Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Small, local show... sorta old school... Forest Lodge VFW hall.... around 50 tables... you get it.... I've been to this show about a half-dozen times, but this time I actually bought something.... Just so this isn't OT , I will share that I almost bought a really nice 9422 in 22 Mag for $400 face-to...

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I have a Droid. I love it.

Love the GPS and navigation app. Love the screen and browser. Love the keyboard. Love having both work and personal (gmail) mail on the same device.

Love that it let's me read and post to levergunscommunity.com anytime, anyplace! So... this isn't OT after all!!!

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I have TFOs on my XD Subcompact 9mm... you will not regret it... they're the best sights out there right now... so bright that in daylight or total darkness you can line them up with peripheral vision and point-shoot while looking OVER them with some surprisingly decent accuracy... in between those ...

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Its a long dark path towards madness from here on out, my friend...... get ready for a bumpy and surprising ride!

Congrats and welcome to some serious fun!!!

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Wow! Such passion! Such strong opinions!

I'm shocked!

NOT!!!

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UNLESS YOU ARE SAVING THIS FOR YOUR WIFE'S NEXT HUSBAND IT IS A SILLY "INVESTMENT", IMNHO. AS I SEE IT, IF A GUN IS SOLD WITH A RIFLED BARREL AND AN HONEST-TO-GOD FIRING PIN SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MEANT IT TO BE SHOT....A LOT....BY ME...IF I GET MY MITTS UPON IT... Too funny!!! ROFLMAO!!!! :lo...

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What is your philosophy regarding shooting pristine vintage leverguns? Specifically, I am buying a NIB, pristine Belgian BLR in .308. I geared up for the transaction based on the notion of it being an investment in an item that will appreciate over time, but as time goes by I find myself looking for...

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How you gonna keep it from sliding around? I'm with Terry on this one too... You oughta think about a tight wrap, like: http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/void_verizon_net/IMG00096-20100127-0850.jpg There are a few posts on this site with instructions on how to do this... it may take a whirl ...

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How you gonna keep it from sliding around? I'm with Terry on this one too... You oughta think about a tight wrap, like: http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/void_verizon_net/IMG00096-20100127-0850.jpg There are a few posts on this site with instructions on how to do this... it may take a whirl o...

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So... great feedback all around. Many thanks, gents.

I will consider this a non-issue and begin to practice with - and carry - the mags.

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Okay, so I have been shooting a ton of .357 recently... through my 1894, 686 and GP100. I have NOT however been shooting .357 through my S&W Model 60-9... I've been shooting .38 +p through that... I would like to solicit opinions from you all on how much truth there is to the "common knowle...

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Jeez.... you've that sweet thing since Monday and haven't posted a range report yet?!?!!? Get on the ball, man!!!

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Suhweeeeeet!!! I LOVE that set of 357s! Great thing you got going with all the matching Sambar Stag grips on the wheelguns... and that 3" Model 60 is juuuuust right! That's the one barrel length I am still looking to add...

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#1 - .357 (1894CSS gen-purpose carbine, 686 & GP100 gen-purpose handguns, 60-9 concealed carry handgun)

#2 - .22LR (617 small-game handgun, Mini hideout gun, kids gun)

#3 - 8x57 (Mauser brush/deer rifle)

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Real Purdy there Haycock :mrgreen: Do you find the leather wrap on the lever interferes with finger clearance very much? No, but I haven't had it out in snow or deep cold wearing gloves yet... I don't think it'll be an issue even with gloves, but I haven't tried it out yet so the question remains. ...

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love the collection and the sling for the rifle, the stocks for the short guns. I was just thinking of doing a similar .357 family shot. Thanks. I had a LOT of fun getting to know the GP100 internals... I've never had a Ruger revolver before, and I probably spend six hours or so detail stripping an...

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Haycock, what are the grips on your short gun? I would like a pair for my 3" S&W 65. Very nice family you have there. The grips on both the 6" 686 and the 2" 60 are smooth/grooved Hogue Monogrips in Pau Ferro wood... I'd suggest that you go and get some at a retail venue rather t...

