Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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All bullets need lubrication, some more than others. I know it is commonly taken that jacketed bullets do not need lube. If that were the case however we would not use oil in the bearings on our cars. Fire a few thousand jacketed bullets through your barrel and watch it turn copper-colored in the ri...

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I like the X15 .. bought one back in the 1980's and still use it.

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WARNING! THESE ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY AND SHOULD BE READ AS SUCH. NO ONE NEED AGREE WITH ME! Small of the back is one of the worst places to carry. Telegraphs intentions easily. Prints easily. More than likely you will be pointing it at yourself when making a panic draw in a bad situation. I don't lik...

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Ian's accident involved a original style spring loaded follower. New Henrys are no problem as long as you don't free-fall cartridges down a vertical tube. I have written Henry suggesting a update kit for those of us who are tired of pinching fingers on Marlin loading gates. I received no reply. Per...

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The only issue I see is if the follower is dropped it can set off the cartridges in the magazine tube. Ian on Forgotten Weapons had one such experience and was injured .. though not seriously ... by it.

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The only reliable way to tell pressures is have the loads tested in a pressure barrel. I have seen more than one gun blown and the primers look normal, even on what was left of the cartridge that blew. This has been written about and documented in photos since the 1940's, yet it is still ignored qui...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:07 pm Thank you for sharing that story Jim. Do you think you'll fire it?

No. I won't. I have the one I bought when we had these made. We shoot it regularly. I had a set of hand-carved ivories put on it. Paul Persinger made them.

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I will .. like Scott ... stick to the old tried and true leverguns. IMG_0184.JPG IMG_3179.JPG I took the Rossi .357 to the CSA Shoot in Arkansas last week. Using the 125 gr. Speer jacketed bullet over 20 gr. of WC820 at ranges to 100 yards offhand it proved accurate. I was able to ring the 4" t...

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While it is certainly not something I am interested in, these days I hate to "pooh pooh" anyone who is venturing into the firearms field with something new. And if marketed, it will attract some. Whether that's enough to make it viable or not will remain to be seen.

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That's awesome. I didn't know such a critter existed, thank you for sharing. I'm not familiar with Tom Ruger or the Shootist group. What would it's approximate value be vs the standard stainless Single Six Bisley? Tom Ruger was the son of the Founder of Ruger Firearms, Bill Ruger. Tom was working w...

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Last week I attended the CSA shoot in Arkansas. I left a day early so I coud stop and visited with an old friend. I have known her and her husband for close to 30 years. He passed about 10 years or so ago and she is now 91 and doing well! Before I left she handed me a pistol and said she wanted me t...

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I always shot every sixgun I got a lot. I put hundreds of rounds through them, sometimes many more than that, before I decided to do anything with them. Most of the time by shooting them enough I figured out they were just fine as is. Sure, there were the odd ones that needed work. But most of the t...

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Paco took a nice Gemsbok with the 480 pistol.

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1894cfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:31 pm What ever happened to War on THEFT??????? Oh wait, we got that already! The Govt. is in charge of that!

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
-Aesop-
(This is from over 2500 years ago. It seems mankind cannot learn from history!)

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Bill, I'm surprised he could hear even a single word you said. Surprisingly enough it usually is loud to any bystanders but to the person who did it the noise is not that loud. I don't know if it's shock or what. When I shot through my Mom's antique vanity it was with a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbi...

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If the result of shooting super high velocity, lightweight bullets like from a .220 Swift or a .264 at game animals frequently results in massive surface wounds but little penetration, then my guess is that similar results would occur shooting a large diameter, lightweight bullet. It wouldn't be su...

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Yep .. RWS ... I've shot tons of these ... well .. not literally.

But a whole lot of them.

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The One-More-Shot Syndrome The essence of being a good shot is practice. This is fundamental. Since not everyone who desires to be a good shot lives where they can shoot every day, dry-firing is an obvious part of practice. It is not my intention to go into the all various aspects of dry-firing a g...

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I think the 44special is among the best cartridge for outdoor use, but the days of the Saturday night special or switchblade armed holdup man are long gone. Todays thugs attack in multiples with glocks and 30rd stick mags. On the rare occasion i carry its usually a 5 shot 38 but i dont pretend for ...

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One of the most mythological creatures of modern times is the "Statesman." Reputed to be an individual who works as a political leader and who is more concerned about the nation as a whole instead of the political institution they happen to be a part of. The "Statesman" was repor...

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The math was right. There was a slight Operator Error in that the results were switched ... .355" diameter has a total area of 0.09898 square inches .452" diameter has a total area of 0.412825 square inches Seems I need to hire a someone to double-check my work. Um, the brass fetchers? EX...

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The math was right.
There was a slight Operator Error in that the results were switched ...

.355" diameter has a total area of 0.09898 square inches
.452" diameter has a total area of 0.412825 square inches

Seems I need to hire a someone to double-check my work.

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Looking mighty svelte there Ji!

