Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I've heard tons of stories from friends and my kids of the "stuff" that goes on in the workplace these days. Thank God I was able to retire in September of 2007; over 16 1/2 years ago.

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I guess the moral of the story is, I need to stop trying to be organized. Something always goes missing. jb 8) I'm just the opposite. If I don't organize my stuff it's gone. Everything has to have it's place or I'll lose it. My wife loves it because everything is always neat and in it's place. Been...

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Welcome to the fire from Colorful Colorado.

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I set up a Henry H001 .22 lr with a Lyman rear sight to give me a chance at 300 yards and found the results interesting. While I could dial in the elevation, the wind made the prospect of actually hitting what you were aiming at almost random. Even when there was no apparent wind at all the drift be...

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I know exactly what you mean. I grew up in Northern California in the 50's and 60's when it truly was the 'Golden State'. No, it along with all of the 'Left Coast' cities have devolved into dung heaps. That's why I escaped to Jefferson County in Colorado back in 1980 where even though the Denver are...

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A few more of my collection of jpgs. Jimmies First Gun is a Remington.jpg Marlin 90.jpg A gunshop in downtown San Jose, CA in the early 60's my dad took me to to get some ammo had this sign on the back wall. I always thought the levergun depicted (a '73) was cool looking even as a early teen. Winche...

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Do as I say, not as I do.

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I have a bunch of the old adds in jpg. format. Here are a couple I like.

Win 88 Ad.jpg

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My home and auto insurance yearly renewal is coming up in early May and I've already started pinging the independent company to put together some info on competitive rates from various companies. I've read here that the rates are going up between 25-40% this year alone!! I expect the quote from my c...

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Good to know about Kaiser and Japan as my son and I are going there in September.

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Kaiser is almost a 'Direct Pay' approach as the insurer is also the provider.

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I'd say go with Dillion. A progressive makes a poor choice for someone just starting reloading. But you're experienced so buy what you will eventually end up with first. I disagree that a Dillon progressive makes a poor choice for someone just starting because of 2 processes you've overlooked. With...

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What ever floats your boat I say! Reloading should be all about relaxing and enjoying the time spent ! Thoughts of saving money are there but not so much as it used to be. It is my hobby and I do what I can, how ever I want and when I want to safely to enjoy it! I agree completely! It's a hobby tha...

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One of the best things about living in our valley is that we have an equestrian center about 2 blocks and a 4 minute walk down the street from our home with over 35 miles of trails to ride just in our valley. While I don't own a horse myself now, I have friends that do who are too busy to ride as mu...

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Bronco wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:40 pm I have come to just love Sixgun's angle on things

He does like tangents!

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Welcome from Colorado! Right nice levergun you've got there.

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The M48 was the Patton? Yes, the M48 Patton tank was a replacement for the M47 Patton tank. It had the same basic armament; a 30 cal co-axial MG, a M-2 50 cal TC MG and a 90 mm main gun. The M60 never was officially named like the Patton was as it was considered an improvement on the M48 design. Be...

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I got it. That's I was commenting on how much fuel they did burn. Everything about them is big, heavy and expensive.

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I'm all about Armor and Main Battle Tanks. But they were certainly NOT on a budget! At approximately 4 gallons of diesel to the mile, they sucked up a lot of fuel. Further, the 30 cal coax MG and 50 cal TC's MG spit out dollars every time you pulled the trigger. Then the main gun ate hundreds of dol...

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Our daughter lives in Austin, dead center of the track so we're going done to visit and watch the day turn to night. Only a couple of days for me and our son who'd going from Boulder, but the wife is staying until the 20th to visit and have some 'girls time'. I'll be 'batching it' for a couple of we...

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West Point Drops 'Duty, Honor, Country' from mission statement.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-news/w ... statement/

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Speaking of the fence to keep Slow China Joe from wandering off, Did you see Hur's testimony this morning? It's sad. His transcript shows that Biden forgot the year of his son Beau’s death and Trump’s election ! https://nypost.com/2024/03/12/us-news/live-updates-robert-hur-testifies-in-bidens-classi...

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Doc, One 1886 Winchester would equal a years worth of production from Rossi. 🤪 I would never send my money to an overseas company that won’t let it’s own citizens own guns in the free way we have it. I don’t have any Ballards and I sure as heck wouldn’t give 3 cents for any Rossi made……same goes fo...

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That would be funny if it wasn't so close to the truth.

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I use to go to the Tanner GS here in Denver from about 1981 in the old convention center. It was the largest show in Colorado and had everything but it started to fade about 2016 and then COVID hit. When it came back it had moved to a hotel conference area and was just about ARs, jewelry and sky hig...

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He could have done what I have seen others do ... pick up the pistol and put his finger in the trigger guard .. cock the hammer and let go of it and BOOM! Finger in the trigger guard on the trigger. It is still negligent and careless, a result of not knowing what you are doing. I agree, however, it...

