Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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That's one of those rifles that if it could talk...

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There is a very large ranch nearby. They've had hunting on it for decades. In the beginning it was pretty much get permission and go. Now they sell annual memberships. The top one is $31,000. Obviously it's a rich man only hunting spot. On the plus side, there are fewer folks hunting on public land ...

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Eh. I know the 45-70 is a great cartridge. The fact that it's been around since 1873 and is still in use says it all. I have or have had Trapdoors, 1886s, 1881 Marlins, and a 1972 style 1895 Marlin. They are all great rifles. However, it seems the last 10 years or so, everyone up here is using them...

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rock-steady wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:11 am The other site was the old Marlin Owners site.

Please tell me that net nazi run site is no more!

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For Pete's sake, you missed T-Rex.

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Some years back in the same area as Horse soldier I had an uncomfortable encounter with some miscreants. All I had was an AR-7. It worked by merely being there, but had anything more happened that 8 round magazine would have been woefully inadequate. I never made that mistake again. The San Bernadin...

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Like you Big Bear I joined in 2007. I also wasn't young, but not yet old. I am officially old now and my wife frequently calls me an old coot. I don't get the connotation, as I think coots are fine looking birds. I do shoot my lever guns more than my other action types. But where I live it's an all ...

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I have a cousin who recently moved to AZ from FL. She likes history so I sent this to her.

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I was thinking of someone who had an 06 barrel. And wanted to replace a trashed 03 barrel. It seems like an 03 chamber reamer could be used to lengthen the chamber. One of the fellows mentioned seeing / having a trashed 03 barrel. If it could be done he could rebarrel it and keep the original caliber.

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Here's a question. Since the chamber of the 03 is longer than the chamber of the 06, could an 06 barrel be rechambered to 03?

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So I decided to watch the first of the Billy Jack movies "The Born Losers". I hadn't seen it since it was originally released. So as I watched I saw a tree and in the background a small spit of land jutting out into the ocean. It all looked so familiar. So I started looking more closely at...

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There comes a time for hospice. But insurance companies/doctors often start pushing it way too early. Why? Because once you are on hospice about all they do is manage pain. They aren't interested in using medications and treatments to improve the quality of life. Why? Hospice is cheaper.

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I like that thought process. It's sort of my approach to reloading. I find a load that works and stick with that. Oh sometimes I'll find my go to load doesn't work well in a particular firearm and I have to try something different. But again once I find it I'm done. And I never found maximum, much l...

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Well, this might cause some flak, but I believe in vaccines. I had the shingles shot. From the misery I've seen folks have I'm glad I did. To tell the truth, I have no sympathy for parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids and then the kids get things like measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox. A...

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The Trojans proved the advantage of launching an attack from inside long ago.

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Imagine that, the citizen soldiers ran out of ammo. And now many politicians want to limit the amount of ammo citizens can have. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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I normally don't do a lot of experimenting. I find a load that works and stick with it. But when the powder/primer mess hit I had to change my ways a bit. Frankly I tend to buy whatever powder and primers I find. I have enough reloading manuals that I can usually find something for whatever combinat...

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I've had a few come in while calling for coyotes. They never get that close. And they always come from down wind which usually means from behind. I think it's mostly curiosity on their part. I've had a couple of black bears come as well. But none of them has ever been a problem. I figure most just l...

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I don't gamble. But I'd bet less than one in one hundred high school graduates has even heard of the Magna Carta.

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Thanks, just ordered it. The last few years my bookshelf has been thinning out. The sneaky little kids are pirating them.

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So, where can we order it?

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I've mentioned before that long ago I was taught to "just drive and don't stop". Good advice in a country with terrorist that didn't like American military and just as good advice today with our domestic terrorists.

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I's like to say something nice about CA service but I can't. I've never had to use it. I have three CA firearms. An AR-7, Bulldog, and a Southpaw. Of the three only the AR-7 has had any issues. And actually it wasn't the AR-7 it was a couple of aftermarket high capacity magazines. The Bulldog is a 1...

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Well, most of you have heard that L.A. is in the throes of riots again. Ignoring all the political rhetoric it's concerning. Now you likely all know that I usually carry a .410 Mossberg 500 in my Jeep and a 20 ga Franchi in my Tacoma. I also usually have my primary carry and my little .22 mag NAA as...

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I haven't sold any. My kids have gotten a few. And they will get the rest when my wife and I are gone.

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They are very cool. Wish Pitchy were here to comment. Here's one of those wee little toy steam engines I have packed away somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aQ2evHZZCs4 That looks fun - looks like something that even someone with my minimal 'engineering' skills could make... 8) All of the ma...

