Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

Harry O

The 16,000psi limit is safe for the PPS. My father had a 1931 Colt PPS in 32-20 that he let me shoot when I was a kid, as long as I bought the ammo. One time I bought some "rifle" only loads. The guy who sold it to me said that was OK for my gun. It was made for smokeless powder. The box w...

Harry O

According to the NRA M1 Garand booklet mentioned above: 150gr FMJ duplicates the military load with 48.0gr of IMR3031: 49.0gr of IMR4895: 50.0gr of IMR4064: 48.0gr of Win 748 Ball: 49.0gr of Hodg H4895: 49.0gr of Hodg BL-C(2): 48.0gr Herc RL-12. Thy do not list H4350 or RL-17 at all. I believe the p...

Harry O

Rimfire wrote: CHECK THIS OUT, WINNY WITH 20" BARREL http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =185203230 I e-mailed them to check if the magazine on this gun held 10 cartridges. They wrote back a snotty e-mail that they didn't know and weren't about to load such a pristine example to find ou...

Harry O

Thanks for the information everyone. That Taylors looks just like what I am looking for. I knew if anyone had one, the people here could direct me. BTW. I started off shooting CAS with a Uberti 1873 Winchester clone and two Uberti SAA Colt clones all in 38-40. Everything worked great. However, I had...

Harry O

I have a Uberti 1873 Winchester clone in 38-40 that is working great for CAS shooting. I would like to get another 38-40 for backup. I see a lot of jams or breakdowns while shooting. I want to get something different, though. ORIGINAL Winchester 1892's cost more than I am willing to pay. I have a co...

Harry O

I check in here once or twice a week. I use lever actions. In fact my very first gun was a Marlin 39A. It is just I don't have much to add to what is posted here about them. If I don't have something new or different to add, I don't post. PS. I just bought a new Uberti/Cimarron Model P Jr in 41 Long...

Harry O

Here is my webpage on the 41LC. I am shooting the 41LC in Cowboy Action Shooting now. I am planning to update the article sometime soon.

http://harryo.sixshootercommunity.org/

Harry O

What I want from NAA is a mini-revolver that is the absolute minimum sized for the .32 Magnum cartridge. I have a .22LR and a .22 Magnum of theirs. One in .32 Magnum would be great.

Harry O

I have a Marlin Model 62 in .30 carbine and a Marlin 1894CL in 32-20. Both give Marlin accuracy (very good). The Model 62 has a cheap 4-round magazine. I bought three more from Numrich since the original did not feed reliably. After tweeking them to feed reliably, I hardened the lips and the bottom ...

Harry O

I have an original 1910 M-S in 9.5x57 caliber. It has the "swinging" peepsight. The rifle is the quickest handling rifle I have ever handled. It is light and well balanced. The sights are outstanding. The front sight is a german silver bead that makes the best use of any light available. T...

Harry O

I shoot 38-40 in CAS. Two Uberti SAA Cattleman, a Uberti Bisley (backup) and a Uberti Winchester 1873 clone. All are in 38-40 and all work very well. I also have some 44-40's. I strongly recommend the 38-40 over the 44-40. The reason has nothing to do with the cartridge. The four 44-40's I have have...

Harry O

The local gunshop has one in .358 Win. that is NIB at a reasonable price (even though the price has not come down, it has been there long enough that the price seems reasonable now). It has been calling my name for a while now. The only problem is that it is a takedown. I once owned a Savage 99 take...

Harry O

Try this. http://kwk.us/FA/

Harry O

Do you have a contact person? I have an early one and my son bought one, too (so I could reload for him). Throats were undersized and the barrel was oversized. I sent mine in twice, but his was just as bad. The first time they replaced the cylinder with a different one that was the exact same size a...

Harry O

Shortly after I got my .375 Win, I weighed a bunch of new, unused .375 Win cases and a bunch or 30-30 cases. The .375 Win cases weigh, on average, more than the 30-30, but not by much. The average difference was almost exactly 5%. There were one or two of the heaviest 30-30 cases that were heavier t...

Harry O

http://www.e-gunparts.com/product.asp?c ... 3&mySort=2

I just bought three of them recently at $21.20 each.

Harry O

One thing that has not been mentioned so far: The gun was supposed to be for someone who did not reload. The long straight cases (such as .357 Magnum) came out of that fancy chamber not so straight. I don't know if they couldn't be reloaded, but if they could, their life would be short. If you reloa...

