Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I still kinda' cringe when somebody says "Thank you for your service". I know "Thanks for your service" is vastly better than "Say hey! Whatta' you say! How many babies did you kill today?" that we heard when we returned. But either one grates on my psyche. Exactly! I'...

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I've been a 'Gentleman at Leisure' for 18 years and I've found that establishing a routine keeps things interesting. In addition, I don't blast through chores like I used to but rather treat them like a job and start at about 9:00 am and stop for the day at about 1:30 or 2:00. That way they don't we...

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There are a few downsides to retirement. 1st, you'll never get another vacation day. 2nd, no sick days either. 3rd, you never get any time off from being retired. :D However, there are some positives. 1st, you'll never have to fight the crowds on the weekends if you don't want to as Tuesday and Wedn...

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Congrats! I almost finished with 18 years of being a "Gentleman at Leisure" after 41+ yrs in the defense industry. To celebrate my transition to a new "career" we left the next morning driving to Canada and we haven't stopped traveling since. All 50 states (most multiple times) a...

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I had a 1952 Winchester 94 but had to sell it in the early 80's, along with my whole collection, to fund the family when the kids were young. This Mossberg has a similar heft to the Winchester but with a much smoother action and significantly better trigger with none of the floppiness of the Winches...

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I know that Mossberg stopped making them a few years back but I got a new Mossy 464 30-30 back in 2012 that I added a Skinner Peep sight on to and it's turned out to be a joy to use. It's pretty accurate and with the 150 grn, 2,000 fps plinking handloads I developed for my wife, it's easy to shoot. ...

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Could not get it to load this morning. I tried 4 different times in about 20 minutes and it just wouldn't load the forum.

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Welcome!

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For me for 20 years it was a Winchester 88 until I was led to a 1959 model in .308 in 2012 as part of an estate. I bought it from the wife who bought it for her husband new from Winchester for a Christmas present in 1959. Her husband thought that the stock was so nice he made it a safe queen. She or...

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I joined in 2009, however, I still qualify as an "old coot" as my next birthday I will celebrate my 3rd lap around 26.

(For those who are math challenged that's 78 yrs young).

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My Uberti '73 rifle with a target aperture tang and fine bead front sight shooting my 200 grn .45 Colt handloads is accurate enough to hit a bowling pin at 200 yds. Is that accurate enough for you?

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Thanks for the heads up.

They historically raised their prices at the 1st of the year but raised them later last year so I was wondering when they were going to ratchet them up again.

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In the "Better to be lucky than smart" category, I was fortunate to get a great deal on 8 lb kegs of Unique from a local supplier just before the panic and so I stocked up heavy. So I'm good for the foreseeable future. However, all is not rosy as I'm getting short on TAC, Power Pistol and ...

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Exactly 1/3 of my long guns are leverguns.

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SOLD? What does that mean? Last time I sold a firearm was 1988 after my daughter was born as I didn't have the money for 2 kids so my collection was sold off to fund the family. When I started buying again when I had more funds some 15 years later, I had a great idea of what platforms I wanted and ...

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For me it depends on the day. Monday it wouldn't load the forum. Yesterday it was fine. This morning I couldn't get the posts to load even though I got into the forum quickly.

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Seems like every other day the forum is off-line in that I can't log in.
WTF?

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I have used Shooters World Precision and still have an unopened 8lb keg I got Cheap. I downloaded their Shooters World Manual from here.

https://shootersworldpowder.com/wp-cont ... manual.pdf.

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Congrats! I'm coming up on 18 years of bliss this September and have loved every minute of it. Don't think of yourself as 'retired' but rather starting a new career; 'A gentleman at leisure'. Take the wife and do all those things you didn't have the time to do when you were chained to a desk. For me...

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At almost 78, I've been getting their trash since just after I turned 50 so going on 28 years and I've never been a member. It goes directly into the recycling bin and I figure that if they want to waste their money supporting the terrible USPS system, good for them. Oh, and they are not just leftie...

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While I also have both, I prefer the more natural fell of my wrist in a PG stock.

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Couldn't get in yesterday and this morning it took so long I gave up.

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Likely a custom shop order. In the old days you could order a new rifle with options. My 1959 Winchester 88 was ordered from the factory with an installed rubber recoil pad.

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Actually, he's following orders as the news has said that the pres has ordered all department heads to require a response from their employees.

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Good to see you posting again.

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Not my thing at all. Places like AR15.com have threads on 'Tactical' Lever guns with all the stuff to allow hanging a bunch of nonsense on them. To me, the Winchester 88 is as modern of a levergun style as I want.

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jnyork wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2025 1:15 pm Yuma AZ, 82 degrees today, light winds. Sunny and pleasant.

No snow in the forecast..

Chuckle now but we'll talk to you in August when it's 119°!

