Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

Griff

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:48 pmYa can't beat that! Dillon is the best at customer service hands down. If only other companies would take a page from Dillon's play book the world would be a better place.

Not to be political about it... but if only our Gubmint reacted in its' citizens best interests like that!

Griff

Good shooting. I'd have liked to be at the range today, but I've been waiting all day for a couple of parts to fix my truck so I'll be ready to head off to work... gotta catch up on bills...

Griff

Drawdown wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:48 pmI know, I always get you'll name mixed up. I edited it. I type too fast, make Lotta mustakes

It's all good!

Griff

Grizz, I'm with you on the 30-30 I love it too, everything about it! For hunting these mountains I honestly see it like Baby Bears Soup? "It's Just Right"! When you add up everything, packing, handling, accuracy of a rifle with iron sights, in which the cartridges range and iron sight ran...

Griff

I bought my first one in early 1986 in .357 and proceeded to slick it up as per the instructions I had been given at my local cowboy action shoot. "Fill the snot out of it with 'machine type lapping compound' and work the action several hundred times". Along with the admonishment to NOT us...

Griff

Using the NRA's "A Place to Shoot" website, I found this place: Morr Indoor Range.

Griff

While I've loaded for the .44Magnum a few days before loading some .30-30s for my mdl 64A, I no longer have a 44 Mangl'em... so I count the .30-30 as my longest running cartridge I've loaded for... Since 1973. In that time, I've loaded a few of the 170s, but found that in my particular rifle the 150...

Griff

The rebirth of this thread has me itching to get back out to the range and fire some rounds out of my mdl 94, striving for a better outing than my last one. As I was reading it from the beginning, not bothering to look at the date of the OP, I was thinking of my answer... and SURPRISE! There it was,...

Griff

JimT wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:37 pmI could not make that out in the photo on my computer ... but at least we had some interesting conversation.

Mostly good also!

Griff

My Grandmother was born in 1874 and passed in July 1969 just days after Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon. She talked of her family life in East Tennessee, the coming of cars, telephone, radio and TV. She was my Grandfather's second wife, mother to the 3 youngest of his 9 kids. Talked of farm life b...

Griff

I used to shoot some conicals out of my .36 caliber ASM 1851. I cast them out of a combination mold I got thru Dixie Gun Works. They weighed around 90 grain of pure PB. I used the same ~15 grains of 3F I used for RBs and a Wonder Wad. I got them to take down knock down targets in CAS. As more clubs ...

Griff

I gotta agree with TedH. It's been quite a few years since I've shot my 375 Marlin, but... It was capable of much better accuracy than I can produce. I replaced the 1970s era Weaver 4X with a 2019 Bushnell 1-4X and on 2 power was getting 1-¼" - 1-½" groups with the last of my Hornady 220gr...

Griff

2thumbsup.jpg

Griff

I callled Dillon and they gave me a return number and instructions to send the press back. They told me that the lifetime warranty means lifetime and it doesn’t matter that I bought the press in the 1980s. They will take it completely apart and give it a chemical bath, but it all back together with...

Griff

Looks like the future!

Griff

ANDYLARSSON wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:13 pmHappy Thanksgiving everyone!

Right back atcha!

Griff

Yesterday would have been our 53rd Anniversary. It's been close to 5 years without my partner. We never argued politics. We both migrated from youthful liberals to firm conservatives about the same time. Fell right in line with both sets of parents and my foster parents, whom my family had stayed in...

Griff

Ruger? Midwest Gun Works shows them to be sold out, but has a "notify me when available" button... IIRC, the part for the 44 Mag and 45 Colt are the same.

Griff

Griff

Congrats on the successful hunt!

Griff

I just want to take a moment to wish all you fellers a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. It's my favorite holiday cuz it's an eating holiday; your friends and/or family are over, you eat way more than you should, you have them wash the dishes and then you send 'em home. Thank you all for your commentary, your wi...

Griff

Very good shooting! Somedays just seem to be better than others... As my mentor explained to me... the more you practice, the fewer "off days" happen! I had two friends in CAS that used .41 Rugers and a Marlin 1894 in .41 Mag. They loved them. Unfortunately, they left them in their car ove...

Griff

Condolences on the loss of your friend. Love the photo. Nothing like BP for sheer enjoyment!

Griff

I bought a 650 with all the bells and whistles and it never would seat primers and the powder check station would not stay in adjustment. I went through a lot of wasted time with customer service and finally sent it back and they sent it back still not working. After way too much baloney from them ...

Griff

I have two manual RCBS trimmers, which if I have over dozen or so cases to trim, I chuck up my hand held drill and go to town. I also have an electric RCBS Case Prep station, which can trim, but, without any method of repeatability, I only use it to chamfer case mouths and brush out primer pockets, ...