Harry O

I saw an article about it many years ago (late 1980's or early 1990's). It was from a company that did not build complete revolvers. They would take your S&W or Colt and machine a new cylinder that would take anything in the 9mm/38/357 family. On a drawing, they overlaid every cartridge they cou...

Harry O

I don't have that particular one, but I did have the 56 in .22LR and currently have a 62 in .30 Carbine. They are/were both accurate. No complaints. The only problem is switching from these (30 degree or so levers) to conventional (90 degrees or so) lever actions (such as my other Marlins, Wincheste...

Harry O

Here is some more information on my gun. See http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=66995 There are pictures there with a peepsight and a scope. A person on the site sent me some scope bases that he had for years. I had rings and a scope so I put them all together. It worked a lot better t...

Harry O

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=21198

Here is mine

Harry O

I sorta stayed away from that one because of the pointed nose, however, it obviously must not be a problem if you have been using it. Come to think of it, since I am not using a semi-automatic, I shouldn't worry about the shape of the nose, as long as the OAL is OK. I have a Lyman 311316 that might ...

Harry O

Here is what I dug out of my "Gunsights" books. The Williams 5D-56-989 was made for the Marlin 62 and Winchester 88/100. That is what I put on it. It fits properly and gives a much better sight picture than the stock sights. Others that "might" work are: Lyman 66MD for the Marlin...

Harry O

Update: I took the stock off the metal and sprayed the insides of the action with Hoppe's a couple of time, then let it drip dry. Then sprayed it with WD-40 and also let it drip dry. It went back together easily and I didn't have any parts left over. It appears to have taken care of any problem with...

Harry O

> "Can't be too complicated--just pop off the stock and go to town with a tooth brush and Hoppes #9. Run some hot water in the action to flush it all out." I hadn't thought of that, but I used to clean my sons Marlin Model 60 rifles that way. I tried to disassemble one of them once and spe...

Harry O

It has been on a pawn shop shelf for several years and the price had finally gotten reasonable (through inflation, not by lowering it). It is in NRA very good condition. Refinishing the stock would probably bring it up to excellent. There are a lot of handling marks on the wood, but the metal is in ...

Harry O

HARRY, ARE YOU PLANNING TO SELL THE UBERTI '73 38-40 WHEN YOUR '92 OR 1894 COMES TO FRUITION ??? Nope. I quit selling guns about 25-30 years ago. It always seemed that I regretted selling almost every gun I sold (on the other hand, I can count on one hand the number I regret buying). Sometimes the ...

Harry O

I have a Uberti 38-40 Winchester '73 clone and it is nice, but I would really like one with a stronger action (Winchester 1892 or Marlin 1894). The ORIGINAL Winchesters and Marlins in that caliber in nice condition are priced through the roof. I am just looking for a shooter, not a collectors item. ...

Harry O

[quote="Lefty Dude] Buy a 44 caliber throating reamer and you will be able to chamber the larger bullets. I have a pair of Uberti Bisleys that had tight throats. They are both enlargered and now shoot much better.[/quote] Actually, I have had the throats reamed out. The chamber neck is the prob...

Harry O

I use 0.431" bullets for both my Marlin 94 and Rossi 92 rifles in 44-40. The chamber and the barrel of both of them are sized for that. Both are accurate with that load. However, my Ruger Vaqueros in 44-40 will not take anything larger than 0.428", even though the barrel is sized 0.430&quo...

Harry O

If you MUST have a straight stock, why not get a Winchester .375BB? I have one. It has a straight stock and shoots well. I load the .375 Win with Black Powder and cast bullets for my wife. That it "downloaded" quite a bit from .375W standards.

Harry O

There have been a lot of discussions on the new Mossberg 464 here. How many remember a Mossberg 472? The 464 is a near copy of the Winchester 94. The 472 was a near copy of the Marlin 336. It did not last long. I have seen only one or two in years of visiting gunshows. I also see from one of my book...

Harry O

Sounds like DPris has the problem right. The Brownells thing is called "Lifter/Lever Springs & Screws" "Don't be afraid to tackle action jobs on the Uberti '60, '68, and '73 Winchester clones. These direct replacement lifter and lever spring sets are made from music wire. Complete...

Harry O

I have one. No problem with the lever throw, accuracy or reliability. However, the lever takes too much force to close the last 1/8" or so in order for it to fire. I believe it is some kind of safety. I notice that Brownells has a couple of small springs for the lever (at a pretty high price). ...

