Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Now that I just recently retired, I hope to find the time to resume my handloading for some of my guns. For many years, my needs with the 45/70 has always been met with factory loaded 300 gr. hollowpoints. But I don't hunt anything heavier then deer and hogs, and the 300gr hollowpoints have always b...

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What you have is a steel framed BLR, with the folding hammer safety. It's a good gun, assuming yours is in good shape. The folding hammer of that vintage really didn't work all that good, in my humble opinion, but it doesn't really hurt anything either. My first BLR is just a few years older then yo...

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I bought mine several years ago, from a local gun dealer. It's the High Grade, with engraving. I love mine. I have shot several hogs with mine. I had a gunsmith mount a Williams Foolproof receiver sight on it.

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Very nice gun, and left hand lock. I am left handed and have a custom 54 cal flint lock rifle with a left hand lock very close to the one you have. I also have a 69 cal smooth bore fowler. I always wanted a 36 or 40 cal for squirrel hunting. But so far I have not gotten one. I like the fowler with s...

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I decided to take a couple of weeks off, actually more like 11 working days, as that is how much vacation I had. Our company is considered essential, since we are a construction company that supports many other industries. I was going to try to stick it out for a little while longer, but we had a co...

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One more for today, made a side car for the Trek bike. https://i.imgur.com/Q52AClVh.jpg Wow! I have been thinking about converting a fat tire bike to a trike, but this looks like it might be easier and I could make it bolt on, pretty easily. Great idea! I have a great fat tire bike but I am getting...

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My experiences run a little different then many here. I bought a brand new Browning BLR model 81 in about 1989 or 90. It's still my favorite go to gun. It's in .308 Win, and mine shoots 180 gr bullets, into about 2 to 3 inches at 200 yards, I have shot many 2-2.5 inch groups at that range. Mine is n...

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I done a lot of NRA Hunter Silhouette (100 yard off hand shooting) years ago. I worked up to Triple A class but that with a Contender and Smith and Wesson Model 41 both scoped. However, I shot with revolvers, thru double A Class, that a 1911 in 45acp. I done a lot of long range plinking with both Ru...

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Yep, Trump is the strongest president we have had in my lifetime, for sure. I was in his camp, long before he won the primary. He's brash, and he's no angel, but I believe he is in power, because God wants him there. He is the man we need in there, right now, for sure. What shocks me is how many Cra...

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I have looked at several of the Sig Ramero's and for the money I think they are very good. I have an Aim Point H1 for sale in the Classifieds here, but it's more expensive. I will say that the Aim Point is a very good red dot sight and I was impressed as to how precise and reliable the windage and e...

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I own an old steel framed .308 Blr from the late 80's. it's been my main go to gun for all of those years, however, I also used a lot of other guns intermittently, but the BLR has been my favorite and most used. Several of my extended family have also used the steel framed BLR's with great success. ...

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My very first .22 cal handgun was a Ruger Stainless single six. I bought it in 1975 when I was 17 years old. I remember it was in .22 long rifle only, and had a star on the bottom of the frame to indicate that it came from the factory without the .22mag cylinder. It had a 6-1/2" barrel. .22 she...

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The guy came in with a hoodie on. Someone should have called him out on it before the shooting even got underway. And yes, the guys that got shot, tragic as it was, did not react quick enough, but I think most people just become a little paralyzed at the onset of events like this. A cool head, and d...

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Well, I love the 1911 and I have shot one extensively in IPSC and IDPA, even NRA Bullseye and carried a Lightweight Commander for many years as my usual go to carry gun in a Milt Sparks Summer Special. But I have also carried and shot the Glock's a lot, mostly the 40 caliber G22 but also the G17 and...

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I will tell my first Christmas rifle story, true story, mine. Not quite as moving as the original Christmas Rifle Story, but it's my story and one of the few Christmas days that I really remember well. I think it was 1966 and I was 9yrs old. I had owned a BB gun for 2 or 3 years and told my parents ...

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Well, I am thinking Pete44ru must be hard up for money, or something. Maybe he already spent your money and don't have it. Still, he ought to at the very least give back some of your money, so that maybe you could pass the gun off to someone else at a reduced price. That could maybe come closer to w...

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Well, I must say that I have owned a bushel basket or more of holsters in my life and most of them have been abandoned because they didn't turn out be very satisfactory when actually put to use. Field carry is one thing, but CCW is another story. I have tried the whole spectrum of handguns and holst...

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Well, I took the old Weaver scope off of it and robbed a Leupold 1-3/4 x 6 vari x III off of another gun I hadn't used much in a long time, this last weekend. I messed around with several different factory rounds, some pretty old, but I didn't have a lot of any one brand and bullet weight. I got a c...

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I prefer a length of pull around 13-1/4 to 13-1/2, and often find the length of pull too long on factory rifles. The Browning BLR's were some of the worst. I have often had to shorten my stocks, which I usually engaged the services of a gunsmith for that and usually added a recoil pad at the same ti...

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Very good accuracy and shooting.

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I would go with the glock and the Ruger. Glock 17's and 19's are pretty solid guns. And while I don't own one of the Rugers, I have messed with them some and they seen to be well made. Also, I know a few people that own them and everything has been positive, so far. I wish Ruger would bring out a 40...

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This might be helpful and I ain't afraid to name names. a few years ago, I ordered what was called the original Dirty Harry shoulder holster from a place in Vegas. They had a fantastic website. You ordered by phone. They said the wait was like 12 to 18 weeks. So, I gave them my credit card number, a...

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Nath wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:05 am I was being silly really but BAR's are capable of better than the one you helped your cousin with.

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I know, I have read that lots of BAR's are capable of shooting 1-1/2" groups or close, maybe even better.

