills of the previous owner.

CaptainFinn

Has anyone tried the 'Shave Secret' oil from WalMart? About three-four drops in the palm of your hand then pat on your beard with a little hot water. Shave with or without shaving cream. Seriously night and day over any shave I've ever had. I usually use a Sensor 3 and some Barbasol over the shave s...

CaptainFinn

I have one and absolutely love it. Trigger impressed me, nice and crisp, nicer then the Springfield Inc 'mil-spec' I've owned for 20 years. As others said, made by Armscor. 1911 frame, flat MS housing w/lanyard loop, checkered diamond grips. Nice square notch on the rear sight. I think I paid $450 f...

CaptainFinn

Prayers sent! Get well soon, Jeff!

CaptainFinn

Also, since youve already done the stripdown and cleaning, maybe a complete spring replacement is in order. Magazine spring could be weak, as could the ejector spring ( I know, on new guns the ejector spring is usually hell-for-stout and benefits from reduction.).

CaptainFinn

Jes re-bores the existing barrel, right? Is this a oct. Rifle barrel-only proposition, or does a .30-30SRC have enough steel to be re-bored to .38-55? I'd love a carbine in .38-55!

CaptainFinn

James:"You wear glasses, do ya, pa?"

Big Jake:"Only to see with!"

CaptainFinn

Major Haywood:"There is a war to the north. How is it YOU are headed south?!?"

Hawkeye:"Well, you just face west, and then, real sudden-like, turn left."

CaptainFinn

I haven't lost a chicken in about three months or so--lost six in two weeks back around easter. Killed six possums in six weeks. Oddly enough, my wife exiled three adult cats and four kittens and none of them bother any of our chickens. My fifteen young birds (chicks bought in April) haven't been to...

CaptainFinn

In Night at the Museum, Teddy Roosevelt ( Robin Williams) carries a Winchester 94--flat buttplate, barrel ramp/hood and QD swivels--with his Rough Rider regalia.

CaptainFinn

Prayers and condolences to Paco and the Kelly family.

CaptainFinn

Sarco reimported these, they are selling them from $400 to $700 or so depending on condition. Wouldn't be surprised if that's who they bought them from.

CaptainFinn

Hi, guys. A friend at work gifted me several boxes of XPB .45 250 gr bullets. I know these are intended for .454 casull, but I'm hoping they can be utilized as a .45 Colt in one of my Rossi 92's. Anyone have any recipes for this bullet using H110 or Unique? My usual load for both my 92's is the LBT ...

CaptainFinn

I have taken eleven deer with my '60's Ruger .44 carbine, all with the 240 XTP over 23.5 grains of H110. Three were neck shots, above the shoulder. Eight were broadside at the rear juncture of the front leg-armpit area. Only recovered one slug, it was perfect mushroomed with the copper petals folded...

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The Krag bolt has a long 'rib' along one side. On the Norwegian Krag the rib bears down on a slot in the receiver, functioning as a second bolt lug. The U.S. Krag has a similar rib, but it doesn't contact the receiver. I have read that an old 'trick' back in the day was to lap the Krag bolt lug so t...

CaptainFinn

The wife brought home a large camera bag the other day. She was picking up some knick-knack she'd bought on Craigslist and when she went to meet the seller, the woman asked her if she'd like a camera. It's a like-new Honeywell-era Pentax Spotmatic with six lenses, all original manuals and filters. A...

CaptainFinn

I remember when the 'new' Henrys were first announced, the 'Big Boy' prototype photos showed a loading gate on the receiver; when the guns hit the market, they had the scaled-up .22-style tube loading port. Was there a mechanical reason (I.e., functioning) reason for the switch, or did it have somet...

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Wow, nice deer !!! I have two 92's and two Ruger Bisley-Vaquero's in .45 Colt on deck this year for deer season. Little sister is flying up Sunday fromFlorida after JROTC State Qualifications and we are gonna try and get her her first deer. My 'go-to' load is the 300 grain LBT LFNGC over 24 gr of H1...

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I've taken two deer so far this year (Archery). All I have left is a front shoulder and a backstrap. Rear hams went one from each deer into the smoker, and one from each cut into steaks. One of the smoked roasts was sliced and eaten in about a day and a half by my little tribe, and the other smoked ...

CaptainFinn

I shoot a .452 300-LFNGC over 24 gr of H110 through my 24" Rossi half round, half octagon with a Marbles peep sight, and it keeps five shots inside a 3" shoot-n-see.

CaptainFinn

Kirk, as the father of three girls (and two boys) I have to say, congrats, sir, on raising a lovely and talented daughter.

CaptainFinn

When I was certified as a range officer, the range I worked for picked up the tab. The NRA RO course was great, it reinforced a lot of the safety rules I already knew, and it really brings up your 'situational awareness' factor. Especially at a public range, you really have to be aware of everything...

CaptainFinn

I have a half-round, half-octagon Rossi 24" rifle in .45 Colt...been seriously thinking about doing a button mag and having a front sight dovetailed onto the barrel. Maybe a Beech sight coupled with a folding semi-buckhorn and a nice tang peep.

