Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Good luck!

A few years ago I took a 38-55 Marlin Cowboy antelope hunting using cast bullets and brought home my first 'lope!

You shouldn't have any problem with a long range rifle...

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24" Marlin Cowboy in .44 for deer around my house, no shots over 150 yards. 260gr cast at about 1760fps.

444 Marlin and a 275gr cast at about 2200fps for elk.

And I'm sure a .30-30, 25-35, 45-70, .348 and .35 Whelen will also get one single chance apiece!

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2X22 wrote:My other go-to knife is a 6" Cold Steel San Mai III Tanto.

Heh, and my 7 1/2" Cold Steel San Mai came in yesterday!

What a well made, and heavily made brute!

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I wasn't allowed a toy gun. My father told me he would never have me pointing anything resembling a gun at anything I didn't want dead. He was a Korean veteran of some horrific battles. Instead, when I was 7 years old he gave me my first rifle, a .22 singleshot and I got to shoot it under his watchf...

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I carry the smaller knife in the open, sometimes, and no one has ever even seemed to notice, in my usual circles, or at least it doesn't seem to raise any eyebrows. The handle is small but secure in it's grip, and gives the illusion of a much smaller knife, until drawn. It's a Puma. I have this sam...

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Happy Birthday, Paco.

I've just about worn my issue of Leverguns out.

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My most fired firearms are .44's and almost always two at a time! Plus when I hunt around home here, its fairly brushy and I'm awful comfortable hunting with .44's. So when I head out the door and into the brush around the house here, a long shot would be 125 yards, I have two .44's with me. It been...

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I used to on everything but my rimfires. Then in a single week I broke the firing pin in two separate Marlin Cowboys in .44 and that was it. I don't do it anymore.

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Oh my Lord, what a beautiful picture!

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Some pretty cool rifle photo's

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Griff wrote:Gotta admit, I'm reluctant to find out what it would take to go off grid in TX with a 2400sf home, AC demands, etc.

AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME IF YOU KNOW!!!!

I do...

And you're right, you don't want to know!

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Yep, Honda gennies are the cats meow, that is for certain. Problem is as you found out, they are thirsty when trying to muscle through and power a normal house with standard appliances. We went off grid about 8 years ago and have never looked back. We powered our home for the first few years with ju...

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At least 300 days of the year, usually more, I can be found traipsing across the countryside with an old model Ruger Flattop on my hip and either a 20" or 24" Marlin Cowboy in my hand, no matter how many miles I'm putting on. Both in .44, of course... :wink: You know how we all search for ...

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I'm pretty pleased with the one I picked up about 5 years ago. I hunt under the heavy dark timber, therefore the 4X Leupold. The really nice thing about this particular rifle is how close it puts different bullet weights to the same point of aim. A while back I shot three 240JSP, three 255gr cast, t...

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Seems this guy was pullin my leg Won't answer his phone now Won't answer text messages either Hope nothin has happened to him Heh, he probably figured out he would come out waaaaaay last in that trade! I traded a NIB M70 .458 win mag for an original '86 in 45-90 made in 1891, straight across. Until...

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Blaine is right about the Miners Burger. It is an old school drive in located a block or so west of your location on south 1st street. Good (HUGE) burgers with all the trimmings, and great chocolate milk shakes. Can't agree more! Whenever I happen to cross the mountains to Yakima, I ALWAYS stop and...

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I like my 71 quite a lot. I've begun to think that it could fill the role of single gun that does the most. I like 94's quite a lot, but they are a but light for grizzly country, I feel much better with a heavier caliber, as well as possible elk hunting which I haven't done in a while. I couldn't a...

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In my book, a nap.

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Pretty cool find! You probably won't be sorry, I know that I love mine, a 1936 model. I've used both the 200gr Hornady with a heavy load of 3100 and also a 200gr cast with nearly an identical powder charge all work well on elk, out to 212 yards, the furthest I've tested it... :wink: Mine also will g...

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I'm going to toss out my own $.02 worth before reading all the other comments/suggestions! Nothing wrong with exactly what you are planning to take, the .357 rifle with a scope, especially for where you will be traveling. Some heavy loaded cast will handle just about everything the area has to offer...

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Old thread but I just noticed it :shock: I can't say enough good about the Marlin CB in 38-55. I have to report, with mine, I've taken a couple elk, a half dozen deer and one antelope! Oh, and shot the heads from quite a few grouse... :wink: Accuracy that is amazing. I shoot a pretty heavy load, a 2...

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Well, I live 100' from the woods where I spend many days walking all day with a Marlin Cowboy in .44 mag with a 24" barrel. Really balances nicely, especially if you load the tube all the way. The extra weight is offset by the way it balances it, making it seem much lighter at the end of the da...

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I have the original Digest that article was first published in (I think) and one of the reasons both me and my brother brought 444's. I've never been sorry. The 444 is everything that article says.

Are there guns/cartridges are better? Probably, depending on the location.

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I prefer deer and elk steak for my protein, MM!

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Griff wrote: "True Blood", but mostly for Sookie Stackhouse! Although Jessica is very interesting also!

I just looooove Jessica! That red hair is to die for.....pun intended....

