Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

A few years ago I picked up a Rossi external hammer double 12 gauge. The firing pins were peened something fierce, but Jack First supplied new and improved ones. Part of the allure for the piece was that very "poor man's double rifle" vibe. BUT there was that panic driven shortage going on...

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Those guys crack me up. "You'd think this was a quality firearm, but it's not." I'm not sure what they judge as "a quality firearm", but putting up with that sort of abuse and coming up grinning and asking for more? that's one decent shooting iron, right there. By the way, that's...

I"ve yet to see one in the flesh. Reviews I've seen so far tend to go from "It's the ugliest waste of scrap iron on the market" to "The greatest thing since sliced bread". I'd like a chance to coonfinger one a while, out of curiosity.

To our Powder Valley family, Thank you for the outpouring of love, support, and prayers. It has completely filled our hearts. We truly are part of the very best community in the world, and we love our Powder Valley family more than we can say. It’s been an emotional time, but receiving your messages...

Back in the 20th Century, I knew of folks in the Amazon basin that carried a 44-40 round with them in their hunting pouch, precisely for that "what if" situation they might face should a large amazonian feline come calling while they were waiting for deer at night. They didn't trust their ...

Powder Valley Outdoors To our Powder Valley family, We’re okay. The calls you get at 3 a.m. are never the ones you want. Early Sunday morning, a fire tore through our primary warehouse and offices. It’s a devastating, total loss of the building and the inventory inside. What matters most is that eve...

Don't know if you're using enough gun for gophers, but you're definitely using a right purty one!

Welcome to the fire! There are plenty of Henry fans around here. My "baby brother" bought a used 22 leveraction from someone a while back. He's not much of a shooter so hadn´t even taken it to the range when he loaned it to me. I found the inner mag tube that contains the spring and follow...

The base gun was made in 1930'sh and is the Stevens 520 . Everything on these are built from heavy drop forged parts. I've got it all disassembled and will detail clean it Friday. One screw was missing I'll need to make. But it's tight and bore is mirror shine. Came out of Nebraska probably somebod...

Glad to hear it made it to you! Those old pumps are sleepers. Many folks don't realize how good the store brands can be.

There are changes in the offing. Thanks for your patience. Hopefully we'll soon have this issue taken care of.

Just deleted 29 spammers :evil: they seem to be able to log on when it takes me forever :( And I just deleted over 100 inactive accounts - all spammers as best I could figure. Don't know how a) they manage to register an account, and b) login and spam the forum - when REAL folks who like leverguns ...

Back a couple of decades ago, we were given permission to hunt an old abandoned farm in SW MO. The place was loaded with fox squirrel, very few grays. I had better luck with the old Ruger SS than I did with a rifle that year. My wife and sister-in-law cooked them up, shredded the meat and made coxin...

Wow. Sure seems like a 300-grain bullet at 1,000-plus could do a whole lot of good work -- and a pretty good job on my old wrists! :lol: I found a box of 20 of those loads last year when I was digging through my reloading gear. I had not shot my Linebaugh Ruger in a long time so I grabbed that box ...

I was contacted early this morning and I put in a message to Andy. He's on it, looking at an upgrade that should put this issue to rest. So if we go offline again, don´t panic.

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:13 am Paul, why is his name so familiar I wonder?

He's active on a lot of gun forums, I believe, especially the Remington collectors. And he's pitched in here a lot of times to get us up and running again.

Dave Fagan is the real hero in all this. He's pulled our chestnuts out of the fire many times over the years. I, for one, am VERY thankful to him for that.

Message sent re: Bugbuster

Model 1885 in 38-55 or 45-70 or 50-70. Yeah, it's a singleshot, but it's definitely got an underlever!

Glad we got you back up and running!

Thanks, Frank! I'd NO idea about that site. A quick look through it shows they take their guitars MUCH more seriously than I do. Me? I just like to pick one up occasionally and strum a few songs for my own pleasure, and am easily satisfied. Weekly I'll play for the gathering of the saints and so far...

Thanks for the feedback! It always amazes me the breadth of knowledge available on this forum. I'm no musician, but enjoy "making a joyful noise" from a variety of instruments, which is why I picked up the guitfiddle that got hoisted last week. Different from my usual acoustic exploits, fo...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:27 pm Hornady is still producing this bullet.

Thanks! Great news.

Last Sunday night we had a burglary at the church meeting place and the miscreant took off with my personal electric guitar. Nothing special, just a Suzuki branded strat style I picked up a few years ago to mess around with a bit. I'd finally got it set up the way I wanted, had some decent strings I...

Is Hornady making their swaged lead bullets again, or are you shooting old stock? I've found those Hornady swaged bullets to be quite handy for lower power loads, but couldn't find any the last time I was up north.

Nice snag. IIRC Teddy Roosevelt used an 1895 in 30-40 Krag in Africa. Again, if memory serves me, he specifically mentions taking a giraffe with it. My guess is his was the rifle length, not the SRC like you got. That looks like a handy bit of ordinance you managed to snag!