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As I've said before, my tests at my range using an Oehler 35 Chrono at 6,100 ft asl and an 84° day with H110 and Lil'Gun show in my .357 mag Rossi R92 20" carbine and Rossi R92 24" rifle using Zero 158grn JHP bullets, Max book powder charges (16.7 grn H110 and 18.0 grns Lil'Gun) and SR pri...

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Here in Colorado the conventional wisdom is that you don't plant flowers until after Mother's Day (2nd Sunday in May) as the likelihood of a freeze and snow is still high then. March and April, when the rest of the US is celebrating the start of Spring, are actually our two snowiest months here.

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It's warmed up dramatically all the way up to the mid 20s which is snow weather.

Looks like we got a touch of snow last night. Right at 13".

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We owned the Emerald Isle in Parker, CO as a family business with my sister and parents from 1983 to 2019, a mere 36 years. I was lucky as I live on the other side of the metro area so I mainly handled the books but did spend many days with my family working onsite. I can tell you the mindset of the...

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A heat wave here today compared to yesterday where it was -8° at 7am. Today it's a blistering +8°! A whopping 16° swing.

It never made it to 12° yesterday so it was a bit nippy, however, this is Colorado and this weekend they're forecasting sunny and in the mid to high 60s.

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It's a 'balmy -8° here today so I'm doubtful I'll be going to our range today.

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I sent that picture to all my cronies and such and most think the card is hysterical as I do.

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My wife had her left knee done on Jan. 8th and she's back to walking without aid, all-be-it slowly but still walking around the house. She was told that the first 6 weeks are the toughest and her secret to her success was to religiously do the exercises, no matter the pain, as they laid them out for...

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I know it's a bit 'anal' but if you look closely at the picture above, I even duplicated the 'lightening hole' in the safety lever on my Mini M14 to duplicate the look of the M1A / M14. With Ruger's hardened steel everything, drilling the hole was no simple task either. But heck, I love to work on t...

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I learned of this tweak some years ago and tried it on my traditional leverguns. I relieved the wood around the mag tube and the barrel and didn't tighten up the handguard as tight so it has a touch of wiggle room. I didn't see any mag tube bending so I didn't fool with them. In every case I got bet...

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Techsight's target aperture (.042") insert and my easy to do custom front sight file job work great and give me a 'NM Like sight picture for much more precise aiming. I copied the profile of the front sight from my M1A's NM front sight. Even though the NM front sight on my M1A is .062" wid...

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Mild to moderate loads, W231/HP38, for heavier loads Power Pistol burn clean. Some of the shotgun powders can work very well in handgun applications. I've found that a full power load of Power Pistol burns very clean in my 6" custom Glock 10mm. Conversely, a near max load of Power pistol in my...

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I have recently discovered an inexpensive option for my 44 and 357 leverguns from Zero Bullets. Their 158 gr soft point is very accurate and perfect mushroom expansion when fired into a row of thick plastic water jugs. I load with max charge of H110. I buy them in bulk from Everglades Ammo. Besides...

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Shameless pictures of the big and little brothers:

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I have a few rifles that I absolutely love to own, shoot and just look at. My Winchester 88, Rossi .357mags, Uberti .45 Colts and in semi-auto, my M1 Garands, M1 Carbines and my Basic Training rifle, an M14. As I can't afford a real M14, I have an excellent shooting M1A with NM sights that I use to ...

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A guy had a new Mini at the range a couple weeks back, we were dodging brass 30' away! Ruger seems to think that they need to over gas them so they'll cycle no matter what junk ammo is used in them. One of the tweaks I did on my new 583 Series Ranch Rifle back in 2015 was to get a reduced gas bushi...

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Impressive!

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Development? Possibly. Refinement? Not likely.

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Rimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 12:01 pm Crazy cold here ... it's 70 at the moment. I think we hit our low for the year the other day ... 36 at about 6am on Saturday.

Go ahead and rub it in.

My sister lives in The Villages and she's always talkin' smack about the weather except when a hurricane hits FL.

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Mid 20's today and yesterday another round of snow. I figure we got a little over 6". Tomorrow they say we'll get back to highs in the mid 40's which is normal for this time of year. Sure is pretty outside today with all the powdery snow glistening in the sunshine. Snow on the pine trees in clu...

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Don't get me wrong, I happen to like the snow. My wife and I are definitely 4 seasons type of people and in the winter it's supposed to snow so let it snow. Even before I retired I didn't mind getting out in it or just sitting by the fire and enjoying our time together. :o :lol: My only concern is w...

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Well, it's snowing again here in our valley. We're at 19° and about 4" of snow so far. It forecast to snow throughout the day and end tonight. It's been cold all week with the highs not reaching 30° and the lows in the single digits. Hopefully, they're right and this coming week it will get int...

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