Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I enjoyed the series and have gone back and watched a few favorite ones ... but I have most all the books and like them even better than the videos. I would rather read a book than watch a screen. Just my preference.

JimT

(This is from the old Sixgunner.Com website .. written in the 1990's ... so information in it IS OLD!) Driving out to Raton, NM for The Shootists Holiday gave me time to reflect on a number of things that had been festering in the back of my mind. Listening to Milton Morrison of Qualite' Pistol &am...

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Good shootin'! And the photos are nice but that's about as close as I want to get to it anymore. I have become a "Fair Weather Shooter" at this stage of life. When I was young I shot in rain, snow, sleet, heat and wind. It didn't matter. Anymore ... well ...

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SAECO #382 160 gr. SWC

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Lyman #358665 160 gr. FP
This is one of my more accurate bullets in both handgun and levergun

When using jacketed bullets I pretty much stick with RCBS 125 gr. (both hollow point and flat nose)

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:21 am Jim, that's as close as I have ever seen to the absolutely perfect single-action hunting revolver. Twyla did such great work!

Thank you Bill

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Jim, that's as close as I have ever seen to the absolutely perfect single-action hunting revolver. Twyla did such great work! Thanks Bill. I took a lot of game with it over the years. And yes, Twyla did beautiful work. I am glad I have some of the pieces she did. Good memories. I do miss her. As Kr...

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(This article is quite old .. it was published in the old Harris Publications gun magazine where Hal Swiggett was an Editor. Hal gave me a real boost and was a good friend, helping me get into some of the gun publications of the '80's and '90's) From the very earliest days of my youth I’ve had a fa...

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My dad’s old Chevy Apache (I think a 1960 model) with three on the tree was what I learned to drive with. I actually like the modern features……until they don’t work. I want a foreign market Toyota Hi-Lux small diesel. But I apparently can’t have one. The Hilux we had in Mozambique was an amazing ma...

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I refuse to own a vehicle ... or even rent one ... that does stuff on its own. My truck does not have electric windows or automatically dimming lights or even lights that turn on by themselves. It has a stick transmission and if you want to unlock the doors you have to put a key into the door lock. ...

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CraigC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:04 pm Got it and put it up, thanks! I think I had saved most the pics. I saved everything back then. I found a lot of articles I had saved too but I need to go through them.

I should have ... but some friends salvaged a bunch of it for me ... so I have most of the old site yet.

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OK ... thanks ... article and picture coming ...

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Okay, I'll leave the "afters" out of that one. If you have it, I'll put it up. Maybe I'm stuck in the past but I love the stuff from the old site. :) apparently I did not add your name to the email address ... does your email begin "newfrontier45"? If that's it I will correct it...

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CraigC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:05 pm Was this one attached to an article?

That is the .357 Blackhawk I had rebuilt into a .45 ACP. Do you need the article?

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I have this as "after". I couldn't find a version on the wayback machine with pics but I'd like to add them to the article if it's appropriate. I remember it being one of my favorite articles. Hope I'm not being too much trouble. That is after Bowen rebuilt it. I will send another photo p...

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Hey Jim, do you have any pics of the "Working gun"? I'm working on that one and a few others. I've got some old pics with your name in the file name. I just don't remember what article they're from. I have some marked "before" and "after". Is this it? Yessir. That is t...

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Thank you for keeping some of the old stuff alive.

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It is close to the LBT-LFN but has the "truncated cone" type nose shape. Here is a recovered bullet and a loaded cartridge that a friend of mine loaded and fired.

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The SSK .44 Magnum Heavy By Jim Taylor and Jim Mork I have always been a believer in heavy bullets in sixguns. Especially since I read Elmer Keith while I was young! I found out early on that the heavy bullets were the way to go. In the .357 I liked the heaviest bullet that I could safely run aroun...

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I hope you've upped your coop security... :D We have a solar door that opens in the morning and closes at dark. What got the majority of the hens that were taken was a coyote coming in just after they came out of the coop or a hawk during the day. The coons mostly ate our chicken feed from the auto...

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I stopped to get a bottle of Angel's Envy and had to verify I was over 21.
Almost made me want to go back the next day and buy another!

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The egg-laying drops off during overcast and darker days. Those who are supposed to know say that egg production is stimulated by sunshine. I know we have less eggs during the winter than in the summer. We were getting 16 to 18 a day until some of our chickens became breakfast for coyotes and racoon...

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My friend Aurelio is in charge of the public School located on the Iris Base in Pemba, Mozambique. They have around 3000 students. The School has suffered damage and Aurelio has had some property damage. For those who would like to donate to him personally, he wrote to tell me that his Hotmail addre...