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I thought that is what lady friends are for ... picking up spent lead so I don't have to bend over. It's much more fun collecting scrap lead when watching them do it.

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The technology will soon be controlled from a headquarters. You pull the trigger and the smart gun says, "You are not authorized to fire at this time. Try again in a few minutes."

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The Shootists Holiday home range is the Pistol Silhouette Range at The Whittington Center. We shoot a lot of silhouettes .. all of them in fact .. but we have never held a competition. Just there having fun trying to knock targets over with about any handgun ever. We use rifles also but only in pist...

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From the old Sixgunner.com Archives (This article first appeared in the July/Aug issue of The Shootist © 1987 and is used by permission of the author) In 1905 Smith & Wesson started to test a new cartridge and a new revolver to handle the new sixgun round. Little could they realize what a treme...

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He's a nice guy. He was at The Shootists Holiday and was bunking in the same housing unit as I was. Interesting guy .. sure knows his stuff and has some great stories.

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You are correct Jim, big going in and big going out with enough to get the guy behind will always trump small in &out- kinda why I prefer a 12 ga! :D Figuring the area of the projectile, a 9mm (.355" diameter) has a total area of 0.412825 square inches A 12 ga. projectile (.720" diame...

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Old Savage wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:37 pm Jim, not sure bourbon is working for you.

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I always thought that Mass and Momentum IS technology :) :lol: Of course ... but I was thinking of the articles etc. I have read about how the 9mm now is as good the bigger calibers because of "technological advancement" in "bullet construction" .... I am sure there is a better ...

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You cannot replace Mass and Momentum with "technology" ... no matter how "advanced" the projectile may be. And size matters. If it didn't we would see a lot more ice pick stabbings.

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Well Farmer John, glad you made it!
I hang around in Clarksville every once in awhile. You anywhere near there?

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I lived in Mozambique for 6 years where everything is 220. We had 170 to 180 coming into the base the first year. It burned up fridge and freezer motors, compressors on A/C and burned out florescent lights. The only light bulb that worked through it all with no issues were the incandescent bulbs. We...

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My load out of the Rossi levergun - 125 gr. Gold Dot JHP 21.5 gr. H110 = 2317 fps oops ... mine is the .357 not the .45. 135 gr. is pretty stubby for the .45. Most likely a good short-range load. But I personally would not care to use it. The 255 gr. 454190 bullet or the Keith 260 gr. SWC would be m...

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Years ago .. sometime after he carried the single actions ... he taught a course on using the single action sixgun for self defense. We had him at The Shootists Holiday and he ran us through the course there. It was a great class and I enjoyed it immensely! And have practiced some of the things he t...

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I've noticed over the years that using Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt, you can figure about 100 fps per grain of powder. It varies of course from gun to gun and with barrel lengths, but that Skeeter load will give an honest 800 fps and better in the .44. And a grain more in the .45 Colt give...

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WOW ... watched your video and am thankful you all are OK. Things will get fixed. As long as family is OK is the thing!

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Uberti's I have looked at recently have been finished inside and out pretty nicely and fitted well. And shot great. At today's prices for a shooter you have to work hard to do better.

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I have the twin of Jim's but obviously without the inscription and engraving. Here it is with the 45 acp cyl (pretty much permanently installed) I pretty much have the ACP cylinder in mine also. I had the rear of each cylinder milled off so there are no recessed case heads. There is no real reason ...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:55 am I like .45 ACP in a single action and I have a couple of convertible Rugers.

I do also.
One of my favorites ... Freedom Arms Model 97 with .45 Colt and .45 ACP cylinders

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It takes a lot for me to compliment another’s guns but that is nice….nickel plated Ruger…. Can I have it?—-006 Well .. I would give it to you Jack, but see .. here is the problem. When my wife and I moved to Mozambique I sold it to a friend who wanted it and I can't give away their gun! Sorry. :D

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This is from years and years ago, during the life of the old Sixgunner.Com website. I picked up an Old Model Ruger .357 Magnum and sent it to Jim Stoh. I wanted a "pocket pistol" in .45 ACP. I had "flat-topped" it and recut the rear sight. Jim rebarreld it and rechambered the cyl...

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Welcome to the fire. Pull up a stump to set on and have a cup of coffee and enjoy. You fit right in with most everyone here.

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It just kinda got dim gray here at 95 percent. A lotta nada. Sure admire your Boss of the Plains, Jim. You wear it so well. 8) Thanks Bill! It got pretty dark here. The yard lights came on (solar dusk to dawn switch) The chicken coop door closed. (solar dusk to dawn switch) All the honey bees came ...

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JOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:06 pm Great composition! Do you have a white cowboy outfit to Jim?

I need to get one for next winter.

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I had been feeding the cows one Spring and as I pulled out of the pasture I saw a big turtle sitting on a rock in the pond below me. I grabbed my .32-20 Marlin and got out, went back and leaned over the bed with rifle, shooting across the bed. I had the sights right on the turtle at about 40 yards w...

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