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Prayer sent.

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Prayer sent.

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You sure that first one isn't a dadburned giraffe?

Beautiful and green.

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Ever notice how the deer will come out and watch tractors, and other heavy equipment? Shoot, I remember on one job at about 1pm every day a nice little forked horn used to come out of the timber next to our landing and I had to be careful not to hit him while I was sorting logs and loading trucks. ...

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rbertalotto wrote:For nice light recoil plinking loads.........Unique is hard to beat in bot 38-55 and 45-70

Beat to it! I love Unique for the light loads in both these.

3031 is my go-to in the 38-55. Accuracy so good I don't look at anything else for my hunting loads.

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2X22------------------- I finally got use to that bench-------------------it is good now! Took a while for sure to find my sweet spot setup on it. I have narrowed my grip to 30" (inside of grip) and found that having my nose directly under the bar(is the spot) Glad to hear that you like the be...

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Thanks fella's

Its been a great and lazy day so far, about to head down to Sizzler for some birthday dinner!

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Stir fry for me. A giant pan of veggies and a couple pounds of elk steak diced up and then some stir fry stuff drizzled on. Spooned over a cup of brown rice and mmm..mmm..good!

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A few bullet moulds, a couple cases of primers and kegs of Unique and a feller is well supplied for all the shootin' he can stand!

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Bottom line after about 2 hrs--------I got it and it is indeed rugged. Heh, as inept as I am, double that time... :roll: One thing(maybe it is me)??? I am a tall guy------my bench grip even when I am all the way wide(out to those side racks)it is still a little under what I use(but I will guess I w...

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As a true blue A#1 .44 fan, I see no problem with leaving it as a .44 for a few different reasons. One, the rifle is very light. Two, it is not hard to hit the 1600fps mark with 330gr TN cast bullets from a rifle. That is a lotta whomp and believe it, it will shoot plumb through and elk and nothing ...

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I guess I should admit to making one concession toward limited components and high costs. Bought a '94 NRA Centennial .30-30 a few weeks ago and only have/had one single .30 cal mould, the 311041 which takes gas checks. Since I only have a few thousand .30 cal GC's I had to make a decision. Do I buy...

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Shooting at even double pre-Obummer reelection volume, I am good for another 40 years or so.

So, basically I'm set for the rest of my life

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Buy it.

At some point down the road you'll find a Browning. For the time being, buy and enjoy the Ruger!

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Here are links to the caveman and paleo diets ! http://www.cavemanpower.com/food/caveman_power_diet.html http://thepaleodiet.com/# Now I am sure if I followed their instruction 100% it would probably do better . But it also says in their somewhere to do to suit yourself (within reason) . So it is &...

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What kind of bench? I can't remember what kind ours is, but I've been putting in my $.02 for a different one. My partner has really short legs, I need a taller bench. Maybe I'll just put a new one up at my house instead of down at his place where our gym is. Valor Fitness BF-48(with spotter racks/s...

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When I first went in 100% on the diet, and make no mistake, this diet is not a diet it is a way of life, my problem (as a powerlifter) was losing too much weight. I initially lost 19lbs in 13 days and my strength was literally melting away with the weight, though realistically I didn't lose that muc...

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At my age----------------------to get 13 more :shock: -----------------------------------Ah---------------ain't taking that bet. but will do what I can! ps----my new bench was delivered here about 4hrs ago,and all I can say is OMG---------OVERKILL(beyond belief)but that is a good thing! Just don't ...

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One of you mentioned "The Caveman Diet" . I googled it and it sounds a bit intresting to say the least . How good do you find it ? Not good, fantastic. For ME, it is the difference between life and death. I have stage 3 NASH. Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. For me its genetic but the basic...

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I sat down 2 weeks ago and for 3 days (ate my normal)but jogged down what I ate(kept it the usual)then after the 3 days for each of those days----(I did a tabulation of calorie count for each of those 3 days)----------------------ya know what I came up with???????? Day 1 -------------------------46...

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FatJackDurham wrote:
Griff wrote:
slimster wrote:Terry, thanks for the call to Pitchy, and I, (for one), would love to see BOTH of ya back posting regularly! Glad yer doing alright and God bless ya!
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When I was a very young buck, in my teens and early 20's, recoil was something I didn't tolerate well and so 100% of my hunting with done with either a 25-35 or a .357 rifle. Then I started shooting trap competitively and all the sudden I found that rifles, to a point, didn't bother me recoil wise. ...

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When I was young and first married (19!) I had what could be called a 'minimalist' battery. I owned.....: Model 64 in .25-35 Marlin .357 Colt Python Ruger MII Winchester M37 20 gauge Lots of powder and primers from my earlier pre-married teen years and cases of .22's I see no reason why I couldn't d...

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Prices are definitely up, I just ordered two bullet molds yesterday that came to $170 but a single cavity and a double cavity, both iron. Not two many years ago that would have came to about $80.

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Pretty cool looking mould and bullets. Can't wait to hear a range report using both. I decided the same thing about 10 years ago when I got tired of paying the prices of jacketed bullets. Though I am still working on the last of them, I've been casting up and shooting thousands of Saeco 250's and an...

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