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They should pass a law making every person on a movie set where firearms are present take an extensive firearms training course to familiarize them selves with the firearms,safety and protocol That would be great! Most of the 'Snowflake Actors' would refuse to learn about those 'evil implements of ...

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Not commenting on her verdict but Baldwin must be found guilty as his 'accidental discharge' of his single action Colt wasn't accidental it was a purposeful act. We here all KNOW that it takes 2 separate and distinct actions involving 2 different parts of his hand to cock and then fire a single acti...

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While it's not been my experience, many folks say that nickel cases are more brittle than brass and crack sooner. I still have many nickel .38 Spl cases from the 60s, 70s & 80s that have been reloaded dozens of time without any hint of cracking... many have been resized so many times that the n...

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I've also found that they clean up much easier than brass and as the nickel plating is smoother, they slide into the resizer easier than my brass ones.

In addition, I use nickel brass to separate my lighter SA pistol loads from my levergun loads of the same caliber.

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A friend of mine has a variation on the "hold it still" approach. He has a Lead Sled that he clamps his rifle to, fires a shot, ensures that the scope is back on the aim point and then adjusts the scope to the impact point. He let me use it to sight in my Winchester 88 with a Redfield Scop...

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Check out this link:
https://shootersreference.com/reloading ... inchester/

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I've used them for years in my semi-auto and SA pistols, leverguns and recently in my Ruger Original PC4 and like them a lot for plinking and general shooting. I use both his .38/.357 158 and 180 grn bullets mostly in my Rossi leverguns but also in my SA, .40 cal 155, 180 and 200 grn bullets in my G...

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Migrant from Venezuela. I'll bet he's an illegal.

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Goes to show that wisdom can come with age.

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The 'light dusting' of maybe a 1/2" of snow predicted for our valley SW of Denver last night at 10 pm has turned into a full on snow with at least 3" on the ground and still snowing with about 2+ more hours before it moves out. That's enough snow that the snow plow just went down our stree...

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$3,500!

No way is it worth anywhere near that.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:24 am CoSteve.... I never saw Miles Per Hour in load data before; kinda cool....!

I just got a 'wild hair' one day and added it for fun.

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Anyone have hard data on the 357 round v barrel length question? Yes, I do for 20" and 24" Rossi 92s in 38spl & .357mag as well as for 19" and 24" Uberti 66/73 in .45 Colt. The velocity differences vs barrel length are very much dependent upon the powder chosen and bullet we...

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Good thing she didn't realize that the 'dog' that walked right by her was actually a Mountain Lion!!!!!!!!
https://youtu.be/fM4uo9UNVBk?si=MLU49KRNd8bn8icd

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Welcome!

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Well, it's a balmy -8° in our back yard and snowing right now at 10 am. Pin Point weather forecast it at -5° going down to -7°at 6 pm tonight so I guess we shot right past that already. They're forecasting that it will start to 'warm' a bit (-2° by midnight) and continue to 'warm' until by Wednesday...

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They showed a map of the US with the temps and wind chill factors and this cold snap is affecting the entire middle of the country. We don't have it bad in Colorado compared to the middle northern states and like them, we're use to this weather and prepared for it. I'm concerned for the lower states...

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It's a balmy -5° here this morning with a windchill of -14°.

That's warmer than last night when I went to bed. It was -8°.

And Monday evening is when it's supposed to get really cold!!!

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One reason I like 'Bisley' grips for sure .. I've tried them and while better, they still aren't as comfortable as a semi-auto's for me. One reason for me is that I got my right wrist and forearm damaged in VN and the weakened wrist is susceptible to pain with any torquing. For instance, I've shot ...

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what is involved in putting a 6" barrel in a mil-spec copy 5 inch 1911 ? just wandering. wondering. curious . . . thanks Screenshot 2024-01-08 080447 1911 long slide.png this would be my lottery ticket BBQ gun :roll: I have $200 into my 1911, which makes me want to scrounge parts . . . at leas...

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I think that all of the responses support my post; the preferred barrel length and sighting setup is mostly a function of preferred use, not an absolute rule. But that only seems logical to me as you'd likely not bring a bolt gun to a machine gun match or a machine gun to a 1,000 yd sniper match.

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Got both a 20" carbine and 24" rifle in .357 mag and they both are good at what they're outfitted for. The answer you seek is totally dependent upon what you want out of your .357 mag levergun. The different barrel lengths have different strengths and none are perfect for everything. The 2...

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Wow! Highest I've gone so far with a Zero 158grn JSP bullet, Winchester .357mag brass, 18.0 grns of Lil'Gun with a SR primer is 2,005 fps also out of a 24" barrel. Now that's an easy load with low impact on my brass but I'd have to go compressed to fit more powder in the case. Edit to add: The ...

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