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Friend of mine had one in 308. As long as he was consistent in how he held it, from shot to shot, it would hold 1" and oft time, a bit less. Sloppy in his hold, it would spray them. Yeah, the 308's do that 8) I am a fan of the .308, and there might be something to that, I don't know. But my ex...

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Is your rifle scoped ? And also what caliber is it if you don't mind ?Ive been getting interested in getting a blr. Yes, it's scoped. I have an old Leupold 2 x 7 vari-x II on it, which is one of my favorite scopes because it provides a good field of view on 2 power, but can be cranked up to 7 power...

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Nice Buck, and fine gun also. I am a fan of the 1886 Win Also.

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I bagged this little 9-point, on the opener of gun season, Saturday morning. I probably should have let him walk, but a co-worker wanted some deer meat for our upcoming Chile feast at work. I ought to set up differently. My tree stand overlooks a narrow field on my place, and sometimes they cross on...

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Well, I bought a Browning BAR in 30-06 today at Tulsa. It's pretty clean for a 50 year old gun. I hope it shoots ok. I am not really worried about accuracy. If it shoots 2" at a 100yds or even slightly bigger groups, I will be happy. I hope it's 100% reliable. It has great bluing and wood on it...

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I had an AK, several years ago, Norinco with a chrome lined barrel and a sporter style stock. It was very reliable and plenty accurate enough with the iron sights. I wished I had kept it. I have owned several SKS's, older ones with chrome lined barrels. Both types of rifles were very reliable, but I...

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True Fitz Specials are interesting weapons, and it would be fun to have one, maybe for the novelty of it. But I never could see the value of removing the front half of the trigger guard, unless one maybe had very big and meaty hands and fingers, possibly with a little arthritis to boot, which might ...

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This is an old Clark Pin Master from the 80's. I picked it up a couple of years ago. Just stumbled on to the deal. I always wanted one when I shot IPSC back in the 80's but could never afford one then. It was built on a Springfield frame and a Colt Gold Cup Slide.

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photo+1.JPG This is an old Colt semi-custom, which I used extensively in the 80's mostly, for IPSC and later some IDPA competition. The original satin-nickel finish is mostly gone from the frame due to all of the hard use it saw, but the top end was chrome plated by the same people that Wilson Comb...

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I love my 1911's, too

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I prefer Commanders for actual CCW carry.

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Ruger Super Blackhawk

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A few more. I do love singleactions.

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Here's a few of mine

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I love the singleactions; My favorite is probably my Colt second gen, 5.5" .357 mag, but it still looks like new, and was tuned before I bought it, for I assume cowboy action shooting. At any rate it's the slickest operating singleaction I have every owned and shoots dead on. But because it so ...

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Past 150 yards, my vote would be the .308 Win with good scope. Under a Hundred yards, my vote would be for the .444 Marlin. Back in the 80's I used a .444 Marlin some on deer, at close range and it was always devastating. But I have used a Browning BLR Leveraction in .308 Win with 180gr Winchester S...

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A lot of knife makers, even some very highly regarded knife makers, supply really lousy sheaths. It's best if you have a fine knife you like, to just go ahead and have a custom sheath made to your specifications.

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Thanks, guys
I will do a little checking on it.

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I own several Ruger singleactions, with one being a 4-5/8" Super Black Hawk 44 mag. It came from the factory with a regular Blackhawk grip frame, not the larger square trigger guard grip frame that is typical of the longer 7-1/2" barreled Super Blackhawks. I know people swap out these grip...

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I have always heard the .357's were less likely to develop troubles, regarding the Marlin Jam then the .44mag I know when I was much younger, I often frequented a gun dealer who would not hardly trade for a used Marlin 44 mag, because he had experienced so many jammers, but the .357's had not given ...

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I enjoy owning and shooting old rifles. I have a Model 94, 30WCF, round barrel rifle, long barrel, not carbine, made in 1898 or 1897, can't remember which year now. I had to replace the front sight on it when I got because the original had been filed down way too short. I had to put a taller one on....

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You could try some paint or fingernail polish. Ive gone to a super bright orange nail polish with white base coat on all my front sights, pistol or rifle. If they get chipped over time or you dont like it, a paper towel or rag with some acetone takes it right off. Go peruse the fingernail polish de...

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I have always wished that the Browning BLR would have been brought out in 350 Remington Mag. Another great 35 caliber, but just like Winchester and the Model 94, they never did, as far as I know. I always did wonder why the model 94 didn't at least get a chance with the 35 Remington.

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I think they just never got around to it. But they did give the 35 cal a few chances. There was the 348 winchester, but it kicked harder and was chambered in the heavier and more expensive model 71, and then they did come out with the 358 Winchester which was basically the .308 win necked up to 35 c...

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Well, I think about all of us could get by with a lot less then 42 guns. I remember over 40 yrs ago, when I was first married, I was at my father in laws and my sister in law asked me why I needed so many guns. She was a Democrat and still is. Heck, I didn't own over 6 or 7 guns at the time, 10 at t...

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I shot it some more this afternoon at reactionary steel at about a 100rd yards, then moved up to about 75 yards. I was shoot some Remington target round nose lead factory rounds, that came with the gun. I can tell the gun is fairly accurate for what it is, but I am struggling with the sights. I can ...

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Is it possibly off of some version of the Trapdoor Springfield?

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YELLOW BOY 66.jpg Hope I did this right. Here's a picture I took today of my Yellow Boy. I didn't have a lot if time but I shot it a few rounds at about a hundred yards, at IDPA Steel Gong I have hanging. I wasn't very steady and was having a little trouble seeing the sights. Just playing around, a...

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