Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Utility gun supreme. John Taffin said something to the effect that "a 357 lever gun is the third most useful firearm you can own. First and second are a 22LR lever gun and a 22 LR revolver." I had a custom 1892 WINCHESTER in 357 back in 1966. I drifted up to the 44 in '76, but I have usual...

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I dusted mine off...it sits in the safe too much!...and ran some low end loads in it. 350 grain plain base lead boolit; 28 grains of ACCURATE ARMS 5744. 2400 is pretty good powder also...the 5744 is great, but way too pricey! You can reload 45/70 in-expensively AND casting your own boolits cuts the ...

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I thought Ed Harris and Amy Madigan starred in a version of RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. I've been trying to get a copy for years. Ed Harris was great in APPALOOSA...inspired me to go buy the next three books Robert Parker wrote in the series....RESOLUTION, BRIMSTONE, and BLUED EYED DEVIL...Robert Par...

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Speed traps are a way of life in semi rural areas. I've got two stories. I picked up my new 06 Impala at noon Friday before going in for 4-to-12 PM shift. Missouri has owner pay the sales tax in order to get his license plates, but gives you 30 days to do so. It's 1 AM and drizzling as I drive past ...

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One of my all time favorites...lost some good parts of the book, but still an excellent movie. "With some people, it is an accident of birth. But you, sir, are a self made man." Appaloosa is the best recent movie I've seen. I bought the book...and the three that followed! (Robert Parker di...

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Shiloh has excellent customer service and a good web site. You get a lot of support and information there. You really want to get in touch with Orville (Loomer) on the Shiloh forums. He shoots originals or very precise copies and has a lot of original or duplicate of same reloading equipment and mou...

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Go over to castboolits.gunloads and do some reading; marlinowners also. There's some guys doing a lot of cast bullet shooting there. There is also a site called gmdr that has reduced cast bullet loads for most any caliber. Investigate a LYMAN M-die. It has a bell at the case mouth and appropriate si...

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I subscribed to it pretty early...some cheaper that way. Dennis Adler has a bit of ego and loves costumes, but at least he has some halfway researched gear to go with the guns. The limited amount of comments on what they did to restore the Billy the Kid photo will probably make me buy the book it is...

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I sure like my BIG 50 Shiloh, a 50/90 Long Range Express. Going to the factory in Big Timber is a great experience...especially with the tour of the shop, etc. You can see the pains they take to make YOUR gun perfect. Going to the Quigley shoot in Forsyth MT on Fathers Day week end is fun also. Al L...

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I bought a copy of Mike Venturino's SHOOTING BUFFALO RIFLES OF THE OLD WEST while recuperating from some cardiac work in 2003. I'd always wanted a BIG 50. October of 2003 I went to Big Timber and looked at Shilohs and C.Sharps....went back to Shiloh and ordered my 50/90 Long Range Express with appro...

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And people wonder why the tea party movement is growing so fast?

Family ranches and family farms ought to be on the endangered species list.

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The Book of the 44 is probably John Taffin's best book. It is an excellent read, as are of Mr. Taffin's work, and a wealth of information. Enjoy a classic. Unfortunately someone decided it should be published in BLACK AND WHITE and SOFT COVER. Mr. Taffin was...and is..upset with the publisher's deci...

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I had a Bisquero once and loved it. I got rid of it in favor of a 629. Not a good thing. that Ruger was twice the gun. I'm torn between a Bisquero with the fixed sights and the regular Bisley with that mile long barrel. The 44 BISLEY VAQUEROS are pretty hard to find. I spent about $250 to have a re...

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It looks like problems over at marlinowners. Don't know what or why, but you can't get there from here.

Sure hope some dirtball hacker didn't screw them up!

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Go to lasc.us and read Glenn Fryxell's article on 1894 Marlins in 357-44-45 Colt. If you're going to reload, the info is really good. While I prefer 44 (and have a 357 also) his data on the 45 is something to consider...all good choices. I also have 45/70 Cowboy rifles and a recently acquired 30/30 ...

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I bought an American brand hat at Luchese Boot Company in 1968...even carried it along to Viet Nam...seemed like a link to home then...and gave it to someone there rather than drag it back. I've had Stetsons since. I bought several over the years...4X working quality hats. My current hats are 4X fro...

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30/30, 38 Special and 44 Special would be my candidates. Too many gunwriters shooting with typewriters don't recognize the 30/30 for its good characteristics, but the shooting public---not dedicated hobbyists!---know a good thing for the guy who re-sights his gun and then gets his deer...and then cl...

