Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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5 inch 54 caliber naval rifles are just little stuff. But the shells are more powerful than the older 5 inch 38 caliber naval rifles from WWII. Plus it is a much more rapid firing. But this is a navel rifle. https://i.imgur.com/E1T3VCZ.jpg 16 inch 50 caliber. For those that don't know, the inches is...

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Am I the only one that has to have at least one firearm that is pure whimsy?

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Since money is no object.
1. Webley Fosbery
2. Randall left handed 1911A1
3. Early production Remington left handed 700, 30-06
4. Springfield Scout Squad
5. Early production Remington left handed 1100 or 870, toss up

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As I've said before. If all of the governments and religious leaders got together and announced that aliens exist and visit daily, the world would issue a collective sigh and go back to watching reruns of I Love Lucy.

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Nice, Vall. Any idea what properties the steel possesses in terms of strength and edge holding? None Bill. The seller said they are Arkansas Damascus, and that's all I know. They were fairly sharp when I bought them, but I did some more shaping on the blades to a profile I wanted and then sharpened...

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Pretty much dad and my uncles. But in particular I had an aunt who everyone had to admit was the best shot of them all. She grew up on a farm in Arkansas. As she told it, she only wore shoes when the snow was on the ground, and then they were usually hand me downs from her brothers Ione girl five ol...

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Hand hammered Damascus is indeed beautiful. But I have seen some, possible like the kitchen knives mentioned above, where a block of steel is machined hammered into a Damascus pattern then sliced into pieces that are then machined into knife blanks. All done by machines. In fact I had a customer tha...

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This is really acting like the hosting site has oversold their bandwidth. When the providers servers get overloaded the provider will often slow down or even stop some of the less trafficked sites. And compared to some sites Leverguns is small. Not much we as users can do. Even the site owner is at ...

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No one can out do the DMV.

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I've noticed that after updates to the site software, or sometimes glitches, some of the Remember Me keys get corrupted. Like you internet history, (you really should have that set to be deleted after you shutdown the program) you really should delete these "keys" regularly. Deleting you i...

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As promised here is the other thing to do. Go to The "User Control Panel". You get there by clicking on the little person on the top right of the screen. Once in the User Control Panel click on "Profile". When you are on the Profile page click on "Manage Remember Me Log In K...

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Clear your internet history. It gets rid of all your cookies. You will likely have to log into all of you frequently visited site, but if you click the "stay logged in" button it should be fine after that. If that doesn't work, there is another trick I can't quite remember right this secon...

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They just stole the way the government of my state has been doing business for decades. The citizens passed a law reducing property tax and restricting the rate that it can rise annually. So the state just started adding "fees". There is a movement brewing to do the same thing with fees. E...

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Never saw that one. But, could be a fairly well concealed way of carrying a min revolver. I tried several commercially available holsters and was never quite satisfied. So I had one custom made to ride cross draw along the belt. https://i.imgur.com/vthFbdJ.jpg?2 I'm a southpaw, but since this is des...

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Wow, a newbie 41 posts schooling a long time member 34000+ posts on proper behavior. Possibly either a troll or a net nazi.

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Carry piece! Oh yea. Get two of the six inchers, and get a double shoulder holster. Imagine how cool you'd look with that in place you can open carry. Heavy, but with the weight for the cool factor.

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So you contract to a supplier to deliver the goods you order. How he delivers them is up to him. And he is responsible for the items until they are physically in your hands (not just tossed in the front yard). But to insure that the people the supplier contracts with does their job they want you to ...

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Pretty much regardless of travel time I will drive rather than fly.

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I WANT! I can add it to my stable of .380's. Imagine showing up to the range with a precursor to the Winchester and a Glock 42.

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High winds in England and the European continent!! Oh my it must be global winding. Well have to get that freak Greta to go on a rampage.

Oh wait, it's just called weather.

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Gotta go with Jim on this one. Forearm self destructed. I'd just get with Uberti and see if you can buy a replacement. If you are serioiusly concerned you could find a non destruct testing lab and have them magnaflux it. But I think that is way overkill.

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I started to get into the original thread a bit late. So, I just sort of gave up. I'll try to keep up with the new one.

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I have heard or racking a slide like that during an emergency. And, I have practiced it, with dummy ammo. I'll save that one for emergencies. I'm not the fastest draw, no matter what I'm using. I'm also not the greatest shot, though I usually hit what I'm shooting at, just not all x ring. I'll stick...

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I found this one in a gun store in Culver City. They didn't know what they had, but I did.

For some reason I have always been attracted to shorter barrels on leverguns. Maybe it's because I'm not a big guy and the shorter barrels just seem right.

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Solving a math problem without the necessary data is just a shot in the dark. Sort of like, solve for x. And the information you are given is y.

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If you are interested in a good book series about Africa in the 1860's take a look at Flight Of The Falcon by Wilbur Smith.

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Well, assuming you ask the total number, using the amount of lead you stated you used the answer supplied is pretty darned close. Hard to be exact as there are things we don't know. If you are asking how many "types" of bullets you cast the answer is three. But in that case the question is...

