Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I don't recall how I discovered this site, but he's got a few older manuals including some of those caliber specific pamphlets in pdf form. I've downloaded a few of them to my desktop and it didn't do anything to my machine: https://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manuals/Reloading/Reloading%20Manuals/ Sor...

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Now there's a rifle you don't see every day.

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Another "got both" here. The Wrangler was on sale at a price too cheap to pass up but it's kind of become the dedicated rough conditions beater .22. Mine shoots well enough given the right ammo.

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Truck noises - too funny, and as someone with "diagnosable maturity issues" I can relate!

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Nice pics. You know the old saying - The Worst Day Fishing Is Better Than The Best Day Working.

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I've never managed to get one for myself but a friend used to have a transferable M2. The bore was pretty well shot out on it. He also had a Sten gun that was surprisingly accurate that would outshoot the M2 at practical (for those two) ranges. It was still a lot of fun.

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I tried the Scovill load, but decided it was a waste of 2400 since 8 grains of Unique or Universal gets darn near that velocity with good accuracy.

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No. Since max loads of 2400 and hot weather are a not-so-happy thing, I've gradually backed it down to 20 grains over the years. I've clocked it at an honest 1200 fps from a 4" 29 in shirt sleeve weather.

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30 years ago I reloaded the same 200 .45 ACP cases 10 times. I didn't lose any - to cracks or the range, so I quit keeping track after that. Some of the headstamps are getting faint and I have started culling WW2 cases from the rotation in recent years, since there are still some '42-43 WCC and Evan...

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I heard sporadic fusillades on my morning walk. September 1st snuck up on me this year, I didn't even buy a dove stamp.

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Yes, Universal and Universal Clays are the same. The problem originated with Hodgdon having 3 similarly named powders: Hodgdon Clays Hodgdon Universal Clays Hodgdon International Clays Plain old "Clays" is a touch faster than Bullseye whereas Universal is similar to Unique. I understand th...

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Nice score, I've always liked Hepburns. A late friend who was a self-described Black Powder Mechanic called it the Toilet Handle action.

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That looks like a fun little thumper.

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They're a neat piece of machinery but I couldn't afford to feed one. A guy had one on the wheeled mount for sale up the road in Globe for $3500 about 20 years ago. I considered it for a bit, but no...

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What was the old motto for the Postal Service? Neither rain, nor snow, nor hail...something like that. I never shot in hail or sleet but have shot in falling snow (which is interesting both for the muffled report and the "tube" of clear air the passing bullet makes) and taken brand new gun...

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That's the condition I like to find them in so I don't have to worry about putting the first ding in it, and as already noted that's the 20 years ago price. I grabbed a 9422M in similar condition during the pandemic for $400. Makes for a good field gun vs a safe queen and I can still smile about the...

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A little off topic , but what ever came of the MARLIN JAM I heard so much about years ago ? AKA "Letting two in". That's a good question, hopefully they've solved the issue on the re-engineered new production. I've only encountered it once, on a stainless Guide Gun belonging to a friend w...

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That's a pretty one. I've been dreading running across one of the new 357's since it'll probably go home with me. I'm even more worried (for my checkbook) that they might decide to make some in 32H&R!

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I don't recall that our range has closed during fire season, but during a particularly bad one in recent years we were restricted to the first 100 yards only. It has closed for extended periods twice during monsoon seasons when the road washed out. My main use of the established range tends to be du...

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Wow, 4 digit s/n too - first year gun. The only way that could be better would be if it had a Browning Bros. stamp.

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You can check with Ruger to be sure but I think the standard wrangler has a different frame alloy (zink i think) and i heard a few years ago nothing hotter than 22 lr. was recommended due to cracking. The super wrangler has a steel frame (basically a single six just with a cheaper finish to keep pr...

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I bookmarked the Paco section there, thanks. One of the other articles that's gone MIA from this site is the 375 WCF, The Great Bone Crusher, I recall that being a pretty good read.

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Being as I'm partial to Model 64's and 55's this one trips my trigger. I bet it's quick in the offhand.

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That is a pretty one, and a little honest wear adds character. Used, not abused comes to mind.

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An embarrassment of riches!

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W231 = HP38. I remember reading that blurb about 231 going away some years ago, and while 231 labeled product does seem scarce, the same doesn't seem to be true of HP38. I've been grabbing a pound every couple months so far this year just in case it pulls a disappearing act - and we are in an electi...

