Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

Marc

Now that is deer country! Nice bucks! It's fun looking at them even if you don't kill them!

Marc

That one looks very similar. It has a simpler layout too. Output looks the same.

Marc

This is a good one! It lets you input sight height, zero range, and all the other essentials. It will give drop figures for 10 ranges out to whatever you select as a maximum. For example for the 30-30 you can do 20 yard increments to 200 yards. It uses either G1 or G7 B.C.'s. I used the G1 figures a...

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Yep! It was a good day. An old friend always says, "The hunt is better than the kill!" I like eating them so I have to kill a few. Little ones too if it's the end of the season.

Marc

http://www.hunt101.com/data/544/Model_64_resized.jpg I had to call off my Colorado elk hunt due to health issues so I got a deer tag for our late season. I am not able to hunt in the style to which I am accustomed but I got out there yesterday. I worked my way up a ridge in an old burn area. It bur...

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I give JMB the benefit of the doubt regarding the complexity of his rifle designs since they were essentially prototypes that were developed in a remarkably short period of time. Winchester usually refined the designs for function and ease of production. JMB may well have simplified those designs if...

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I bedded the butt stock to the receiver and tested the same loads that I tested last week. There is a definite improvement. The 180 Sierra spitzer load that had a 6" vertical spread at 100 yards last week went into a nice round 2-3/8" group. The Ranch Dog 165 cast bullet that grouped at 3-...

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Good question. I have an old Leupold 4X that may have that condition. It has what looks like a bubble around the outside edge of the objective lens. It doesn't seem to effect the image but I am going to contact Leupold about it. I need to send another scope in anyway. They repaired one for me last y...

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That is strange! New brass should easily expand to fit without splitting. I would separate the brass for that rifle and size it as little as possible. Don't touch the shoulder unless you have to and only size enough of the neck to hold the bullet. Maybe you already do that. If not, it might help.

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The bulge is normal and the pushed out primers are too. The splits may just be from a hard lot of brass. Is it only the Winchester that split by any chance?

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Joe, the cases don't really change enough to see. It just looks like a 30-06. I wanted to fire them before I trimmed them because the necks looked a little off center after I expanded them. They should be nice and concentric now and the necks will come out even when I trim them. What you want to see...

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I took the new 1895 for a more thorough range test yesterday. http://www.hunt101.com/data/544/1895_30-03_Left_Side1.jpg I was fire forming brass made from necked up 270 brass and I had a couple other problems that handicapped the rifle but it shows potential. I started with the 165 Ranch Dog bullet ...

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Are you sure it is your shoulder that is taking a beating? The Marlins whack my cheek bone harder than the Winchesters. That will make you flinch! I put a receiver sight on my Marlin 336A which raised the sight line a little and I don't notice it now.

Marc

Are you sure it is a 30-30? Could it be a 303 or a poorly rechambered 303?

Marc

Supposed to be 103 today. In the 50's overnight. Trying to get the house cooled down now so it doesn't get so hot inside later.

Marc

Don't have any hunting pictures. How bout trapping pictures? Myself, Dad and brother -around 1960. The black dog was supposed to be my dog, but he was really Dad's dog. http://www.hunt101.com/data/542/23947Bill_Marc_Alan_3_Fox.jpg Me pulling a beaver out-1964 http://www.hunt101.com/data/542/23947Mar...

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I loaded up some of the Ranch Dog 165's with 18 grains of 2400 for a first try. These are the same bullets that leaded my 1895 in 30-40 so I only loaded six. These bullets were sized and lubed with Lee Liquid Alox but sans gas checks. I seated Lyman GC's and ran them through my lube sizer with a .31...

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I have two Redfields 70's mounted on leverguns with 24" barrels. One is a Winchester 64 and the other is a Marlin 336A. I calculated the value of a click for these rifles. It is a simple trig problem. These numbers will be different with a shorter or longer barrel. For a 24" barrel 1 click...

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El Chivo, I am going to have to leave all those bucks for you. I have been feeling pretty rough-headache, nausea, dizziness. Went to the doctor yesterday and he sent me for a CT scan. That was good but he said I have a concussion. My balance isn't to good so I guess I will have to stay off the bike ...

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I am dazzled!

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Yes another addition to Marc's Home and Rehabilitation Center for Battered and Neglected Leverguns . Just the way I like them. We don't promise to make them like new, we just promise to make them functional. According to Cartridges of the World the 30-03 has a case length of 2.54". The 270 Win....

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Added another 1895 Winchester to the herd. I believe the previous owner posted here about this rifle some months ago. It has a brass bolt through the wrist and probably some screws that are covered with lead. http://www.hunt101.com/data/544/1895_30-03_Right_Side.jpg The rifle seems to be a bit of an...

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Pretty rifle! I will be interested to hear how the 30" barrel works.

Marc

Congratulations! Nice bull! I love that country!

Marc

I am not to concerned about the leading as far as that goes. In the many years I have been shooting cast bullets I have only leaded one other rifle really good. That was from shooting .429" bullets in my 1873 which also has a rough bore and slugged at .430". Coincidentally, those bullets w...

