Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Midway is like anywhere else. Some prices are good some aren't. But if your patient Midway will usually have something on sale at agood price that you need. The other thing is that they seem to keep a lot of inventory so you can do one stop shopping instead of paying shipping from 2 or 3 other place...

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Those days are always tough.

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There is a few things I notice about the new mossberg that makes me think it can handle higher pressures. First one of the weak links in the Win angle ejects was that they cut down the right side of the receiver for angle ejection . This gave aweak point on that side of the receiver with less metal ...

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The reason we got rid of wolves in the first place is that we compete for the same food. I shoot coyotes because they eat grouse and I eat grouse . Am I wrong . I don't know but it's reality. Until you have wolves circling you while your in the woods , then you'll know what your comfort level is sha...

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J Miller . I downloaded it to my laptop at work and it took a long time. What I'll try to do tomorrow is just e-mail you the article which should be just a few meg . It's a PDF and I'm not to sure how to post the article on this site. I think the problem is with Mossbergs server. I tried to down loa...

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I downloaded the article and it is worth the read and the pictures show a Win look alike,but the bolt area has competely different look. With the round bolt and rear bridge. It looks like a pretty impressive effort by Mossberg to me. I'm not sure how a tranfer bar would move out of the way when the ...

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I got to handle one of the little sharps in 38-55 the other day. Fit and finish were nice. $800 wasn't a bad price either.

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Thanks Don , sounds like something I will need a little time to dial in.

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Don did you have much success with accuracy using their sabots?

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I know Remington makes the accelerator ammo. But can you buy just the sabots for reloading?

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JREED ,I think the 223 is great round . I would choose the 223 if I was looking for a carrying rifle for varmits. Such as the H&R handi rifle. I did check with the Stevens and the 22-250 does come with 1-12 twist which surprised me.I figured it would have been 1-10 . Thanks for the replys it's g...

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I reload , so I won't load to max but will give me room to play. I've always wanted a 22-250 so I bias toward it. Plus the 223 is offered in the same rifle platforms as 22-250 , so price is the same. I'm not sure how much I'm going to shoot this so I'm going in on budget. The least expensive 22-250 ...

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My neighbors like to do bench shooting at 200 to 300 yards. One of them has a 22-250 the other 25-06. I was looking at a 22-250 because of bullets seem quite a bit cheaper than 25 cal. Is there a down side for this round ?

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32 H&R 32 special 30-30 30-06 356WIN 38-55 45 colt 25-35 45-70 and by the end of year maybe 444 22-250 30-30 ackley

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If you're middle class you don't benefit from goverment programs. So I would rather see my money come back to me so I can see how it is spent. Washington seldom acts responseable in thier spending. The goverment doen't create jobs. They help enable job creation by freeing up money for investment in ...

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Pete, those CZ 223 with Manlicher stocks are the cats meow. I just can't get past the price tag for what I would use it for. But they are just compact and handy.

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I believe at Midway they had 32 special LEE factory crimp stated as "coming soon."

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It might not happen all at once. It could take a few days to do. Don't force it. If it doesn't come soak with kroil for a day and repeat. Be patient.A gunsmith wouldn't charge that much to do it. An hours labor.

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K8bor , I remember that winter . It went well over a month without getting above 0. But I though it was the winter 1994-1995.

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Thanks I'm ordering a scope and bullets by the end of the month.

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Get a 22-250 barrel while your at it, for varmits.

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-26 F in northern WI this morning. It was a little brisk out when I was feeding the horses.

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Lots of good ideas . Our race isn't until March . I'll be using bullets for weight just not sure what caliber.

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Wouldn't rebarreling be a better option . I would think the barrel would get pretty thin going to a 375 bore. I think 38-72 is great idea . I thought one of the issues with reboring is the heat and and getting a straight bore.

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I have one made in 1906. It came drilled and tapped and wearing a lyman sight. I like the lyman better than the williams. It isn't so big and chunky. I'm not sure when they started factory tapping them. If the wood has been refinished collectors will whine anyways. If you know you like peep sights ,...

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I use a peep on mine. I think williams is the only one who makes one to fit the big bore receiver. And it will shoot . Mine is very accurate.

