Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

Bill in Oregon

I was a little out of control in 2008, and left the newsroom for a low-paying job at Sportsman's Warehouse so don't have near the funds that I am used to. But of course now I handle firearms all day long five days a week, and it can be agony. At the top of my current short list: A Benelli Montefeltr...

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I was fortunate to own and shoot a Merrill for a few months several years ago. I tracked one down because my great-granddad may have carried one in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. It was a lot of fun to shoot with proper bullets (thank you Tony Beck!) and I was not only impressed w...

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I'm glad to see choice in the marketplace, but really prefer my leverguns in rifle calibers to have barrels of 24 inches or more. I especially love it when the .30 WCF is really allowed to show its stuff and perform in a 26-inch barrel.

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AWP: I have this book and consider it a keeper. That said, Wayne Goddard does have a lot of materials lying around that he uses to construct some of his shop equipment. But there are a lot of very good ideas for forging or grinding blades on the cheap, and Wayne is an amazingly skilled knifemaker. I...

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Nice shooting in the cold! I'm too much of a sissy to get out there when it is below freezing, even though I have a new CZ .458 waiting for its first outing.
Am especially impressed with your .33. What a classic.

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Phooey. which show was it you guys attended? We had a Collectors West show here in Medford this weekend, but I didn't go. I can't see spending $6 just to get in the door.

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Yes, it is ugly out there, but things are always darkest before the dawn. The U.S. traditionally leads the world into recession, and then leads it out as well. My advisor at E.D. Jones says their best guess is hitting bottom in the second quarter of 2009, and recovery beginning shortly thereafter. L...

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We had to do this a couple of years ago with a dog we adopted that proved to be very aggressive -- too much so for the humane society to accept her. I felt like such a heel, but I know it was the right thing to do, and the vet absolutely agreed. Glad your family is OK.
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Wow! Job well done. Safely home.

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Sweet! Thanks for handing down the tradition!

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Wish it were closer to the Rogue Valley! There's a show coming this next weekend at Klamath Falls -- also often a good show.

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Guys, for those of you who shoot a .38-55 -- especially a Marlin -- I just wanted to mention that I have my .379 JSP swaging dies up for sale in the classifieds. Those who have tried the Boer 220grain .379 jacketed soft point know how well they shoot. Here's a chance for a .38-55 lover to take over ...

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I work at Sportsmans Warehouse in Medford, Oregon. We had lots of ARs, M1As, Sig 556s, Ruger Mini 14s etc. on Nov. 4. Last night we were down to two Remingtons, one Armalite and a Ruger Ranch Rifle Target. We've even been selling AutoOrd Thompsons. Folks are really stocking up on powder and primers,...

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Scotty:
Very well said. TV can make you crazy. Politics, like sausage-making, is a grubby affair of human culture, so far beneath the spiritual realm. Let us hold our noses and render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and render unto God that which is God's and not confuse the two.
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I bought one in .270 for my nephews last June at a Sportsmans Warehouse in Denver. They are thrilled with it, and may be hunting with it this weekend.

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Mike: How do you prepare your "limb bacon"? Thanks for sharing your hunt and photos.

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I'm in my third week working at the local Sportsman's Warehouse. I have been hunting and shooting for 45 years and reloading for 40, fished in Alaska and hunted in Africa. I thought I knew a lot about firearms, but having to know the details, magazine capacities, model numbers of perhaps 100 long gu...

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JJ: Wouldn't part with mine. Built like a surgical instrument, with a trigger to die for on a fine sporting rifle, much less a military surplus arm.

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Might have to e-mail the museum to ask why some of the displays are missing. I had planned to visit it too, when I go down to see my daughter at Baylor.

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Oregon also is a shall issue state once you take the class. I am SO GLAD I don't live in California. It's a great place to visit ...

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I'm with OSOK here. Lesseesumpitchers!

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Shot my Oehler early on. Fortunately, it was a .22 bullet that just caught the edge of the sky screen base and didn't affect the "eye". Actually, I just look at the direction the bullet bent the plastic and it helps remind me which end goes toward the target!

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That's fascinating stuff. My great-grandfather, Champion Traylor, ranched at now-vanished Plemmons on the Canadian just a couple of miles from Adobe Walls, and knew Billy Dixon and Quanah Parker. He served at one time as a justice of the peace for Hutchinson County. He and my great-grandma were marr...

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Maddog: My brother had close shots, from 25 yards on his zebra, to about 85 yards on his gemsbok. Except for my warthog at 70 yards or so, my shots came at more like 150 to 175. I took two shots off sticks at a very big kudu, 58 inches or more with one horn tip broken off, but it turned out he was c...

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Maddog: Have you posted pics and a narrative of your trip somewhere, and if not, when?