Just got back from having the hole in the roof repaired. Roofing here is different from what y'all see up there. Corrugated fiber/cement tiles affixed to steel cross pieces is the way it's put up. Usually it's held in place with wire ties. Fairly easy for someone to break in that way. So we've got t...

I hate thieves +2. Thankfully no one was hurt... It's just stuff. That is it, exactly. We don´t build with bricks and stone, nor with guitars and electronics. I'm saddened for the kid who's doing this. He clearly thinks he's clever, but has set his feet on a path of destruction. If he hits the wron...

Had a call from the alarm company... this time multiple sensors went off, indicating it wasn´t just a lizard or other creepy crawly setting off the system. Sure enough, when I got to the church meeting place there was a hole in the roof and marks along the wall. The miscreant learned from last time....

Years ago a friend showed me a pre-war Colt he inherited from his father. It was pretty close to "New In Box" condition even after a good 7 decades since it left the factory. For some odd reason that slung a hankering on me for such a pistola. Who knows? Maybe some day. There's a lot to li...

A couple of steely eyed lawmen, fit to ride the river with.

Thanks for the update, Scott! Someday, the Good Lord willing, I'll get a chance to play with one that's got my name on it... in the meantime the reports on what's working are very welcome. I've a bunch of 452190 (if I recall the mold number correctly) cast up that should be a good starting place. I'...

A couple of UK based airgun forums I infest have a considerable number of tinkerers that use the both/either mini-mills and/or mini-lathes, including one retired operator that used to use top end CNC and other professional grade equipment. He's tweaked his a bit here and there, but turns out amazing...

My son and I went to Newcastle today to pickup my new air rifle, it was funny to hear the guy behind the counter telling me how to load it, after 72 years of owning airguns I really needed that :lol: Anyway I am pleased with so far it's well balanced and the none automatic safety is a bonus. IMG_20...

My gas ram Norica air rifle needs a heart transplant or whatever you do with gas rams, the power is really down so until I can get it fixed I'm hoping to buy a Remington .22 air rifle called The Pest Controller.. It just an inexpensive springer but it is as powerful as the government allows over he...

May God grant you safe travels and a blessed week!

JimT gave me a couple boxes of 22 WRF along with a mix of 22 WMR of diverse brands/weights/etc back in the early days of the 21st Century. Have used it a bit in my OMSS and my Paco Pifle (Savage 22 bolt pistol that I received at my first Shootist Holiday via a blessed number in the raffle). Still ha...

. ...is so much MORE than just a place for those of us weird enough to like what most would call obsolete, mediocre, guns that aren't as accurate as bolt-actions, nor as fast as semiautos. As with Tycer's recent post that still brings tears to my eyes, many of us here (who mostly have never been in...

Sounds like a sound plan. :-) I've made up various mental lists of what I'd take this year, but it's all theoretical at this point. My Tyler Gunworks Ruger would pair up nicely with the Anniversary rifle. Maybe next year. That gives me time to lay in some brass and hopefully get up there to load it....

Y'all are making me antsy to get up north and take a gander at these rifles. Have yet to hear of an issue with any of them. Have wanted a 45 Colt rifle for a few decades now, looks like this will be one well worth having. Thanks for sharing your process with us. Send a couple downrange for me out at...

I'm really curious about how the interior is laid out. From the angle you show it, it doesn´t look like a three cavity!

Years back, somewhere around the turn of the century, we were at a yard sale in SW MO. On a table was a bunch of miscellaneous kitchen stuff. And in there were some carbon steel knives with black handles. For me a kitchen knife has always been carbon steel, not rost frei or inox, good old fashioned ...

I'll second Tyler Gun Works. I handed them a box of miscellaneous mismatch parts and they gave me back a beautiful sixgun. Unfortunately I don´t have any pics of it handy. Need to remedy that next time I dig out the cache.

Jim, do you know of anyone using Starlink internet over there? We have decent internet here but the Starlink kits are sold by at least three major retailers here in town. They're a big item for folks living outside of the main connection areas of the city. My understanding is that as long as you've ...

Also, the 25-35 Ackley Improved shows the most improvement in performance with a very usable extra powder space due to the very tapered body being blown out straight. I always kind of wanted a Marlin in 25-35 AI for a varmint levergun.

The "old family rifle" is a Winchester 64 in 25-35 that my uncles convinced my grandma to buy for them way back in the 20th Century. They successfully hunted every big game species in Arizona with that rifle using, as far as I know, factory ammo. It comes back to proper bullet placement an...

The following bit of reminiscence popped up as I was backing up some old hard drives... thought some of you might find it of interest. Memories From The Sertão The sun was still high as I climbed into my hammock. It was near four o’clock and I’d slung my hammock about three meters in the air in the ...

A few years ago Jim Williamson let me fireform a bunch of 22 K-Hornet through his ... Sako? rifle at the Whittington Center. Lovely rifle, fun to shoot caliber, very accurate setup. In a Contender pistol it'd make an interesting prairiepoodle popper.

Starting the cleaning process. Probably wont be done until end of the week as there are a couple of projects in front of this one. Did this a couple years ago with a Springfield 1922 M2. Pretty messy but is fun when all of the cartouches, barrel markings etc start showing up. Sounds like fun! Haven...

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