Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

yooper2

I've come to really enjoy old .22 target rifles with aperture sights for offhand practice. In the past two years Ive bought a winchester 52, winchester 75, and a remington 37. Been buying case lots of CCI standard velocity and having a ball. They are quite cheap considering what you are getting. You...

yooper2

Ive heard of the paper trick but never tried it. I'd be more inclined to get a hollow point mold or cast soft nose bullets both of which I have had great luck with. Perhaps you could size down a Lyman gould bullet for your use? Seems the new Lyman molds all cast small anyway. Cast 20:1 and driven to...

yooper2

I'm curious too. Can't see it being adequately strong by just using better steel. Not really something I'd be in the market for but definitely interested in what they did to make this work.

Eric

yooper2

When I was still hunting with jacketed in the 30 WCF I used the Hornady 170gr more than anything else. The last several years I've been shooting the RCBS 30-180-fp which drops around 192gr from my mold. It does everything I want in a 30 WCF. H-335 and Leverevolution are my go to powders with it. Eric

yooper2

Both of my 16 gauges are short chambered so I use cheddite hulls I cut down. The only factory shells I've ever shot were RST, excellent ammo but I'm not of the source for their hulls.

Eric

yooper2

That's my favorite 45 Colt bullet. I cast a ton of them with the 2 cavity RCBS mold and finally had Mountain Molds make a 4 cavity clone of it.
It does drive me nuts to look for a mold I remember having and put in a "safe place"!

Eric

yooper2

You sure turn up a lot of neat stuff! Bizarre that he would be selling it separately in pieces.

Eric

yooper2

I have a pile of Accurate molds and all are excellent. Haven't ordered any since the ownership change, glad to hear they are still doing good work.

Eric

yooper2

While true that the 45-70 is commercially available at different pressures, you will not find high pressure loads from the mainstream manufacturers. All come from smaller boutique firms. Further, the number of modern/strong 45-70s utterly dwarfs the number of 38-55s. I wouldn't want to guess at the ...

yooper2

I think the primary reason that mainstream ammo makers only make "cowboy" loads is the number of weak designs out there chambered for the 38-55. With Ballard's and Stevens 44s among others out there it is probably viewed as too much of a liability. The 32 Special for example is a smokeless...

yooper2

I found the Articles section first then came to the forum.

Eric

yooper2

Very slick. I have a couple of his holsters and couldn't be happier with them.

Eric

yooper2

Excellent haul!

Eric

yooper2

Dad fought alongside some Gurkhas in Korea. He had nothing but praise for them in all regards.

Eric

yooper2

Merwins are incredible revolvers and absolute wonders of craftsmanship. They have to be held and manipulated to be really appreciated.

I've long enjoyed Mr. Selleck's work and I think he is one of the few people in the entertainment industry that is really one of us.

Eric

yooper2

Thanks! I snuck out to range after work with my Winchester 54 in 30 WCF and the old Marlin 39A. Solid day!

Eric

yooper2

On my current active search list are:

Marlin 1894CL 32-20

Winchester 1895 in 7.62x54R

Savage 1899 Carbine non takedown in 30WCF

None are new cartridges for me to load, the only new one Im after is a 336 in 219 Zipper, its the only 30WCF/38-55 based cartridge I haven't loaded for.

Eric

yooper2

Sorry to hear about your shingles, they are a nightmare. Hopefully you don't have any long term effects. I had them a couple years ago after a surgery for a broken collarbone. Now every time I get in the water, whether the shower or swimming and regardless of temperature, I get an electric shock sen...

yooper2

I'm getting a bit short on Unique which is of course a favorite. I do have a few pounds of Herco and Green Dot which will serve the same role in handgun cartridges.

Eric

yooper2

Super cool little rifle! I like that it a has a more military style stock compared to some Martini target rifles.

Eric

yooper2

A 86/92 action scaled to the 30WCF family of cartridges wouldn't be much smaller than an 86 due to the length of the cartridge (perhaps it could be made slightly narrower but the length wouldnt change). The 94 got real rifle cartridges in an action about the same size as a 92. Having the works drop ...

yooper2

My dad had a 500 S&W handi-rifle he won in a raffle. It was a real handful to shoot with full loads. He added about a pound of lead to it and loaded it 50-70 levels which made it much more tolerable.

Eric

yooper2

I have a pair of 32-20 revolvers, one Smith and one Official Police. Also have a Single Six in 32 Mag, its a fair gun but nothing special and i think it has left me a bit cold on the cartridge. I prefer the 32-20s and would like to find one of the 90s half mag Marlin 94s to try it in a rifle. I most...

yooper2

Bobby Tyler or Ronnie Wells would be my first choices. Jack Huntington does excellent work as well but I prefer the style of the previous 2 mentioned.

Eric

yooper2

I hope whoever buys the 25-20 singleshot brass and 44-77 brass resells it for semi-reasonable prices. I'm getting quite low on both. But low enough to buy several thousand pieces!