Harry O

By the time they got to the end of "Legends of the Fall", I was rooting for the bear.

Harry O

I have one. I have never tried it on hollow-points, but don't see why it wouldn't work. I used it on round-nose only. I tested several different attempts. It increased the accuracy of white-box Winchester bulk ammo. It did not increase the accuracy of Remington subsonic target ammo. It did not decre...

Harry O

I don't have a .444 so you can take or leave what I am going to say. I have always read that the Marlin .444 cannot take over 300gr because of the rifling twist. It is too slow to handle heavier bullets. I have a 45-70 with a slower than normal "express" rifling twist, about the same as th...

Harry O

Thanks, but I have already read that book. I have been involved in public works projects for nearly 40 years now and clean water for about 20 years. In working with all kinds of people, I have learned that "doing what is right" for us, and our posterity, is not very common. One might say t...

Harry O

I flirted with the Libertarian party back in 1988-1990, but after going to their meetings (in a Denny's), listening to them rant (especially about drugs and pornography), and seeing what they actually accomplished (absolutely nothing), I swore off on Libertariansism. I think it is a beautiful idea t...

Harry O

> "In the fall, the air would be redolent with the delicious aroma of leaves burning in the gutter. The farmer might be filling in a swamp on his land to make it productive. A man with a home on a riverbank might be cutting down a tree on his property because it blocked his view." When I w...

Harry O

It's about time. My gripe with all the pro-gun organizations is that this should have been fought tooth and nail years ago. The NRA was involved in a court case to challenge this a few years ago. Unfortunately, they chose someone who was charged AFTER the Lautenberg law was passed. They should have...

Harry O

My wife topped out at .38 Special wadcutters when it came to recoil, so I tested this with about 500 rounds -- based on an article by Skeeter Skelton that talked it up big. I shot them with different amounts of powder, different distances, in three different guns, and through targets, water bottles,...

Harry O

The 32-20 does not clean up a .32H&R Magnum chamber. It appears that it would clean up a .32 S&W Long chamber. I had my S&W NewModel 16 in 32H&R rechambered to 32-20. Fired cases look like a double bottleneck. However, it is one of the most accurate handguns I have, so it does not se...

Harry O

This has been tried before!!! http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g48/OTH_2006/BirdShot.jpg These are from pre-1890 years, Old Time Hunter: Can you tell me anything more about the cartridges you posted? I have some 45-70's that are identical to that right down to the silver colored case. I have wonde...

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Re: Colt PPS 32-20 max pressure?

Re: OT What powder and bullet replicates Garand ammunition?

Re: Can anyone direct me to a 38-40 lever action.....

Re: Can anyone direct me to a 38-40 lever action.....

Can anyone direct me to a 38-40 lever action.....

Re: OT- Sort of: .41 Long Colt

Re: OT- Sort of: .41 Long Colt

Re: OT: NAA Breaking New Ground

Re: Your Thoughts About a 30 Carbine Lever Rifle

Re: OT MANNLICHER CARBINE

Re: .38 WCF questions

Tell me about the Browning BLR takedown......

Re: Home made guns. Some thoughts .

Re: Ruger Vaquero in 44-40--- Repaired

Re: 38-55 - 375 Winchester

Re: Marlin Model 62

Re: OT - Medussa revolver???

Re: OT - Medussa revolver???

Re: Marlin Levermatic .22 mag

Re: Who knows what on the Marlin Model 62 in .30 Carbine?

Re: Who knows what on the Marlin Model 62 in .30 Carbine?

Re: Picked up a Marlin Model 62 Levermatic......

Re: Picked up a Marlin Model 62 Levermatic......

Re: Picked up a Marlin Model 62 Levermatic......

Re: Picked up a Marlin Model 62 Levermatic......

Picked up a Marlin Model 62 Levermatic......

Re: How is this idea for a 38-40 levergun?

How is this idea for a 38-40 levergun?

Re: Who reloads .431" lead bullets in 44-40 ?

Re: Who reloads .431" lead bullets in 44-40 ?

Re: Anyone shoot a Marlin 375?

Mossberg 464 vs Mossberg 472

Re: Question about a Uberti Win73 clone.....

Question about a Uberti Win73 clone.....

Re: 2 good movies.Rough Riders and Legends of the Fall

Re: A couple questions on Paco's ACU'RZR