Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

PaulB

OK, I'm cheap. I go to a craft store where they sell black kraft paper on 3' wide rolls, by the foot. Buy about 10' or so, lasts forever. I cut squares out of various sizes, try to find a size about the width of the front sight for the range I'm at. Paste them on graph paper with a paste stick. Way ...

PaulB

That left and far low,it shoots that way when even using a pistol bench rest? I don't have a pistol bench rest. I generally lay my forearms and wrists on a raised flat surface, with the gun supported only by my hands. I can get pretty small groups this way, always low and left. I must say, the sigh...

PaulB

Yeah, I saw one in the store yesterday. I was amazed at how thin the barrel was with that big hole in it. And even more scary, they had dovetailed the front sight in the barrel, rather than putting it on the barrel band. I like the idea of a .480 but not the way they did it.

PaulB

Well, bottom line for me, is that this was shooter error. If something sounds funny or doesn't recoil right, it is time to STOP. I don't think the rifle or manufacturer should take any blame. I still wish I knew the load though. If it was a warm load, then having an extra bullet to push down the bar...

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This is indeed very interesting. I have a fixed sight Freedom Arms 97 which shoots VERY far low and left. I took it to the FA factory to get adjusted but it was only improved slightly. I also have other revolvers, some (but not all) of which have the rear sight very far to the right. Anyway, I haven...

PaulB

If you look at this video, and at the comments below, it doesn't look like "fear" purchasing. Warning: rock and roll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae74oMMQ4ak

PaulB

What I do is empty brass are primer up in loading block and obviously loaded cases the other way. I also keep empty brass primer up. However when I put powder in a case, I immediately seat the bullet. My loading block never has anything but empty cases or fully loaded cartridges. Visual checks some...

PaulB

Standard Chicago Politics.

You mean "Standard Politics" I think. It's the same everywhere; Chicago pols just happen to be a bit more shameless than the rest of them.

PaulB

Huh, you're right. I googled around and found that PMC imported Berdan primers from Russia back in '05 or so (or at least planned to), and that "Old Western Scrounger" used to have them but he's now out of business. Couldn't find anyone actually selling them. Hmmm, sounds like a business o...

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Well, instead of converting the cases you can use them as is. I have seen pictures of Berdan decappers, one kind that spears the primer and pries it out, the other is a hydraulic arrangement that pressurizes the case and pushes the primer out. I haven't worked with Berdan primers, but have thought o...

PaulB

Those who 'convert' from pro-gun to anti-gun nearly always have the same shallow 'story' to tell...

Are there any that go that way? I was of the impression it only happens going from anti to pro.

PaulB

My experience with Titegroup is that, in the warm loads I use, it is VERY insensitive to powder position, both for velocity and impact point on the target. Don't know if that continues to apply for 750fps loads. The bad thing about this powder is that it takes very small charges, so you cannot tell ...

PaulB

The only way to scope a lever gun in my opinion. Over the receiver negates one of the primary advantages of lever guns, their handiness. I call scout scopes "Iron sights for old eyes". They should be compared to iron sights, not to ordinary scopes. The only real problem with them is how to...

PaulB

I use Oxpho-Blue. However I think the instructions for use are not very good. They claim it works fine even with the surface having oil on it. I found that the bluing takes MUCH better if you really get that sucker clean first, like with Brownells TCE degreaser.

PaulB

I have one just like that. I filed a flat bevel at the back of the front sight so I could see the thing better. However mine is kinda disappointing in accuracy, or maybe it's just me...

It is nice and handy though.

PaulB

Windows is not fit to use on the Internet. Try Puppy Linux: http://puppylinux.com/ You put it on a CD, boot with the CD (it leaves your Windows installation alone). Get on the internet and have fun. I run only a firewall; no virus checker, no having to dig out spyware, nothing else of the security c...

PaulB

Surveillance cameras. There are ways to cook up a pretty cheap system with an old computer and linux.

Carry a gun, meet the neighbors.

Smoke any weed that comes up before it becomes troublesome.

PaulB

Browning made some Traditional Low Walls in .357 Mag. I almost bought one with a view toward converting it to .357 Max. Someone else got it before I could make up my mind to go ahead. Kinda kicking myself...

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You can carry more ammo.

PaulB

Paul - do you remember how far that load traveled? No, I was not organized enough to write that down. Some day I'll try again to get that info. I read someone doesn't drink enough milk to have enough cartons around. I have the opposite problem. My wife was nagging me because my garage is filling up...

PaulB

Paul, the people that these people vote for DO want to force their ways on you. Well, that's just generalizing. The exact same thing could be said of conservatives and Bush. The thing is, there are people who don't want to force their ways on others. Such people don't vote in elections, because ele...

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My point about emails, apparently I didn't get it across, is that using unencrypted email is just as bad as posting stuff in a forum. The US govt these days scans emails. You have no privacy without encryption.

PaulB

Backchannel e-mails and other communication channels can get the job done better than posting every intention on the easily Googled World Wide Web, dontcha know! Only if you encrypt them. Otherwise they might as well be on the Web. I think it makes sense to think about what you write. I also think ...

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Paco, there was no way to "vote correctly" in this election. It was like going car shopping, and having a choice only between a Yugo and a Trabant. Hate to break the news to you guys, but there are a fair number of liberals who are gunnies. Anyway, liberals are not the enemy. Statists are....

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I think you are on the right track. Light hollowpoints are best for defense, heavier bullets are better for hunting, where you need complete penetration though through animals with thicker hides than humans have. Also, higher velocities give more expansion which translates to less penetration, somet...

PaulB

How about a 45 foot long, 1.25 ton snake?