Eric

yooper2

The 25-35 is my favorite woods bumming cartridge. Not what I pick for any specific hunting task but it'll work on most anything under deer size nicely (and our UP deer are quite large by any standard). I would shoot a black bear if it was close and I could be sure of spining it but it's not really a...

yooper2

I have a couple of Hornets. A Winchester 43 K Hornet and and Contender pistol K Hornet (different versions of the K Hornet!) see the most use. I also have a Taurus Raging Hornet. All work well on coyotes, bobcats, foxes, etc. I really appreciate that they aren't entirely ear splitting.

Eric

yooper2

The first handgun i was allowed to carry around the farm was an Italian .36 Remington copy. It came with a cheap right handed flap holster so my grandad cut the flap off and I carried butt forward on my left side (Im left handed). I kind of groused about it but grandad told it was cavalrymen carried...

yooper2

As mentioned above, the 30 carbine bullets in either cast, fmj, or HP, work great over 8-10gr. of Unique as a small game getter. Obviously, the HP versions are best as a varmint load. A hard cast or fmj would probably serve well at limiting damage. Another option (although one I haven't tried) is a...

yooper2

The most fur friendly load would probably be a 100-110gr RN designed for the 30 Carbine. If preserving fur with a 30 caliber rifle is your goal I would rule out high velocity and load it like a BP 32-20.

Eric

yooper2

I think this is an excellent idea. So many good online articles have been lost already, the castpics articles were quite useful and are now unobtainable for exampme. My question is how long does the internet archive site keep stuff? Is there an expedient way to capture those articles in a way that i...

yooper2

Paco gifted me one of his tools, makes a huge difference being able to dial in the bullet diameter. I made a punch for it that resembles a LFN profile which has proven excellent on small game.

Eric

yooper2

There were also a bunch of LTD models that predated the cowboy (4 or 5?). I believe one was with a short octagonal barrel but I could well be mistaken

Eric

yooper2

That is a shame. I heard a rumor that someone (Shooting Times?) is looking at producing a couple of compilations of Skelton articles. Perhaps it is related to that.

Eric

yooper2

I do the same with the barrel rests in my safes.

We have some 1" cube rare earth magnets at work we use for locating through hull fittings. They stick quite well even through 1 1/4" planking and you can scoot them around until you get them in just right spot to locate the hole.

Eric

yooper2

All you gain with loads over 1500fps in the 45-70 is a flatter trajectory and the abilty for tougher bullets to work properly but it comes at a pretty high price. I've gone from Keith style loads to much more moderate bp velocity loads. My most used for plinking and deer from my leverguns is 22gr of...

yooper2

Having moved all of reloading stuff and a literal ton of bullet alloy across the country a couple of times you have all of my best wishes and sore back sympathy. Ton of work. I hope the move is to a fun place and that it's the last for you!

Eric

yooper2

Im also very fond of Reloader 7 and am thankful to have an unopened 8lb jug after the one I'm on.

The 3 powders Id like to get more of are 5744/Buffalo Rifle, 4759, and 2400 (for low volume charges in rifles, i have plenty of others for handguns).

Eric

yooper2

Ive had the same happen, I think it's all about who happens to wander by. Sometimes I think there is a certain buying energy to some shows too, where everything seems to be moving whereas other shows feel sort of dead. All of my experience is quite out of date though, haven't had a table in probabl...

yooper2

Welcome back Nath!

Eric

yooper2

Ive had the same happen, I think it's all about who happens to wander by. Sometimes I think there is a certain buying energy to some shows too, where everything seems to be moving whereas other shows feel sort of dead. All of my experience is quite out of date though, haven't had a table in probably...

yooper2

I'd agree with the recommendation of a Hawkeye M77. Several people I shoot with have them in various carfridges and all are consistently accurate. I own a Hawkeye African 375 and it's a peach, 2 people have tried to buy it off me (and it's a lefty, so less of a market!). I also really like the stock...

yooper2

Pace and Mic McPherson have both written about this. I highly recommend reading both.

Eric

yooper2

Another Mainer saying welcome! I'm just west of MDI.The 348 and 71 are a marvelous combination. I'm down to one Browning carbine but its not going anywhere.

Eric

yooper2

Neither does much for me but the location of the cross bolt safety on the savage is interesting. I'd like to see one taken apart.

Eric

yooper2

I shot a 375-348 Improved once at the Ottawa Sportsmans Club back home da UP. Basically a 450 Alaskan necked down. Fella who owned it was from Montana and it was built on a Browning 71. He was loading 300gr Hornady round noses with the exposed lead filed flat. He claimed big numbers but I didn't see...

yooper2

If you want to try some I'll be casting more up next weekend.

Eric

yooper2

Accurate 40-180c is my go to. 8grs of Unique is safe in anything. Capacity loads of Reloader 7 tend to be extremely accurate. 2400 or 4227 if you want to hot rod things, 22gr of 4227 works well for me but case life is short.
If you want to shoot black I'd recommend sticking with 3f.

Eric

yooper2

Seriously cool mold!

Eric

yooper2

Very nice! I've always wanted to add a good martini or Peabody to the accumulation.

Eric

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