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Prayers up.

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765x53 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:25 pm If you have to "Draw" your gun you weren't ready. As attested by your photograph.

Not true. You can be deep in the deepest stuff when you need to draw a handgun. Life ain't a John Wick movie.

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Frankly, if it comes down to needing a firearm for self defense, the last thing I'll be worrying about is getting sued. Lawyers, snakes that they are (and I'll hire the biggest snake I can), can handle what comes next. Here's one for you from a retired lawyer. If he were suing a person who had some ...

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Maybe it was Marty Robbins' Mr. Shorty but I've always preferred a shorter barrel. 5.5" is as long as I'll go. I prefer my short barreled bad .45 (sorry Marty for taking license with the lyrics).

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Hand-eye coordination might not be that good for everyone. I am a natural left hander, left eye might be dominant - but hard to tell, forced to be a right hander through extreme use of belt and automotive air contitioner hose. Using sights I am good. Mine was a yardstick. It gave Mrs. Rivera a long...

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Very well-behaved dogs in public places don't bother me. It's the loud, obnoxious people and their ill-behaved kids that suck. :idea: The problem is that some dogs are not "well-behaved". After watching, several times, dogs lift their leg on the lower shelves at the grocery store I hesita...

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I frankly don’t understand why I would lose zero. There’s nothing obvious. Windage stayed perfect. But elevation was off. How was it stored, and how long did it stay in that position. Think about it, even steel bends a bit if it is left in the same position long enough. You can see that by looking ...

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I refused modify mine, it was a gift from the kids. So I had to relocate it out of state.

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Now if someone would just make it today. The cool factor alone would be worth it.

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Silly thought, but since it's still in production, why not give Bianchi a call?

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youtube videos are okay. But these folks have a really good handle on all thing GMRS with bleed over to FRS, CB and HAM. Some of the posters are waay advanced, but even they generally post at a level normal, non radio nerds, can understand. https://forums.mygmrs.com/ Oh, by the way, if it's anything...

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I suppose one of the advantages of growing up in the fifties and sixties is that we were outside a lot. We learned all sorts of stuff by doing it. I know I taught my kids (the USMC added a bit more knowledge) the outside stuff.

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piller wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 7:28 pm I didn't remember it being around that long.

You could buy kits from J.C. Whitney. Niggling at my mind is, also, something about alcohol injection. I didn't use it, did use water injection, but I seem to remember some guys did.

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Studebaker Golden Hawk with water injection was fast for the time. Amc Gremlin was just ugly. Ford Torino Talladega was fast on the big oval Nascar tracks. The Torino had a drag pack that used a 428 Super Cobra Jet and 4.11 gears that was a special order. It put up low 13s in the ¼ mile and could d...

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Regarding communications. In order of preference, HAM, GMRS, CB, FRS. A technician license for HAM is pretty easy to get and requires no knowledge of morse. But you do have to study to pass the test as it's got some technical/regulatory issues. Longest range, and there are repeaters that can extend ...

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Yeah .. AMC built the Javelin I left off Corvette for GMC ... the first one came out in 1954 I believe it was ... it was an inline 6 cylinder. And Ford made the Thunderbird. My friend had a '56 we ran around in. Oh ... International made the Scout. I had one of those. It was a really cool 4WD. And ...

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I used to put together first aid kits. But honestly some of the commercial trauma bags are amazingly complete. Less prescription drugs of course. For those I just suggest you talk to your physician. Some are amenable others not so much. With my background I have something's folks with less training ...

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I'd like to see a timer on that. But my observation, particularly from the front view is that you will be hit by the first draw before you can get your "Mossad" draw on target. Simple physics. Movement takes time. There is less movement in the conventional draw. Now if Mossad guy sling sho...

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I first visited San Antonio in 1971, after basic. The Alamo was kind of run down and totally unimpressive. I had pictured it out in the open, not in a congested and smoggy downtown. The River Walk was, well let's just say not a good place to take a girl, but a good place to find one. And just about ...

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765x53 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:57 am So, the same as U.S. Army carry?

Well, there's the way the manual says, and then there's the way it's actually done. I worked with a pilot who insisted all firearms be cleared (that also meant no mag). It's amazing how rapidly he changed his mind.

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The more rural area's of Spain still had some "Winchesters" in their police stations into the mid 70's. I was amazed to see a couple in a rack at one such station. I always wondered how they got their. Now I know.

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Last, the softer targets are urban churches. Usually larger, and generally attended by folks who think carrying a fire arm is bad. I personally believe some of those is how the church administration found out about our group and others like us. They put pressure on the Archbishop, and being good pol...

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Not playing this time. 1911, AMT .45 Backup and the ever present .22 NAA mini. Scout/Squad in vehicle. I actually do wish I had my Stag AR-15 still here in California for my wife. But, anything that isn't legal here has long since been relocated to another state. If ever there was a time for all the...

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