Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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That is a piece of history..........very nice. You say the bore is excellent....how excellent? Just wondering how well past owners took care of a masterpiece. I like everything about that rifle except............the Unertl. Its like putting a 350 engine in a '32 Ford. That rifle calls for a contempo...

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You traded an old Marlin levergun for a new fangled semi-auto? That's it, your outta here! I might think different if the trade was for an old Colt SAA. :D Hey! Good trade. '97 Marlins can be troublesome as most of 'em must have been shot 8 million times. I fixed a few for buds over the years. The K...

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Old Ironsights wrote:Maybe I'm just Optimistic...

But why can't SF (+ DC/Chicago/NYC/LA/ETC...) look like this again?

They do, just not as good.--6

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Howdy Mark!--------6

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Oh. I thought it was Janet Jackson-----------6

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Joe,
Encks Gun Barn. I know the place, about 60 miles from me. If its any consolation I know Bob to be an upstanding man and he will describe it honestly.----------Sixgun

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That's pretty neat, especially finding a note under the buttplate. I must have removed the buttplates of 200 rifles over the years and never did find anything. A buddy of mine found an old $20 bill. Some takedown rifles won't shoot decent, especially in small calibers in hotshot numbers like the 22 ...

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OI, It does take much time to load a dozen snake loads. Get some empties and reprime them---you don't even need to resize or have a loading press---just knock out the old primers with a finishing nail and tap the new ones in with a light hammer using a piece of a wooden dowel for a punch. Get one of...

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Nice pic Nath! Hey! Where's Tia? Oh, she must be taking the pic.

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Man! That's livin' large.

The only guy in the world that lives better in a tree is Tarsan.---------------6

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Yes, I am a huge fan of American made guns and your choices are down to Earth but........................... Here's point for discussion: I believe it was the late great Jeff Cooper who said.........There's no need for a snake load because if you see the snake, just walk around it and if he bites yo...

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For the 38-55 I use ww plus 4% tin.......water quenched. They come out at 8-9 on the Saeco scale which about equals Lymans #2 alloy. Plus, every rifle bullet I use (except pistol calibers in rifles such as the 32-20, 38-40 etc.)) wears a gas check. Using more tin will give you a fatter bullet. -----...

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Sorry OI. I believe Old Savage beat you to her.

Personally, I don't think she is all that hot. Average at best.-------------6

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That rifle would have made a great prairie dog gun for Elmer Keith.

Ya know, some people must like getting beat up. I've often wondered why no one ever made a rifle for the 20mm.------------6

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I have been casting and loading for the 25-20 WCF since the very early 60's and have found it quite easy to find a good accuracy and effective load. I have both a Winchester 92 and a Remington 25. I have only used one load in both for many years. It is Lyman 257312 85 grain GC over 9/4227. I cast t...

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Here we go again! That eastern carbine had the stock changed. Its ill fitting as guns in those days were fitting tight to the metal. The receiver is "right" as the case hardening on the metal kept the bluing from penetrating the metal and easily wore off, hence the deeper blue of the barre...

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jphi, Here's my thoughts. I was going to say the barrel was a non factory barrel that was fitted to your '94, but like you said, the circle over the "P" shows it to be a real deal Winchester barrel. The barrel is Winchester but it has been heavily buffed which eliminated the barrel address...

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I use aperatures - I just let somebody like Leupold or Weaver put lenses in them rather than attach the lenses to my head. :) Geeze OS, the way you are always getting poked in the head and the chest by all of those protruding objects, I am surprised you can see at all! :D :D -----------------------...

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That was good. The bad guy would have never got that close to me. I always look around and as soon as ANYONE starts to get close to me and for no reason , I have the 'Smith in my hand and out of sight and yell, "Back the f off, now!" all the time looking at their hands and their eyes. You ...

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You may have to make one. Spring stock is available from Brownells. Springs are not that difficult to make especially since you have the pattern . :D As Chuck says, an easy fix. You might also try taking the spring with you to a gunshow and hit up the "parts man". Many mainsprings are sim...

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A good friend had a very nice response when this other guy sued him for something similar. He called the guy up and said, "lets talk about this issue" The other guy met him at an undisclosed location and my bud got out of his truck with a baseball bat and told the worm that if he is gettin...

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Leverluver........whatever works for 'ya. :D This is what works for me. I had the eyeglass man put in a bi-focal (at half strength) in the upper part of my left lens...my dominate eye. These are my designated shooting glasses.............---------------6 http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/001663...

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Oh, I forgot...always small rifle primers. Don't matter what brand.

Jason....Neck size....neck size a caliber down the neck.--------6

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Loading and getting accuracy with the 25-20 is dependent on bullet fit to the throat/leade. If it don't fit, you will get patterns. I'm a guy with close to a hundred moulds and working with the 25-20 has been the most frustrating work than anything I have ever loaded for in the last 40+ years. A Rem...

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I read it a couple times a year for the last 40 years. Not all of it, just portions. My favorite is gunfighting and game hunting. His references on bullet casting and loading are also good. Its probably why I still use Bullseye, Unique, and 2400.

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I have also witnessed TWO other rifles that went BOOM with 5744. One was a Browning 1886 that blew off the loading gate and the other was ANOTHER 1886 in 45-90 that bulged the chamber.............mine also. I have no idea how the cat with the Browning caused it, but I was there helping him look for ...

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That was me and an old 1886 in 45-90. Cost me $4,000 to take that shot. :D (well, I did save the innards) That load was too heavy for the lady and her original Ballard. Ballards are iron and for the most part, are not even safe with black as they are all well over a hundred years old. My 1886 was ma...