CaptainFinn

2nd Update: Recieved my package from Marbles on Monday. Detailed instructions on disassembling the sight and replacing the post. A brand-new post/stem and an invoice. No charge. Great customer service. Got the sight apart (wow, a lot of tiny parts in there!)...and the new post is .125 inch SHORTER t...

CaptainFinn

I just broke my Marble's tang sight on my 24" Rossi, wish I'd known about that neat Taurus copy.

There's also Providence Tool Co's copy of the old Lyman #21 receiver sight ....

CaptainFinn

UPDATE: Great Customer Service

Got an e-mail reply from Marble's this morning...they are sending me a new post free of charge ! Great customer serviceis alive and kicking in my home state ! Thanks Marbles !

CaptainFinn

Gonna call Marble's this morning. $6 seems pretty reasonable for a replacement stem. My fault entirely that I broke the sight. Checked the Marble's website and the new 'improved' stems will NOT fit the older 'standard' sights. Hopefully the standard stems aren't as expensive as the improved shafts (...

CaptainFinn

Sometimes I wish I wasn't a gentleman...swearing would be a great release right now... Sighted in my 92 this weekend. Cleaning it today in prep for hunting this week. Had the rifle resting muzzle-down after swabbing the bore with Hoppes. Like an idiot, I left the sight stem in the upright position. ...

CaptainFinn

SFRanger7GP, I moved out of South Florida four years ago and never looked back. Mot of the gun stores were the small 'pawn shop' variety and I didn't see too many that kept a inventory other then used guns. There was a S & W stocking dealer called 'Guns and Knives' out on 441 in Davie, and a sma...

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Denis, any word on if the screw threads/parts are interchangeable with originals ? (I know the Rossi 92's use vastly different screws.)

CaptainFinn

+1 on what Hobie said. 23 gr of H110 and a 300-grain cast bullet (I use a 300 GR LFNGC from Cast Bullet Performance Co). I shoot this through a 92 Carbine and a 92 24" rifle.

CaptainFinn

Thanks, Shasta...gonna give it a try. Got a new batch of 300-gr LFNGC's loaded up that I am dying to get sighted in.

CaptainFinn

I remember seeing a topic on this a year or so ago...I have a Rossi 92 in .45 Colt, and have had a Marble's peep sight on it for five or six years now. Took it out to prepare for deer season and there is a little bit of for-and-aft play on the tang post...like the detent on the bottom of the sight h...

CaptainFinn

Everything except the 94's have been continuously trickling from Miroku for the past decade. Davidson's has had them forever. Pretty high priced and while I'd seriously love a 95 SRC or a 86 carbine, the lightweight pistol-grip stock takedown 86 and the 85 16" saddle-ring carbine just do NOT ap...

CaptainFinn

Dixie Gun Works carries a Henry sling, but check when ordering your gun from the importer, not all Henry's are set up for sling use, IIRC. The 'civilian' Henry (as well as the iron/steel framed Henry) doesn't have swivels for a sling. The military model has a sling swivel on the buttstock and a meta...

CaptainFinn

Prayers up. Feel better soon, John !

CaptainFinn

My Rossi .45 Carbine has handled my handloads fine, but my Rossi rifle with a half-round half-octagon barrel (it has a rifle forearm and encap, and a carbine-style barrel band at the muzzle) did just what you described. The mag tube jumped forward about two inches, the mag tube plug screw popped out...

CaptainFinn

I bought my campaign hat because of Lee Marvin in this movie. :D Aftyer six years it has acquired a nice droopy comfortableness. Now I'm wishing I'd held onto my old Colt 6" OP (although I heard Lee actually carried a 6" Police Positive in this movie). Have to make do with my 1909 New Serv...

CaptainFinn

There was also a limited-edition Model 544, a blued, adjustable sighted N-frame in .44-40, and a 520, a blued, fixed-sight .357 magnum.

CaptainFinn

For the last three years I've been shooting this same load/bullet combo out of my 20" Rossi Carbine and 24" rifle. I didn't find the recoil too severe, even with the crescent butt of the rifle. The rifle mag tube did walk forward a bit, think I finally got it secure this year. What kind of...

CaptainFinn

IIRC, H & R sold their Trapdoor production tools & dies to Pedersoli. I fellow I shot blackpowder with owned a H & R Officer's model and a Pedersoli carbine, as well as a original in .50-70. All seemed like nice servicable guns. My wife's grandmother has her late husband's 1888 rifle. Un...

CaptainFinn

+1 on Griff's diagnosis...as I read the OP that is what I was thinking.

CaptainFinn

Both my .45 Colt Rossi's do that. Like a previous poster said, it is the seams around the ejector, which lies flush. more or less, in the bolt face. Some rifles show it, some don't...

CaptainFinn

I was watching a made for TV western (or is it direct to video ?) the other day on Netflix. Every time a character drew a Colt SAA, it was wasy to see the zamack zinc cast frame and the elongated slot-like cylinder bolt notches on the cylinder--long, maybe half an inch long and 1/16th inch wide notc...

CaptainFinn

I made a stupid mistake balancing my checkbook and wound up with a -$100 checking balance on a Friday. Had a utility bill due, so I sold my 4" .22 Colt Diamondback for $200 to my boss. Twelve years later and he still has it and loves it. :( Traded my 4" beater Official Police and a really ...

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