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One of the things I would give customers for things like birthdays were functioning mini steam engines. When you deal with engineers, they can appreciate the intricacies of small scale versions of what they work on all day.

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Pretty much figure the ISP that hosts the forum has oversold their service. These folks tend to prioritize the larger users over smaller ones. Why, because sites with more visits will get more complaints.

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I'm a relatively light user compared to some. Four firearms forums. This one and Rugerforum are my most often used. The other two are read for comedy relief, THR and AR15. And two radio forums. I have a few others that I visit from time to time, but I'm not registered. Been banned from a few, Marlin...

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Still getting kicked off on my phone every time I load a new page. I have pretty much using the phone and only check on my desktop machine.

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And just like utube they want money. Hey, remember when if you had prime all the video content was free. Now they also want extra money for most good stuff. If the shipping savings didn't pay for prime I wouldn't have it. In fact I don't have any streaming services. Did you know if you want TV it's ...

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Well, Apollo thirteen did have a sailor, a Marine and two airmen on board. You'd think military officers could find their way by celestial navigation.

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One thing I think I should clarify. Mostly magazines/chambers don't remain "loaded" for extended periods with me. With handguns I try to shoot weekly. When I do the first thing I do is use the rounds in my current carry handgun. My shotguns and rifles are treated similarly, but they are us...

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You know the type of navigation that really has impressed me is inertial. Take a submarine. It dives from a known location. Moves up, down and sideways for long distances over long periods of time and surfaces exactly where the skipper wants it to be. Or something like Voyager. Someone plotted a cou...

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My point, which I guess I didn't articulate well, is that north, south, east and west are human inventions. Celestial relationships are physical properties And then there is the cultural influences. Look at a globe or map and north is always at the top. But celestially there is no top or bottom. Whe...

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Yea, I'd like to have some marvelous tale of how I came to possess it. But truth is I was haunting one of my, and sadly gone, gun shops and spotted it on the used rifle rack. Without even giving it a once over I picked it up and walked to the counter. I had a hard time keeping my mouth shut. The day...

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As to polar shift, it's been shifting since this rock was formed. It's never been Clive Cussler vision of a sudden rapid flip. But I doubt it will ever stop. This is evidenced by the constant albeit very, very slow change in the declination between true north and magnetic north. True north is a huma...

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Prayers up. My condolences to you and yours.

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Grizz, just stop! I just don't have time for any other projects right now.

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Thought about putting something easier on my eyes on my 39. But I just really like the look of the original shight.

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Last year they said the drought was over but it would take a few years for the aquafer to restore itself. Well, this year down south here we really didn't have much rain. But on the plus side the snow pack was good. Still I expect to hear the cry of DROUGHT and time now. Enjoy the rain. As long as i...

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One possible cause is that the internet service provider or host has oversold their service. Like power companies they will do "rolling blackouts". Of course they will never admit to it.

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While the Hi Power isn't my cup of tea (nothing wrong with it, I just found that a 1911 worked better), that right there is one pretty one. I recognized Esmeralda's work. The lady has talent.

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My HD long gun is a 20 ga Franchi. It pretty much stays loaded at all times. I bought it overseas 50 years ago. No problems so far. I can't comment on handguns because I switch those up as the spirit moves me. Usually what I do is open the safe in the morning and look around and pick one. I keep tha...

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Years back, somewhere around the turn of the century I read this and thought "the turn of the century wasn't that long ago". Then I realized one third of my life has been lived in this century. Darn, I suddenly feel old. My grandparents were born at the end of the 19th century. My parents...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 12:44 pm Well done, Will! Hope to try making sausage someday -- a true, hard Spanish-style chorizo would be at the top of my list.

Authentic Spanish chorizo is pretty hard to find. I'm fortunate that I have a true Spanish market only a few miles away. They have authentic Jamon Serrano too.

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I think it’s hard to beat a Marlin Guide Gun and a big bore Ruger sixgun. I’d probably opt for a 4 inch Redhawk in .45 Colt and I think the ammo choices might be more important than the gun. Ammo is always more important. What you are using has to be designed for the job. Even more so with handguns...

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Still having issues on my phone but not my desktop. Obviously, there are problems that no one is addressing.

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Back in the 1920's a bunch of folks got together and setup the ISA, the first international standards organization. After WWII a bunch more replaced the ISA with the ISO. These were/are non governmental organizations. The idea was simple, have set standards of manufacturing that manufactures who bel...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 3:50 pm I haven’t been to Juarez in a number of years. I left nothing there that I would go back for.

Ah! But did you bring back anything you shouldn't have?

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