Here's a post on my 2007 hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve ... #455109776

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Great thread guys. Wonderful to hear from some experienced cabin builders here. This is on my dream list.

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If you get some hangfires, spritz with WD-40 and toss. But I will bet they are good if they were properly stored.

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That Montado with a birdshead grip would be a great stash gun.

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H&R: Hope your safari happens. I finally decided at age 54 to raid the retirement fund and just do it in May 2007. Namibia was fabulous. I didn't use a lever, but a CZ 550 in 9,3X62 (which ought to chamber well in a Model 95, by the way) and took greater kudu, gemsbok, warthog, mountain zebra an...

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Guys, I am just ending my first week working in hunting at the local Sportsman's Warehouse, and we are out of Leverevolution ammo in .30/30. I can't believe the demand for this stuff, with customers telling me how well it shoots in their lever guns. Is this the common experience here? I see Hornady ...

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Good thread. I worked my last shift as a newspaper copy editor last night after 25 years of it, and start in the hunting department at Sportsman's Warehouse Tuesday. Huge change (and pay cut!). I've been handling firearms for nearly 50 years (I'm 55), and the one AD I had 30 years ago -- thumb slipp...

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I just sold my Armi Sport Spencer carbine in .56-50 to a Civil War skirmisher, but a friend and fellow Spencer fan used his last year to kill his whitetail with a single shot. With black powder and a 350-grain bullet, you'll get right at 1,000 fps, which is way more than enough for most deer within ...

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Hops were an important crop here, too, but began disappearing after World War II. Here's a peek at my guys:

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Just packed a couple of freezer bags with hops from the dehydrator. I've got three big clumps of Cascade hops on my garden fences and this year, the cones were especially fragrant and abundant. Now to find a RELIABLE recipe for five gallons of good, bitter ale. Remember when big cans of Blue Ribbon ...

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I've got my fingers crossed that Sarah will kick Joe B's you-know-what in their debate and erase all doubt.

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Paco: Best wishes from a pup 15 years behind you. Y'all keep an extinguisher handy when you light off that birthday cake.

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I think she's done wonderful things for this election, and she's my kind of Westerner. But I still have doubts about her fitness for the vice presidency, frankly. If it were a matter of how much I like and admire someone, there would be no issue for me. Unfortunately, there's more to it than that. I...

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Doesn't it make you feel proud in our capitalist, free enterprise nation that Uncle feels so comfortable sticking his big paws into our pockets to help out huge corporations that make awful decisions? I know I am overpaid and undertaxed, so figure it a real privilege to see part of my wages being pu...

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Dimrod: Really appreciate you sharing your hunt with us. That's a wonderful bull you took --- and doing it with the .30 WCF has to make the venison all the sweeter. You're living my dream!

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Guys, for in-depth reading on the Finns and the Winter War, go here: http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/default.asp I first got interested in the subject years ago when Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagants were all over the place for less than $100. One of these rifles rebuilt on a Russian action by Sako gave ...

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Hobie: I am amazed at how few Americans are aware of the tremendous, humiliating blow tiny Finland administered to Stalin's army in the Winter War. I think it is not well known because of the tangled alliances you allude to. The Finns had help from the Germans, and some of their officers trained wit...

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Danny: That's nice country all right. Looks like there has been some selective cutting in there and a lot of second growth. Is that mostly fir and hemlock, maybe some larch? What kind of rifle do you like for that country? Seems like the shots could come very close as well as 300 yards off, but that...

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I was relieved to keep tabs on Waco, where my daughter is, and it appears they got off with gusty winds and showers.

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Those rigs with tents on top are popular in southwestern Africa. They keep you up off the ground away from some of the smaller critters and it forces the cobras and mambas to work a little harder to bite you in the face ...

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From the size, I am guessing those campers were in Namibia near or in Etosha National Park, which has the biggest elephants in the world. They are humbling creatures.

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Steve: Wish you the best luck on this. My daughter is a freshman at Baylor in Waco, and I'm worried.
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Cable: Lovely photos. The sky and light remind me of the Puget Sound. Here in the Rogue Valley, the sun is harsh and the highs are still in the 90s. We have an Aussie (and a Brittany, and two little mutts). Your pup looks like a keeper. Our guys pick our raspberries, too. They're almost surgical abo...

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Junkbug: His will be done, and His peace be upon your father and mother, and especially upon your heart.
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Thanks for the demo, 1886. I had less than memorable results my first time out with a new Ruger BH .41 Magnum. I look forward to the next load tests with different primers -- CCI 350s as a matter of fact.

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Stew: If style points count in the deer woods, you'll get a fine buck for sure. A might warm and dry just now,unfortunately.

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