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There were an 1894C and 1894 at a gun show last week...both with serial numbers indicating 2008 production...that had the serial numbers on the lower left front of their receivers. I was looking for MARLIN Cowboy rifles in 357 or 30/30 with 24 inch barrels and/or straight grip stocked 30/30s for con...

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My favorite is the 50/90 in my treasured SHILOH SHARPS...the BIG 50.

The one I shoot most is the 44 magnum in both revolvers and MARLIN lever guns; followed distantly by the 357 and 22 LR. I'm just getting into the 30/30 and cast boolits (Guess what one of my other favorite web sites is?)

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I have a 50/90 SHILOH Long Range Express with 34 inch heavy barrel, pack hardened finish, pewter tip, AA finish on extra fancy wood, checkered steel shotgun buttplate AND the recoil reducer in the butt stock. Sights are MVA 107 and 112 AND I had MVA bolt on scope mount bases installed when they buil...

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Thank you sir. I am the happy owner of a 34 inch barreled SHILOH SHARPS 50 X 2.5 inch (50/90,) so this was very enlightening reading.

EDK at Shiloh and Castboolirs

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There was a list on SASS wire awhile back on VAQUERO serial numbers. It indicates yours was made in 1999. You have a somewhat rare one....I don't know exact numbers, but you don't see them very often. The BISLEY VAQUERO isn't common in any length; stainless, 4 5/8 barrel and standard grip frames are...

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If primers are high (and powder, lead and copper for gas checks and casings!) What do you think the price of ammo is going to do? I keep powder and primers in a closet in the house...if they aren't on the reloading bench. I like having a 5,000 primer minimum in large and small pistol. Unfortunately ...

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My old Appaloosa gelding was 31 when he had a massive heart attack and had to be put down. The Appaloosa mare was 32 and had just "wore out her body," blind and "poor" despite an excellent vet and grain twice a day. The last one left is her half arab son...he'll be 32 next April....

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Watch Cesar Millan aka the dog whisperer on national geographic channel. It's all about who is the leader and it's a physchological method that is explained very well. The wife gave me his book BE THE PACK LEADER when we got an Australian Shepherd puppy March 2d; just before big snow and a lot of ne...

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I had the same idea about cutting my 44 Cowboy from 24 to 20 inches and then stumbled across one already done at SHOOTING WORLD in Boise in 2003. It's approximately 19 inches. It made a nice souvenir BUT I don't like it as much as I thought I would. It has a slick action (by Paul Cooper aka Wog?) bu...

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I really like the LYMAN #66 rear sight and the #17 globe front (with inter-changeable inserts) on my MARLIN 1894s and 1895s. Also get one of the little fold down rear sights to fill the rear barrel sight dove tail; it's handy for times when the receiver sight isn't appropriate...like a CAS match! Th...

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The people who drink "heavily" don't see a problem. It doesn't matter if it's shooting, driving, boating, whatever. Those of us whose lives don't revolve around "a cold one" see it differently. I smoke 4 to 6 cigars a day (and have worked in a coal fired power plant for 37 years ...

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You might consider getting a replacement front sight from POWER CUSTOM. They have sights in .125 width and various heights that are identical in shape to factory. You would have to mill/file the width of the frame notch to match. Relatively simple, better sight picture AND still legal for SASS cowbo...

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Get a copy of Mike Venturino's SHOOTING LEVER GUNS OF THE OLD WEST for a referrence...You'll enjoy it and learn a lot. LEGACY OF LEVER ACTIONS by Wolfe Publishing is definitely worth the $7 p;lus shipping it's advertised for currently. A 50/90 is the current name for a SHARPS 50 X 2.5 inch straight ...

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Leading is kind of a fact of life with cast bullets. There are a million posts on forums for lead removal. I use KANO KROIL, an industrial penetrating oil, that we use in the power plant for stuck bolts. FOR BOLTS, ETC "If KROIL won't get it, it's time for a heating torch." Go over to cast...

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You'd have to get "A DEAL" on primers because of the HAZMAT fees; ditto the powder. My wife drives past GRAFS in Mexico MO when she visits her sister...she usually has a list! I'm getting low on TITEGROUP and GOEX CARTRIDGE both! (GRAFS and MIDWAYUSA were short on primers recently; the loc...

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He had a link over at castboolits. I use the 50/50 alox for my pistols and like it. His black powder lube is considerably less expensive than the big name stuff...and works well in my 50/90 SHILOH SHARPS. I ordered some of his LIQUID XLOX yesterday for use with RANCH DOG 432 265s in MARLIN COWBOY 44...

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I shoot a 50/90 SHILOH SHARPS LONG RANGE EXPRESS with a 34 inch barrel, that weights almost 14 pounds. a 620+ lead bullet and 95 grains of GOEX CARTRIDGE black powder. I shoot it at home and at the QUIGLEY RIFLE SHOOT in Forsyth Montana in June. One of my pals at Quigley shoots a 50/140 that weights...