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I have owned .357 revolvers that were MORE accurate shooting .38s -- and some that were less. So the answer to your question is that your gun will do what it'll do. This right here. I've got an old Security Six with...generous chambers. It does fine with .357, but simulates a shotgun with 38 Special.

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Thanks for the positive report, I have a couple candidates for fire lapping but have been hesitant to give it a go.

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Not really a Keith style, look at the short nose with minimal ogive in Jim's pic. I've got an old Ideal 357446 mold in non-HP form. It's not the easiest casting bullet so I don't make a lot of them, but contrary to numerous online claims mine shoot fine.

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I can't verify, but read somewhere that it takes 480 grains of powder...14 rounds to a pound, yikes.

Anyone got data for it using Bullseye or TiteGroup?

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Prayers up for John (and Dot), he's long been one of my primary enablers.

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My first thought was no, then I went and resized a couple Remington 45 Colt cases - one each in an RCBS carbide Colt sizer and the other in the same but ACP. There's not enough measurable difference between the two to be an issue, they're virtually identical. You'd still probably want to pick up a r...

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ROFL!

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I've only used TG in 38 Spl and 9mm and haven't noticed that. I did have similar results using Power Pistol in 45acp. It was a good accurate load, but it leaded. I've never had a 45 auto load that leaded that much.

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Same here, he did a .32 Single Six cylinder for me last year on a very quick turnaround. He's interesting to talk with as well, with a wealth of experience in getting sixguns to perform. I do wonder if he ever slows down.

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I started to file the sight on my OM convertible, but then I discovered that it's pretty much right on with the magnum cylinder. I guess that I need to source another rear sight so I can have one for LR and another for WMR.

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Edit: Mine has the same Rossi/Interarms markings without the "NumberX of" serial number, the s/n has an SS prefix with a number in the high 6XXX range. Never slugged it but the bore is tight enough to shoot well with .452's. I found that the rear sight elevator notches were pretty close to...

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Not uncommon, it happens to most of us near-sighted folks as we age. When mine happened I don't recall being told to avoid anything, but the floaters made sighting anything difficult so I didn't do any shooting until those moderated some. In severe cases they'll do a vitreous fluid procedure if the ...

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Mine is neither the messiest or the most organized and I'm glad to find that I'm in good company here. I may show some of these to the wife - "See Hon? I'm normal!"

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No, just sensible. The majority of new cartridges in recent years have been in one of two camps, the first is all the high BC stuff intended for PRC. It seems to be very popular based on the product offerings, but not my thing. The second group are cartridges engineered toward traditional levergun p...

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FWIW, Universal still shows up on Hodgdon's site but out of stock. The description currently shows made in Cananda. Previously it was made in Australia and that plant blew up at least twice I believe, causing supply disruptions. I holding out hope that Canadian made Universal will be an ongoing thin...

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Wow, time flies. I did finally shoot the 300 Hornady load, but was unimpressed with the accuracy. I also loaded some Remington 405SP's with 3031 and got 2000 f/s at 60 grains. That seemed like a good speed and recoil level so I stopped right there. Older IMR numbers aren't known for being temperatur...

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Not a Flattop, but my '80's Bisley likes that load well enough. I've probably used that Unique/Keith bullet load 10:1 over full tilt magnums over the years. Before Alliant powders got scarce I was also using 8.5 Power Pistol and the Keith bullet deep seated to 44 Special OAL, it was a bit slower bu...

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Looking at Inciweb yesterday and this morning the fire has spread another 25% in the last day. They were getting some rain yesterday, hope it helped.

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I've run across both a Model 71 and a 54 that were swiss-cheesed with multiple scope mounting "solutions" over the years. There oughta be a law...

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I am thinking that the old .44 flattop Ruger might do better with about 10 gr of Unique under a 250 gr Keith. Full .44 mag loads are simply not fun. Not a Flattop, but my '80's Bisley likes that load well enough. I've probably used that Unique/Keith bullet load 10:1 over full tilt magnums over the ...

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Yeah, no harm done there, just the plug screw for the lever pin hole and the two for the receiver sight. I wouldn't lose sleep over it, someone's already knocked the collector value off for you.

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It may be the same load in new packaging, have you had a chance to compare them?

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Dang. I never met the man but I'll miss him nonetheless, I learned more than a couple things from his writings while on my personal sixgun journey. Godspeed.

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I got a box of Buffalo Bore with a rifle some years back that I've never gotten around to trying. I have run a pile of the Keith/Mathews load though Marlin '95's in the past, but my standard 45-70 load these days is a 400 LFN over 31.5 of 5744. No big bears around here so I figure it'll suffice for ...

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