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Our chickens are laying between 9 and 11 eggs a day! The Goose that laid the golden egg didn't do that every day!

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Experimented with the 320 gr. SSK hardcast in two Redhawks (a 5 1/2" and a 7 1/2") and a 10 1/2" Super Blackhawk years ago. They were the heaviest we wanted to run. Pushed them to 1500 fps ... which I do not recommend. Shooting some of those out of the Blackhawk split one of the grip ...

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is now available.

https://www.wolfeoutdoorsports.com/john ... gle-shots/

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The day being when it first came out. What was the average fella using his 1873 on back then, regards four legged targets. What was the general feeling around the calibre at the time. Its just a great new repeater, a big game option? Winchester's 1875 catalog has close to 80 published testimonials....

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The reason I like the safety replacement sight is that it is a lot like the sight on the Deluxe model of the Winchester Model 71, on the bolt. And as said, it gets rid of the crappy safety.

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I second ywaltzucanrknrl! It's not difficult.

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https://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php? ... ucts_id=10

https://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php? ... ucts_id=82

I have the aperture sight that replaces the safety ..

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I read a report by an early hunter in the 1880's who killed a Grizzly with an 1873 .44-40. He said that when he shot it the bear came at him but the rifle was so smooth to use that he was able to feed the bear nearly the whole magazine load and it was more than the bear could digest. It's been many ...

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They are on the Lipsey's website.

https://www.lipseys.com/itemfinder?sort ... memorative

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He asked if anyone knew of detonations .,, for real. The only incident I know of was not caused by pointy bullets. Ian McCollum (Forgotten Weapons) was loading reproduction 1860 Henry .45 Colt. The magazine was half full and he let the magazine follower fly and it set off some of the cartridges in ...

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Remington Factory loads are fairly roundnose

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Lipsey's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9akTLnL28

Brian Pearce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMDrof2Ofc

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Primers can be crushed SLOWLY and not set them off. A whack will pop them. That's why I don't mind slowly easing the cylinder out, pulling with my left hand while I pull the hammer back with my right. FINGER NOT NEAR THE TRIGGER. I have demonstrated this many times in reloading classes ... crushing ...

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I pray that this New Year will be one of peace for you and that you will have joy and enough money to get along. But not so much that it allows you to get into trouble. :lol: A friend visited Paco yesterday and sent me this photo. I just now got off the phone with Paco and am sending you Best Wishes...

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I got it. I was about to pull the base pin but I decided to put a tie-wrap on the hammer for safety and then gave it one more try at turning. It made it past the spot and I was able to eject the round. This round wobbles a bit when stood up on a counter so I know the primer is proud but just barely...

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I have aperture rear sights on my leverguns and use a bead front sight with them all. Works with my old eyes better than a post/blade front sight for me. Try a few different combinations and see what works best for you.

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I have had similar issues a few times. I was able to grasp the cylinder with my left hand and turn it while pulling back the hammer with my right. It was not always easy but I was able to do it. When the cartridge was lined up properly with the barrel I simply fired it and then proceeded to eject th...

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Beautiful work! Well done and very much worth it.

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Thank you!!!!!

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https://www.gunblast.com/JimTaylor_ChristmasEve1896.htm

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Apparently an old guy in Florida shot one.
He was arrested for it.

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Maybe they were a figment of the imagination of some news companies that needed to sell advertising?

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I think most handgun hunters .. especially those who hunt with revolver or semi-auto ... would relate.

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Merry Christmas ya'll!

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THANKS RAY! I loved the story. Reminds me of the one I have posted on Leverguns. Christmas Eve 1966 Korea was cold. The thermometer was hovering around 10º below zero and a stiff wind was coming across the country from the China Sea. It did not make for the most pleasant conditions. For a kid fresh ...

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Hunting with a handgun I always limited my shots to around 100 yards and under, preferring feet instead of yards. I shot quite a few deer at less than 50 feet. Other than one Javelina that I shot across a canyon, most of the ones I shot were just in feet instead of yards. When my wife was using her ...

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There are a couple ways to send funds. The first is by using the Iris Global website. Go to https://www.irisglobal.org/give Scroll down MINISTRY LOCATIONS and use the drop-down arrow to scroll to PEMBA (Mozambique). Using that to donate will have the funds go the Pemba Base where it will be disburse...

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The superglue fix or the solder fix sounds like it should work OK and it does not do permanent damage to the gun like using a hammer and punch to "stake" the sight would. And one of those would be quick and easy!

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