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BEAUTIFUL grips on those wheelguns. Your 1894css definitely has a better bolt-fit than mine did, too. (Some of the problem with mine has abated due to the extractor loosening up as I shoot the gun, and not preventing full bolt closure as it had been when brand-new.) Thanks, Doc... I've spend a lot ...

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We had a snowstorm here this morning... figured I post some updated pics of my 1894CSS and my growing .357 herd to cheer myself up. Since I last posted pics of this carbine I have installed a slot-blank and made my first attempt at a lever-wrap... I also picked up some Hogue grips for the 686 I post...

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First off, sorry for the lack of pics... I took my younger daughter (8yo) shooting for the first time today and most of the range session was all about her... bought her a Keystone Crickett for Christmas that she fell in love with a while back while accompanying me on a trip to a LGS... she shot abo...

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I'm seeing a Hogue black rubberized buttstock and forestock with embedded XS-ish rail for mounting accessories.... the buttstock has a shell compartment... I don't think any aftermarket stocks exist except for the 336, and those are only in black fiberglass or some such. By "seeing" I mea...

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Glad it worked for you.... there's a ton of good info on the NRA's American Rifleman site...

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I like the Montana Sling... really easy to size down for storage... push 'em forward to the front stud and they are the perfect length for left-shoulder, muzzle-down carry (my preference) and for hasty-sling, shooting aid use. I would never use a sling that was just a carry-strap... half the point i...

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Kind of wondering about future utility-focused adaptations of levergun parts... like... why doesn't anybody make an after-market forestock with a built in mounting rail? Yeah - imagine if the Marlin 1894's had all the after-markets the Ruger 10/22's do...! I'm seeing a Hogue black rubberized buttst...

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I think if I was using a Marlin in extreme arctic conditions I'd use one of those bear proof ejectors myself. But in any other circumstance, I end up detuning the stock ejector to ease cycling resistance. Just how far clear of the gun do we need em to eject anyways? Yuh.... I may end up doing just ...

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Well see. now I'm all confused. I was talking about current production 1894's but from this info you are saying the have made them smaller recently? I have handled the 1894's and they felt fat but this info has got me to thinkin. The last one I handled was at a gun show in November. It had a fat fo...

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Haycock, Probably a dumb question, but what is the purpose of the WWG ejector? I ask because I've had four Marlin 1894s and never had a lick of trouble with any of the ejectors. I'm trying to understand what is so much better about this after market part. Joe Well.... I suppose it pretty much falls...

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I have recently bought a Model 12 and feel as if I need to give it a good cleaning. This is the first model 12 I have ever had and am not really familiar with taking it apart. I have taken the trigger assembly out and put it back in, the spring steel shell holder surprised me when it fell out, but ...

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Buck Elliott wrote:You can split enough shakes off a Marlin fore end to shingle a two-car garage... And SHOULD!

I assume you all are NOT talking about the currently made 1894Cs, which is what the OP was talking about... these do NOT have fat front wood.....

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If you NEED the lever wrapped to protect your hand, your rifle is stiff. I use a lever wrap to take up some slack, make the lever stroke smoother, but the action is slick enough there would not ever be pain, even if I cycled it all day. How slick is slick? Stand the rifle upright on a scale and slo...

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And quit sanding on your rifle, you'll get the tolerances all out of whack and then you'll be screwed. Always fit the part to the gun, not the gun to the part. Joe Normally I would totally agree with you on this, Joe. However the WWG guy Ken said that this is the single most common issue with insta...

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Have you actually handled one of the .357-chambered 1894Cs? I ask because the forestock on them (or at least on mine) is quite a bit slimmer than on the .44-chambered 1894s. I specifically handled one of each right next to each other the day I bought my 1894CSS and I was really surprised at the diff...

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there is nothing blasphemous about stainless steel lever guns 8) +1 on the no-apologies-for-stainless-leverguns comment!!! I really dig this project! Kind of wondering about future utility-focused adaptations of levergun parts... like... why doesn't anybody make an after-market forestock with a bui...