PaulB

I'm pretty sure Oregon Trail laser-cast bullets like to be driven fast.

However I just got some 9mm OT bullets and was a little disappointed to get some leading with them. I think they were going too slow...

PaulB

Well, I can see not reworking the load when going from heavier cases to lighter ones, for example. Hard to imagine pressure getting higher in that case. But primers? That's the last thing I'd take a short-cut with. So far, my tests of the QuickLoad software, which does not take into account the type...

PaulB

No, just a pellet gun, maybe age 6 or so. <sigh> Dad had a lot of kids to buy presents for, and not a whole lot of money. Now, I'm conflicted about the no toy gun because you'll get bad habits or other variation on that theme. I've never worried about it. My boy certainly knows the difference, and d...

PaulB

we never learn from history, just doomed to repeat the mistakes

The best quote I've heard about this is something like "the lesson of history is that we never learn anything from history."

Thanks for that link to the quotation verifier. I can see it being useful.

PaulB

If you have two .44 caliber 300 grain bullets, and swage one of them down to .22 caliber, and then launch them both at 1000fps at deer, your formula will predict the .22 has twice the killing power of the .44. Sectional density is great - until it is high enough to give complete penetration (some - ...

PaulB

Uh, I don't think so. Your formula is 2R x W x W/("pi"xRxR) x V, where R is bullet radius and V is velocity. Simplifying, that is 2 (WxWxV)/("pi"xR), which gives too much importance to bullet weight, and is INVERSELY proportional to bullet diameter. I don't have much use for thes...

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I'm sorry, I don't really mean to knock LEO's. As in any profession there are good, bad and indifferent... This is true. However it's the only profession where the bad ones can get away with literal murder. Here's a story worth reading: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/12/galveston_fals...

PaulB

My 629 Classic with 5" barrel. The double action on this gun is unreal.

PaulB

That's because Wyoming is one of the few truly American states remaining! Well, they must have been something other than American up until a year ago, when they changed the law. :roll: At least they changed it in the right direction. I suppose all it takes is for someone who's been mauled to show o...

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There isn't much walking around this half of the world that cannot be handled with a 225 gr. Partition at 2500 fps. or a 250 gr. Speer Hotcor at 2400 fps. How is that Speer Hotcore bullet on deer anyway? I'm a little concerned it might be hard enough to "pencil through". I once did some r...

PaulB

They are government workers. Don't expect too much from them. Don't expect that what they do makes any sense.

PaulB

I have one of these, and I wonder whether we are talking the same gun! It has a small, hard buttplate. And, it's fairly light. So, if you put any kind of heavy load into it, it's going to whack you pretty hard. I don't call that "a pleasure to shoot", unless you are only talking SASS loads...

PaulB

Grant's a very nice guy. I had him do some work on a Dan Wesson I had. He worked on it a very long time, then we got together and he gave it back to me, and said he finally figured out it couldn't be reasonably improved because of the poor accuracy in machining in the original gun. And he refused to...

PaulB

Since you guys like westerns so much, you just have to try some classic Samurai movies. You are in for a treat if you haven't watched one yet. Kurosawa is the main director, and the primary actor in these is Toshiro Mifune. The Seven Samurai (The Magnificent Seven was based on this movie.) Yohimbo (...

PaulB

Sorry, don't know how I got this double post.

PaulB

I really like "Paint Your Wagon", a western musical where both Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin sing!

Did a pretty good job of it too.

Also liked Monte Walsh a lot.

Open Range is excellent, no doubt about it. When Costner holds back his tendency to preach, he can really do a great job.

PaulB

It's important with a scout scope to get your cheek weld right, so you don't end up searching around for the light cone. I put one of those cheek-eeze pads on my gun to get it right; now acquisition of the sight picture is very fast. The Leupold Scout scope has an exit pupil of 28/2.5=11.2 mm which ...

PaulB

I got Precision Shooting magazine during the time moly became popular (still do). They looked into many claims pretty thoroughly. On the barrel life claim, there was a report from (I think) Norma that looked pretty authoritative, that showed substantial improvement. I believe they were using the 6.5...

PaulB

"Do you reload" is indeed the question. Makes a lot of difference. Or, "do you know someone who reloads?" A BLR in .358 is a great idea. Probably the most reliable feeder, right? And a lot of thump on the front end with little at the back end. And it could be very cheap to feed, ...

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I believe moly bullets still have a following, especially in sports with a lot of bullets downrange between cleanings such as High Power competition. I think they may also get some use from long-range shooters who use large cases and long bullets because they have better BC's than naked bullets (las...

PaulB

Well, this ain't a movie, but it's a manual for getting along with the rest of the human race - including your wife:

Book

There's a reason it's sold 15 million copies. Also, since it was first published in 1937, it has an old-fashioned charm that is lacking in modern reading.

PaulB

I have a 260 in the Browning 1885 Low Wall, one of the cutest guns out there. It has a 24" barrel but is pretty short with that short action. It is also pretty light, so it kicks more than I like (small, hard plastic buttplate). I haven't done any hunting with it because my hunting rifles get d...

PaulB

You can't throw people in prison for NOT violating laws. That's just silly. You want to know who is responsible? 1) Congress and Presidents (all of them), 2) us, 3) the Fed, and 4) company shareholders. The latter will get their just deserts though. Read Gary North's explanation why: http://www.lewr...

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It comes down to this: You can save the banks that are failing, or you can save the dollar. But you can’t save both. You can't save either. The dollar is already dead. We just don't realize it yet. The banks are probably dead, or to be nationalized, even more than they are already. But one thing we...

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