Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I've got over 2 dozen leverguns of various caliber. I personally see no point in having a .500 S&W version unless I also owned a .500 S&W handgun. Which I don't. And probably won't. There's not much on earth a .45-70 at 28K won't kill. Or my .444 Marlin. And I can buy 2 or 3 (or more) Winche...

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M. M. Wright wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:34 pm That's my redneck bench rest. "Here Pitchy, hold my beer."

I use my pickup as a benchrest for prairie dogs all the time. I use an owl ear sandbag on the mirror or window glass. For really long shots, I mean my back on the tire and shoot off homemade crossed sticks.

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Sadly I found out last fall that I can no longer see the sights on my Bearcat. :cry: Yeah!....that's The ticket. I think I'll use that excuse... (I'm making fun of me, not you) :D I bought an old style Bearcat off a friend a few months ago. Tried to dispatch a coon in a trap and ended up spending t...

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I have a Miroku 1873 Winchester in .357.
I've shot it a bunch, though not gotten thousands of rounds through this one, yet.

The metal used in the toggle action today is not the same metal used 145 years ago.

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Our USPS carrier refuses to get out of the vehicle. Scared of non-existent hoards of ravaging dogs.... :roll: FedEx driver is different every.single.time... UPS is the same driver so he knows where to leave stuff. I used to have the phone number of the prior one so I could meet him for important pac...

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The only packages I've got in that shape from UPS were because the sender did a poor packaging job.

USPS won't even deliver. I have the laziest carrier in the world

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The 44 WCF is more historically authentic although I can understand keeping things simple by adding another 45. Both should be reliable and one will plink and punch paper about as good as the other. I would slightly prefer the 45 for hunting, but either will do if not over extended. Get whichever y...

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Get the. 44-40

I have one in .357 and really like it.
I have .45 Colt rifles in 1860, 1866 and 1892 versions. The only one I shoot much is the 92 since I can shoot +P+ with it and have taken plenty of hogs and mule deer with it.

I may liquidate some things and buy an 1866 Miroku in .44-40

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I agree that they are hardly a premium bullet.
But, everything I have ever shot with a Hornady bullet is dead.
Several mule deer and few whitetail, not to mention countless hogs.
And prairie dogs....

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Leverluver wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:15 pm You goin' prairie dog hunting with the 45-90 ?

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!

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1. No 2. Depends on the throat in your rifle. 3. Depends on the throat in your rifle Case trimming is only done with FTX bullets in certain calibers (not all calibers) to allow the cartridge to cycle through the action (Marlin) and/or to allow the cartridge to chamber with that wide ogive the FTX ha...

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Just like I said, some essobee would chime in with the inevitable operator error rigmarole......again, I counter with the why of the invention of adjustable sights. A properly assembled revolver should shoot relatively close where windage is concerned. Think about it; If a straight barrel with a go...

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Pitchy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:17 pm Good compound and long bow for stealth doesn`t hurt.

A .22 (especially with subsonic and/or a can) is quieter than a compound bow. But as long as you retrieve your arrows (undamaged), you have reusable ammo on the bows.

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I'm pretty sure this has come up on here before and the gist of it has something to do with the fact that there is no SAAMI spec for the 45-90 so that was put on the rifle as a CYA type thing. I can't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure it is really meaningless. I'm sure shortly somebody will be a...

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That is some well preserved history there. Remember the part in the movie Quigley down under where he needs some ammunition loaded and the German gun maker says he needs to make a mold. Quigly tells him he can paper patch the .455 Webley bullets and they will work. Someone in that movie knew their ...

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Nice rig, Blaine. If you come down to anywhere near Dallas, give me a shout. I will try to arrange a visit. It's a deal...Besides, I need to stop and see Vance again and teach him how to shoot...Got close Army Buddy close in there Mineola, and Fred W.......I love that area. I took up hand grenades....

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1st thing I did with my Marlin 1895GS was cut the porting off and make it a 16 1/4" nvm.

If I want less recoil I use my .22LR

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By now ,you all should realize that I'm having serious trouble navigating this forum. So please help me if you can. No one has an interest in my movie offer? Or am I not getting the messages? Or what? And what has happend to "1886"? No activity for a year, or am I misreading the forum? I'...

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What's bad about black locust? It doesn't hurt sheep or goats that I know of, but does it mess with horses...?Around our place we love them because they make great firewood, great fence posts, grow fast, and stabilize AND nitrogenize the soil. I'm not sure that what we call black locusts in North T...

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I've got one of those 1873 Miroku Winchesters in 357 and I like it. Only issue I have run into so far is the COAL of my loads with Keith bullets is too long to let the lifter come up freely. I'll fix that the next batch I reload.

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Someone learn me why the Grendel is better than the 25-06. The '06 seems to have better numbers. It's not better. It's just different. .25-'06 and 6.5 Grendel aren't really in the same class. Grendel recoil is similar to a .243. Short case allows for a really short action like my Howa 1500 mini-act...

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I've got a Howa mini action with heavy barrel I put in a Boyd's stock and an AR in 6.5 Grendel.
Both are great shooters.
I have my AR set up for coyote and hog shooting.
I haven't reloaded for it, yet.

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pricedo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:26 pm
RIHMFIRE wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:21 pm ain't interested in japchesters
Likewise.
Too much lawyers junk (tang safety, rebounding hammer) & too much $$.

Not on all of them

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Twodot wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:14 pm
Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:35 pm Vance, that's a capable gun!
Me shooting my old .58X.58 Kodiak maybe 20 years ago.

Where's the "Like" button?
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Just for the hat alone! Paired with the Kombo....