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RFDTV has a show on every once in a while about forging. It's really interesting. I think it's called Anvil and Forge or something like that. I bought a gunsmithing book which was published from the 30's that talks about tempering steel for fabricating gunparts. It's good info to have. I'll also sav...

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Paco wrote in his article on 32 special that he use 8mm bullets without a problem . But I don't know the vintage of your rifle . So slugging the barrel would be a good place to start.

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On my trapper I use the WGRS sight with ghost ring and it works great. I think it only runs about $12 for the base and $5 for the ghost ring.

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Like Ted says if you can get ackley dies at that price don't let that hold you back.

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The 30-30 holds 44.5 grains of water. The 30-30 AI holds 46.63 grains of water. The 307 win holds 56.69 grains of water. I believe the 308 MX is around 51 grains. This just gives you reference on much more capacity your adding. But the advantage is less bolt thrust with the straight wall case. Thus ...

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Sounds like he'll be a great loss.

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Is this an issue with all revolver calibers or just the 45 colt?

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The 308mx is going to be a little lighter to carry around. So they are different tools for different jobs. You are going to have to figure out what kind of hunting your going to be doing. The 308mx is readily available that I've seen and sell for around $500. I think you would happy with either one....

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Jeff what calibers are they going to be available in ? Is there a long action and short action versions?

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If the 444 doesn't say mirco groove on the barrel . Then it should have the 1-20 twist verses the older 1-38 . Which will give you tighter groups. I would say make the trade.

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William, the 100 grain speer doesn't have crimp groove. You must have a case full of powder to keep the bullet from moving while in the magazine tube. I was going to get my glenfield rebarreled to 25-35 AI last spring but my smith didn't want to do it. So I was planning on doing a 7-30 waters. But n...

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The gun groups nice it just shoots to much to the right. I bought this gun to carry when I'm in the woods , cutting firewood, etc. . I want it mainly for coyotes and other varmints. One of the merits of the 32 mag from all the articles I read was that it was very accurate out to 100 yards. So I need...

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Thanks Mike , I'll call Ruger this next week to see if they will take alook at it. Otherwise it shoots to the right consistantly, offhand or on a rest.

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I loaded up 15 loads of 4gr of unique under 85 gr hornady in my ruger 32 H&R mag. Using a rest it consistantly shot one inch to the right at 10 yards. It doesn't have adustable sights. Has anyone had any experience with Ruger to fix this or is this within there specs?

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Well I slugged the bore on the Numrich barrel today and it slugged at .375.

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The wolfe reduced hammer springs work great , if you have a coil spring. You can do the same thing with the leaf spring. To reduce the tension of a leaf spring you want to make it narrower. To do this take the spring out and reduce the width by about a third. I use a black marker to draw a line on e...

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I come here for gun info . I don't read to many off topic post , unless the heading interest me. Too be honest I really don't have that much time to surf . I check in , look for things of interest and check out. Sorry to see you go Scott you have a lot to contribute.

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I'm having a white Christmas. Just got done shoveling snow.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Around here you see a neighbors dog chasing deer . You go let the neighbor know. If it continues , well usually the whole neighborhood is shooting for it. In the county I live it is a felony to shoot someones pet. A couple years ago a neighbor came over to tell me he seen my dog chasing a deer. I sh...

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You guys must have better a memory than me. There is a ton of reference material on the old site. I won't be deleting it untill they get all that info on one site.

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Nice buck . I like it's rust color hat.

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Everyone I hunt with uses a lever. If anyone has a newer rifle it is usually a bolt. When I hunt corn country with my buddy it's everything. A lot of autos in 30-06, pumps, bolts. I'm the only lever guy in that group. Most of the guys who had pumps went to bolts. So there is nothing dominate. It dep...

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If the front sight is dovetailed you can get any number of sights from Midway,Brownells, or Buffalo Arms. If your front sight is pinned in place then you might have to make one.

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Just seen used Blr's in 22-250 and 30-06 on a rack today.

Search found 2617 matches

Where can you get 22 sabots for 30-30?

OT - Is 22-250 a good choice for bench shooting?

Single six ruger should shoot better than this.