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Griff wrote:
I should look at that suff more often...

Yea, the 'Smith. 38 double action---------3rd. model? You shoot it?------------6

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Green????? When did this stuff start???? I'm color blind so I never noticed anything. Look here guys, the guys who supposedly have their names in green have a lot in common with the battle soldier who has extra stripes. Geeze, I sure hope my good 'ole buddy Old Savage don't fall for this malarkey. :...

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DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP!! Ammo and components will be in short supply for some time to come. It will dribble in and what dribbles in (that's popular) will be scarfed up by ammo & component mongers. THEN.....................if the pig that is married to Bill Klinton announces her nomination, the...

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Pete44ru wrote:.
Yep - It's said that there's less than 200 remaining in existance.
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Probably more like 10 are left.....................and I have 9 of them.

I wonder what calibers they came in and whether there were any deluxe versions.

The closest I have to that is a bottle of Winchester oil----------6

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While I don't go around shooting people, the Nazis sure have and the 9 did OK for them or they would have changed. I guess the same could be said for good 'ole Joe Stalin and his murderous regime with their similar round. Remember, cops deal the worst of the worst and the mere sight of their uniform...

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Joe,
You wanna get active again real quick?

Just look out the window and you will see me sneaking around, waiting for you to leave so I can rush in and steal your Ruger single actions.

You will feel better....semi-old guys like us take a little longer to heal.----------Sixgun

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Chuck 100 yd wrote:They don`t get much uglier than that one in the picture.
It wouldn't even have to shoot, the deer would die laughing...

Thanks for saving me to type the same words.

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There's lots of Youtube videos on how to silver solder with a propane torch.

Depending on the condition of the rifle, its no big deal to D&T for two 6-48 screws. You could epoxy it first............then shoot it to make sure its on..........then D&T it.---------------6

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What did Jeff Cooper know? He was just a novice! :D Well, Jeff was the rifleman of rifleman, that's for sure. Maybe he picked the boltgun over any other action as semi's did not have the accuracy or dependability back in the eighties like they do now. Wait a minute here Sixgun, ........................

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You did good Wolfdog. :D In my opinion, after shooting and owning about every conceivable gun and caliber ever made, I have come to the conclusion that the 40 calibers are the best combination of power, recoil, and accuracy ever devised for everyday shooting, hunting, and competition. What time can ...

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Fuuny thing, I was shooting one of these last month at the Pa. silhouette regionals. My buddy's uncle was showing it to me. While I have seen them, I never shot one so I grab every chance I can get to shoot about anything with a trigger. The Model 74 is a modernized Model 63 or 03. It has the same b...

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On further thought, I would like to tell you about a conversation I had with an real, real, OLD guy, back in the seventies. I was just a punk kid (about 20) attending a gunshow, at the beginning of my Winchester collecting. At that time, a nice 1886 in standard configuration could be had for about $...

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Jack, The rust blue job looks great. I think you got it down pat! Yea, you want to be easy on the finish for at least a week and then be careful on the type of oil you use on it for several months. Remember, Hoppe's #9 will eat that finish right off, so if you shoot it, keep the solvent where it bel...

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That was a weeks pay (or more) in those days. Colts have never been easily affordable.

It is neat to dream though

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The 44 and the 45 or just the one Colt? The .22 New Frontier??? How about the wiped Polish Mauser with the rampant lion and all matching numbers? No, no...forget the Polish Mauser. Not much good comes from Poland.............they can't even make ice anymore.....they lost the receipe. :D Just the 44...

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Battles that affect who? The way I see it the biggest battle that meant anything was the recent victory by us against that whatever-he-is in Washington concerning "assault" weapons, registration, ammo sales, gunshow sales, whatever. Had that passed, we ALL would not be happy at the moment....

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Six, knowing your fondness for firearms literature Yes, by Keith. I read a fair amount of O'Connor and I never could warm up to him. But anyway, I'll still take his book, but only because its a first printing. Please put those books, along with the other books, knives, and the single action Colt in...

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Ha! Same as me! Its hard remembering where to put all of those sight settings. For an instance, say 38-40. I may regularly shoot 4 rifles in this caliber so in each 50 rd. box of ammo, I have a "settings chart" taped to the lid categorizing each rifle. Like you, I mark the adjusting knob a...

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I was going to post a pic of my boots but Griff beat me to it. In lieu of that I'll say a 1967 Cadillac like they used in the movie, "The Deer Hunter". Did you ever see the trunk on one of those? :D Naaaa....Nothing beats a good 'ole Jeep Wrangler with 4 inches of lift, lockers, 33" G...

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Shasta, Thanks for the reply. You are definitely on to something there. I hate to admit it but the 1st place win I had at the Pa. Regionals was with the 70 gr. Speer bullet :oops: Those bullets shoot in to a little over an inch at 100 meters. The best cast bullet load I ever used was the bullets tha...

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Shasta, THATS what I call a "post of substance". :D Your are right, that bullet gave me all kinds of fits and all the while I figured I was doing something wrong because "why would RCBS make a bullet mould that was worthless". Well, it was worthless and Jack Kort now has the moul...

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Those old Elsies are a work of art. IMO, the double guns from the 1890-1920 period had the finest of all craftsmanship, exceeding any levergun or single shot. Speaking of W & C Scott guns, my bud just got one in. That too is a work of art. It has the oak leaf engraving and IIRC, hammers.......12...

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My thousand dollars against your $50 (if you have that much) says you can't take a picture of the barrel address and caliber roll mark and post it here in 15 minutes. Most folks only 'check in' to a forum like this every day or so, or maybe a couple times a day if they are retired and it's a rainy ...

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