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I was told by Weaver that the receiver ring is larger on the Big Bores so the front base is different from the one for the standard AE. The rear base is the same.

Marc

Nice "little" forkie! I wouldn't mind finding a "little" one like that.

Sounds like a good time for all!

Marc

The bees probably have moved on. We will be on top of the mountain above Aliso. Thought maybe we could stop by and visit but we are planning to be back home Saturday at the latest. My neighbor shot at a forkhorn yesterday. It was really to long a shot for him and he missed. The buck was with a doe t...

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You will find a lube star on the muzzle. If the bullet carries enough lube to reach the muzzle it will be deposited on the muzzle in a star like pattern around the bore.

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I like the 150 RCBS too. I have shot groups that approach those posted by Chuck 100 yd with a couple of 94's. I have never tried the 311041. I have a Saeco Truncated cone 165 grainer that shoots like the RCBS 150. It isn't really a levergun bullet because the flat nose is small but I use it for matc...

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A friend gave me some of the Ranch Dog 30 cal. 165 grain bullets to try. He had sized and lubed them with Lee Liquid Alox. I don't have any micro groove barrels so I pondered what to shoot them in. Since they have a long cylindrical body I thought they ought to work good in the 1895 in 30US. It like...

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El Chivo,
Which Aliso Campground? I think there is more than one.

Marc

I read Kesey's book several years ago. Interesting to see a picture of the main character and to see the rest of the story. I might have to read that book again. Thanks.

Marc

Pretty is as pretty does! Dang, that's pretty!

Marc

$85.00 is a steal! I wouldn't mind having a shotgun butt stock on my 1895. It only has about a 13" LOP with the crescent butt. I don't understand that because my 1873 is longer.

Good luck on your deer hunt! We are planning to go into the back country next week.

Marc

The staff on mine is about an inch taller than it needs to be. It is a Pedersoli sight that I paid $72.00 for in a Cabela's bargain cave. Wasn't going to argue about staff height! I just grabbed my wallet and payed before they had a chance to change their mind! The precise adjustments are sure nice....

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Over exertion didn't do it. I didn't feel right when I was unloading the truck and I had only gone about a 1/2 mile mostly downhill when I crashed. I had a heart attack 6 years ago and there was no "reason" for that either. My cholesterol has never been over 200 and is now less. I exercise...

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That is an excellent load. I could only get about 2650 fps with 180's in my 30-06 using 4350 or 4831. It is accurate but slow.

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Sixgun, It is a 30US. 30-40 to the uninitiated. I have shot it to 500 meters just dinking around on the silhouette range. The RCBS-30-180-FN shoots good in it. Round nose jacketed bullets also group well. I am waiting on a Lyman 311284 copy and then I am going to shoot 500 meter silhouette with it. ...

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Here's another one. I have to fold it down to open the bolt but that isn't a problem for range work.

Marc

Re: Cause of the crash I did a thorough inspection of the trailer and couldn't find any evidence of anything wrong. There was no mechanical problem that caused my crash. When I told the doctor what I felt like and experienced before the crash he told me I had a T.I.A. or "mini-stroke". It ...

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I am also a firm believer in buying a good quality used bike. There are just to many out there that were never used hard. That said, both my and my wife's full suspension bikes were bought new. They were previous years models and both were deeply discounted. A dealer will also often change component...

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Good shooting! I have thought that the 76 would make an excellent silhouette rifle. The 28" barrel and long receiver with a tang sight give you as much sight radius as you can get in a traditional lever. Heavy barrel to steady the shakes. Of course you need to be strong enough to hold it up for...

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Jack, the new hitch is like you describe. The only problem with the pictured rig was that the trailer load would pull the front of the bike up if you hooked a wheel on a rock or hole. Mac, I don't haul whole deer. I have had two boned deer on the rig in the picture. Likely had a minimum of 150 lbs. ...

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Now I am depressed! I missed a big buck out there two years ago in a certain canyon. Nobody hunted there last year due to road closures because of the fires. I just got a call that my friend killed a 4x3 in that canyon this morning. I was going to go get that buck myself.

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The groove diameter in my 1873, made in 1916 per Madis, measures .430". I use .431" bullets.

Marc

Thanks! I am a good healer. Had lots of practice. I was really lucky. If I fell the other side of the bike I would have hit a culvert. I nearly always wear shorts when I ride in to camp but this time I had long pants on so my leg didn't get torn up. I got to see 3 does on the way out too. I think wh...

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Tried to go deer hunting Monday in my favorite spot. I use a mountain bike and pull a little home made trailer to haul the gear and the deer. It is 3-1/2 hour drive to the trailhead. About two hours of that is rattling over a rough rocky fire road that is real beat up from traffic from three recent ...

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8 gr. Unique and a cast 200 gr. bullet is a popular load. I use it in my 1873. Bullet from a Saeco mold.

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That reminded me of the buck that jumped over my little brother. The old man had me beating the willows around a slough to flush out pheasants one morning. We had 5 or 6 inches of snow the night before and it was one of those brilliant white sunny mornings. I pushed a nice whitetail buck out of ther...

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