Griff

We are on the cusp of the holiday season, and it goes hard with me that there is an empty chair for Lenn at our table here. Lenn, I hope you and Norma are warm, snug and well-fed -- and that you are dreaming of projects to take your mind off your pain. I wish you both a wonderful Thanksgiving! Your...

Griff

I started reloading because I could make ammo better than what was available in factory fodder. I found that I really enjoyed making my own ammo... even as factory offerings improved and became more diverse. When I started cowboy action shooting in the mi-1980s, factory ammo was easily 10 times the ...

Griff

They had me take off everything that could be taken off to repair mine as it was very sloppy and wouldn't align properly. Don't be surprised if you get a new unit back. They upgraded my 550B to the 550C.

Griff

2thumbsup.jpg

Griff

piller wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:28 pmThe older we get, the more forgetful we get. Nothing wrong with mnemonic sayings.

I am not getting forgetful... There's just so many files up in the noggin, that it takes a while to find the right one! Not a problem when you're younger, not so many files!

Griff

I used to have them run thru my pasture all the time, but the neighbor has a small herd of goats and 3-4 guard dogs... no coyotes. Mostly what I used to see was 1 -2, occasionally an adult with a few whelps.

Griff

So the choice is much like Americans' choice of cars pre- Toyota, Datsun, Subaru, etc.? I wear a 1-¾" version of the Ranger belt (either a single heavy ply or a 2-ply) as a pants belt now and find it comfortable and as useful as I need today, with only an IWB holster & spare mag pouch. IMO...

Griff

The following is simply my opinion based on limited wear of the Ranger style belt. I used the Ranger style belt when in the local Sheriff's Posse, mainly because of it's more "western" appearance. The rest of our gear & tack was "western". Formal dress events, we added a smal...

Griff

cas wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:38 pmMorgan Earp died in 1882.
Morgan Erp on the other hand, I have no idea.
(Geo. Parker?)

Spelling is not exactly everyone's long suit.

Griff

Congrats!

Griff

My Grandfather was a survivor of Gallipoli. My Mom sez he never spoke of it.

Griff

Can a long gun qualify?

DSCF0022.JPG

Griff

I believe that qualifies! None of mine do, but work well for a chili cookoff!

Griff

Interesting. I just wish they'd start producing their # 10 percussion caps again!

Griff

I'm using a Frankfort Arsenal "Platinum" tumbler I got on sale from Midway earlier this year. To date my best results are with the Hornady One Shot Sonic Cleaner solution. I am letting it run for the full 3 hours available on the timer. I believe, given the shine I'm getting, I could proba...

Griff

Gunnymack, Here's the before and after pictures of the load of various 45 caliber brass I just took out of the tumbler. If you expand the photo you should be able to see inside quite a few cases and into primer pockets on others. DSCN1561[1].JPG DSCN1562[1].JPG There are both brass and a few nickel ...

Griff

I hunt with a pair of Cabela's 10x25 that I bought some 40 years ago. They stay with me nearly all the time. I'm sure there's better glass today... but these still do the job. I never researched who they were actually made by, but whoever it was, they're still great.

Griff

WOW! I might have to look into getting a wet tumbler. My worst gun for making brass look dirty is my 257 AI. One firing and they look like they have been neglected for years. My worst are of my 45 Colt rifles. They get a lot of blowby as my SASS loads definitely on the light side. I use 6 grains of...

Griff

Thanks Jim. Almost like being there!

Griff

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:18 pmIf it were mine I'd put some kind of visual marker on it, dab of paint , sharpie marker- something to make it stand out just to prevent future confusion.

I think restamping it to the #3 will suffice... But, now that I "know what I know"... I probably don't need to, unless I get in a rush.

Griff

A guy over on the SASS Wire posted about his results wet tumbling with Hornady's Sonic Cleaner. So I tried it today. Decapped my brass last night and tumbled the brass in the solution for 3 hours. Looks better'n new brass, inside, outside, and in the primer pockets.

DSCN1560[2].JPG

Griff

Well, I'm going to overstamp it to a #3... Less confusing to me! Thanks. I don't like things that are not marked with the maker... Thanks... I have two RCBS #2s and at least 1 or more #3s, so this one doesn't need being the oddball out.

Griff

I recently went out to the shop and picked up one of my #2 shell holders to deprime a bunch of .32-40 & .30-30 cases I recently fired during a range trip. Imagine my surprise when neither size case didn't fit. I believe I recently purchased it (still appears quite new), but isn't marked RCBS whi...

Griff

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:37 pmThey say ya learn something new every day- I had never heard about these. Neat find and a great bit of history.

Ditto, thanks for sharing that.

Griff

With 6 1911s, plus a Commander, I'm not exactly shy about them, and probably shoot them almost as well as any of my other handguns. When I was a deputy in CA we could fire one round of PPC for practice every day. I admit, I didn't, but did shoot at least 3, sometimes 4 days a week. Actually, we coul...

Search found 20638 matches