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My little 1894 Marlins (three 44s and one 357) feed almost any bullet noses. The only thing I haven't had much success with is a LBT 432 300 WFN in the 44s. Probably why I got it cheap at the Quigley rifle shoot in Montana awhile back. The RANCH DOG 432 265 feeds well in the 44s, as do various LYMAN...

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I have both 44 and 357 1894 Cowboys, and Original Size RUGER VAQUEROS/BISLEYS to side them plus a number of bullet moulds of various weights in both calibers. You can load a 44 down pretty low, but you can only load a 357 so high. Not that the 357 isn't a good choice, but the 44 is better. If you ne...

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Shoot this little jewel and don't make the mistake I did. I let my stepson have my 1894 Marlin, cut down to 16.5, and then the #$%@ let someone rook him out of it. I carried that gun for 20 years in a saddle scabbard...it only came out to be shot or occasionally cleaned and oiled. Put a set of Uncle...

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For self defense usage, I'd get 357 COWBOY ammo...lead bullets designed to feed in a lever action; low penetration so you don't take out the neighbors by accident; low recoil; cheap enough to plink/practice with and become proficient without going bankrupt buying ammo. For hunting, check out the var...

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Go over to shilohrifle.com/forums and do some reading. There's a lot of info there for you.Some people are down on anything bigger than a 45/70. but the long range guys and others will help you a lot with their postings...there's plenty of 45/120 fans out there. Get Mike Venturino's SHOOTING BUFFALO...

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I was listening to the soundtracks of RIDE WITH THE DEVIL and THE MISSING while I was casting full wadcutters for the 44 Vaqueros and LYMAN 431244s to keep the Marlin 1894 Cowboys going until the Ranch Dog mould gets here.

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Mike Bellieveau aka Bottom Dealin' Mike did an article in SHOOT! magazine's black powder book on the Remington and its replicas. Lots of good information and a nice short story as a lead in. If you remember Robert Uhrich in THE LAZARUS MAN western, he used a Remington revolving carbine in one episod...

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Mine has definite feeding problems and I need someone to straighten it out...find someone who wants a bargain to play with. One local gunsmith said it was a "timing problem" but I talked to him just prior to deer season and he was swamped. Thanks for reminding me. I have to drive past his ...

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Over the years, I've learned a lot from members of the SHOOTISTS who didn't particularly advertise their membership. Their dedication to our sports and willingness to share their hard earned and sometimes expensive knowledge is to be commended. While an NRA LIFE MEMBER, I'm not much of a joiner..the...

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It was probably an 1892 or 1894 Winchester that the gun rental people didn't do a very good job of faking into a Henry. I've got the VHS buried somewhere and ought to look at it again. Sam Elliot's films don't get the budgets like Tom Selleck's, but together they make a great team...especially in th...

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My 50/90 Sharps brass is from Bell, rim is .660 and length is 2.5 inches. Shiloh Sharps stamps the barrel as 50 X 2.5. 50-110 rims are about .600 IIRC. Length is 2.4 inches (I wish Mike Venturino had given case dimensions in his excellent SHOOTING LEVER ACTIONS OF THE OLD WEST; it's a really good bo...

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I need to do some "leather shopping." Somewhere there was a gentleman making Kydex holsters for 5.5 inch Original Size Vaqueros and I lost the contact info. I think one of them with some kind of passive retention system for the Vaquero and also my 5 inch 629 would be a worthy replacement f...

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I just joined recently--another sixgunner refugee looking for a home. I'm at shiloh, singleactions, rugerforum and a few others. So far, so good here. If Scott and Kate are leaving, LEAH (Lucinda, Ellen and Heather; know those names from somewhere?) and I will miss them. There's a few people almost ...

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I'd try the taper crimp after seating the bullet as close as possible to a known good feeding over-all length. Taper crimps have worked well with full wadcutters in several 44 revolvers I'm using currently; I like it for brass longevity also. Start with equipment you already own. You might also have...

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Jim Stroh, ALPHA PRECISION, Comer GA. He's worked on my stuff for almost 20 years...former pistolsmith of the year...all around good guy and a true gentleman to deal with. He's fairly close to Athens. Email him...send a deposit and wait until it's your turn to ship the gun. He is finally starting to...

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Refer to the threads on 625s at castboolits. I'm EDK over there, one of the guys in that little discusion. Here's my take. The major retailers are a rip off. I got 100 steel full moons from Ranch Products last year for $25 and sent an extra 5 for shipping! Someone quoted $35 recently. That is still ...

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