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I don't have any "period" garb.
That's my Kodiak 12 ga X .58

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In my opinion, you could get a nice original for a lot less than 1300. For me, I'd rather a nice, tight, no finish pre-war example than a new production one. What he said ^ My .32 Specials are a ca . 1949 Marlin 336 A-DL and a ca . 1960 Winchester 94. I have much less than 1300 invested in the 2 of...

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Montana uses orange paint at fence gaps and waterways. Texas uses purple paint so it doesn't get confused with survey markings. In Texas, you only need the purple paint on open space land. A fence means the same thing. Unfortunately, public attorneys are lazy and won't prosecute unless you have a re...

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RIHMFIRE wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:21 pm ain't interested in japchesters

Your loss.

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Real men drink whatever they want with no apologies to anyone.

I prefer Russian Imperial Stout beer and Doppelbocks which means I often have to supply my own.
I don't look down on anyone who drinks light beer.
I just feel sorry for the things they will never know.

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BlaineG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:50 pm
vancelw wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:35 pm
BlaineG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:24 pm Mike, this ended up in Classified, so I did a report so some Mod would move it to where it would get fair shrift..
Snitches get stiches and wind up in ditches. ..
Bite me, Boy.

Stuff like THAT is why you're not allowed within 1000 feet of schools and daycares..

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BlaineG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:24 pm Mike, this ended up in Classified, so I did a report so some Mod would move it to where it would get fair shrift..

Snitches get stiches and wind up in ditches. ..

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octagon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:38 am "A gun without a round in the chamber is nigh useless"
I submit that the ghosts of many many rattlesnakes at my ranch would argue this point. If they were able.

Did you hammer them with the butt?

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That's good to know. I'm still TRYING to like Glocks, but just can't get warm and fuzzy about ANY handgun that doesn't have an exposed hammer. ( In fact, one of the reasons I like leverguns is that most of them have exposed hammers ...) A Glock is safer to use and carry than a revolver. It's functi...

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Safariland also makes and ALS holster that you use your thumb to unlock. Not sure if it comes in paddle style

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Bianchi make a holster that automatically locks in the gun . You use your middle finger to unlock for draw, keeping your trigger finger clear of bad habits. I have both and never use the serpa type for duty.

I think they are called "Carry Lok". I will double check when I get home.

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Makes sense to me too. It seems like the ideal would be to have a fairly large working memory in your computer so you can multi-task, and enough 'disk' memory to hold the programs, but the data go on removable memory so it is more secure, easy to duplicate if needed, and so on. Removeable memory li...

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t.r. wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:30 am I've always thought of #4 BUCK as a man-stopper and not for sporting purposes. But with the right choke, it can be deadly at archery distances.

TR

#4 buck is great on coyotes, both 2 and 4 legged.
I probably wouldn't use it on something I planned to eat.

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That Perry's Monument is neat.
We stumbled across that on our way to Put-in-Bay one year.
Makes all that history I ignored in school much more interesting when you see the actual sites.

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Hollowpoints can tend to plug up. Shooting through clothing the hollowpoint may fill with cloth and not expand. The bullet just acts like a solid. I once saw 5 .357 JHP bullets recovered from shootings and none were expanded. All of them had plugged up and just deformed the nose a little. Yes,I agr...

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Use online genealogy info as a clue and not proof. Verify anything with real documents. I have found several erroneous family "facts" that, once placed on the internet, refuse to go away. I found the LDS database to be highly unreliable. Almost every connection I found through that turned ...

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Yes, at point blank range, with factory ammo, bullet probably didnt have time to expand. Point blank range doesn't mean what you think it means. And the closer the projectile is to the bore, the higher the velocity, so it is more expansive, not less. I do see your point that it could hit all 3 with...

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Too much roundup will damage the tree MSMA works for poison oak/ivy with repeated applications. Use a little soap in the mixture to help keep it from just rolling off the leaves. MSMA won't usually hurt a barked plant. It will be easier to kill if you cut the vines as suggested, then spray the new g...

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Transmission fluid is that color but not very viscous .
Some chassis grease is that color and would be softened by the heat of the pavement if some had been spilled and you ran over it.

Check the front CV boot, too.

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OK... So you hang 34 guns in a 24-gun safe... When you want the one in the back left corner, do you have to empty the safe to get to it? :?: Fred, Fred. .... You already know by now. The one you want is ALWAYS in the back, no matter how you try to organize them. Ask the guy who has more than double...

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FYI, Winchester quit stamping the receivers with that proof mark post-64. They continued stamping the barrels. I used to wonder if that was significant of anything. Joe Because starting in 1963-64 the receivers ceased to be milled steel and became cast (sintered) metal. Stamping them would probably...

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I'm also a fan of the 9mm but not a fan of striker fired or guns with safeties. Some of the new guns have trigger safety, magazine safety, grips safety, and manual safety. I like the Sig motto if you don't want it to fire don't pull the trigger. I've owned exactly one Sig. It wouldn't even go "...

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Old Savage wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 7:31 pm Real men shoot with open sights on the barrel. This sort of thing is just a half measure to a scope.

Troll, much?

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And that satellite phone (that you didn't have a choice because it came in the "package") on your vehicle has a microphone.
We already know big brother can shut your car down remotely and unlock the doors.

No thanks.

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Thanks for all the replies. I have a wide variance of advice on different forums. From bullets slowing down to gains of 100, 150fps and 200fps. Persoinally I can't see 200fps being possible but one of the knowedegable fellows I correspond with suggested he gets about 100-120fps gain, which is actua...

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