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Okay... So, I talked to a guy named Ken at Wild West Guns about the problems I was having with the ejector (per prior post: http://levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23376) and about the slight creep in the trigger. After gently sanding the bottom and walls of the ejector slot with 400-g...

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Peace, blessings and condolences to you and your family. I met my wife when I was 18 and we've been together... dating, livin' in sin, then married... for 20 years now. I honestly cannot imagine the depth and profundity of your loss, 50 years in. Glad you saw fit to share this with us here. I hope o...

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Haycock, The rifle really looks good. And I kind of like those XS sights. I think I'd pop out the original rear sight though. No need for it with the better sights you put on it. Can you give me an idea as to why the WWG ejector made it so hard to cycle the action? I've read all sorts of comments o...

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Picked it up today... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... As you can see from the below, you can't even tell there was damage to the muzzle... http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/void_verizon_net/IMG00032-20091223-1605.jpg http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/void_verizon_net/IMG00033-20091223-1605.jpg...

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Sweet! 8) Sorry you had to go through the repair, but it did give you an excuse to jazz it up!!! :D Yeah, man!!! A couple of the adds were no-brainers, like the XS front & ghost-ring sights and the WWG parts... the one-piece firing pin tweak appears to be controversial among the 1894 wonks over...

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Well.... the 1894CSS I recently acquired (http://levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=22410) and which I subsequently realized was damaged (http://levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=22513) is almost ready to be picked up from my LGS... R.A. at Big Sky in Quakertown did me a maj...

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The last time I posted a "New Member" post I never went back to the forum. I posted about my best shot with mt Winchester 30-30 and they called me a liar. Every single one of them; all for different reasons. I mean, it is bad enough with my signature, some people just don't like a lever g...

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I guess my question is do you all think it's a good deal over the regular 1894c wich has been hard to find as well, I finally have one 1894c found and on a lay away at another store. Then I saw the ss limited , WOW ! shoulld i leave the bride at the alter and run off with her much more sexy sister....

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http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/ This company manufactures a quality product. They also have a helpful forum on their webpage, with many hunters who post there. Being a recurve design, I found mine to be simple and straightforward to assemble and shoot. A simple rope cocking aid, makes preparation...

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Sorry.... disregard.... just saw the sticky.............

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If you don't mind, could you please restate the particulars (time, place, cost, etc.)? Thanks!

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I'm interested in the power and velocity you folks are getting out of your .357 Lever guns . The Buffalo Bore stuff blows me away . Is this the same cartridge I'm shooting or what ? How do your rifles take the punishing loads ? Are you mad :lol: or am I a sook :oops: Not having a chrony I can't ver...

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Jerry Baird used/uses the .357 Mag carbine with the 158 gr. Hornady XTP-FP. Kills deer. Andy _______ (crs, sorry) used it in Africa with run of the mill 158 gr. ammo. Old Ironsights has used it with cast bullets and decisive physical damage posted in this forum. Many kills, no lost game. Go back an...

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pharmseller wrote:Haycock,
I have not hunted with any of my .357s. I'll let you know next October!

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Yup... it'll be then for me too!

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I have taken a couple of White-tails with it in the 150lb range. Both were complete pass-throughs on broad-side shots. I've also killed several medium sized hogs with it. Neck shots, mostly. Killed a fair black-bear with a clean head shot. I usually zero at 75yds and it's good for hunting out to ab...

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Jerry Baird used/uses the .357 Mag carbine with the 158 gr. Hornady XTP-FP. Kills deer. Andy _______ (crs, sorry) used it in Africa with run of the mill 158 gr. ammo. Old Ironsights has used it with cast bullets and decisive physical damage posted in this forum. Many kills, no lost game. Go back an...

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Haycock, Check out this thread: http://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13529&p=164011&hilit=velocity&sid=25d0dc7754bd6510f3c9e2480740d48d#p164011 I chrono'ed the American Eagle 158 grain JSP load from 3 different .357 mags. P Same question for you, Pharmseller.... hav...

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