Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I really like Lil Gun in 357 rifle loads and 300AAC. +1. And, I've found that Lil'Gun loves longer barrels. My 158 grn full power loads are still accelerating out of my 24" barreled rifle. At my range which is at 6,100ft asl, I clock 158grn Zero JSP bullets at a blistering 2,005 fps with 18.0g...

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We've got them too. I took this last fall out my living room window and the bear is a little one about 4 feet from my porch.

It's foraging from my neighbor's garbage he inadvertently left by the side of his house.

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The radical left pushing their agenda down everyone's throat once again.

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The director of the Secret Service is a woman and she wants to make her organization "more inclusive" so her vision is to have females represent 30% of the SS workforce. That is utter hogwash. The protection of the president is not a game, it should NEVER be subject to normal hiring proto...

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That's a little harsh there Steve. If you read what I wrote, you'd see that my wife calculated that as a cost... I don't.... however, maybe I should, as I'm self employed, and if reloading or anything else takes away time that I could be earning a living... I should include that as a cost. Feel fre...

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The current retail value of my entire Dillon setup; press, caliber conversions, etc. that I've bought in the last 25 years is currently $7,054.36, while I only paid $3,048.66 for it. If I sold it, I could get 90% of the current list price or $6,348.92 as I keep my equipment in 'like new' condition. ...

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If you have the Waze navigation app for your phone you can go into setting, navigation and turn on "no freeways" so that you get an idea of routes without them. If you have the old app, Mapquest, go into route settings and check the "avoid highways" to give you a map with only se...

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:43 pm He was 20 years old, HE HAS NEVER VOTED IN A PRESIDENTAL ELECTION!

You're right, however, as I said in another post, he posted for democrats like himself to register as republicans so that he could vote in the republican primaries for the weakest candidates.

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CowboyTutt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:10 pm Yup, dismissed with prejudice, meaning he cannot be re-tried. Prosecution really screwed up this case so many times.-Tutt

I disagree. I think the prosecution intentionally screwed up the case so he'd walk free. The fix was in.

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The Secret Service is likely complicit in the assassination attempt as a witness told them there was someone on the roof of a building before Trump was shot. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c51yly4085lo Further, Mayorkas denied 'repeated requests' for more Secret Service protection for Trump. https:...

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That it's funny how the left hates AR style rifles except when they use them to try to kill republicans!

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Thomas Matthew Crooks registered as a Republican as a ruse because he only donated to 'Progressive Turnout Project', a Chicago-based political action committee that supports Democrat candidates for public office and claims to advocate for "key Democratic constituencies: young people, minorities...

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Way too 'Tacticool' for me.

Walnut and blued steel for me.

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"My bench is messier than your bench ..." Undoubtedly. My bench is clean and organized so that I can always find everything with ease. At only 5' long and 2.5' wide, it has to be. With organization, I've happily handloaded over 300K rds of 16 different calibers (7 pistol and 9 rifle) in th...

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Weather is strange. Last week was 80° in western Wyoming. Yesterday it snowed! 25° last night and we'll be in 75-80°s again tomorrow..... That's pretty normal for mid spring and mid fall here in Colorado in our valley on the front range. I've even come up with a name for the condition. You see, 'In...

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Best use of that here in Canada would be to throw Trudeau into an enemy country as he would surely screw that country up in short order as bad as he has screwed up Canada lol One thing to remember, most of your country voted for Trudeau. The same cannot be said here. Some would say not even a major...

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I stopped my a Murdochs Ranch and Home Supply yesterday doing errands and they had a .22lr Mare's Leg by Heritage. To be honest, it looked a bit cheap to me but it had a smooth action. They didn't have a center fire Heritage but said the finish on the one they had before was similar to the Mare's Le...

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So, I guess that means that Heritage is just another importer of Rossis as Taurus didn't make them either, they just imported them.

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The Homesteader in 40 s&w would be a big improvement. I have an original Ruger Police Carbine from 1998. It's the 1st one that looks like a 10/22 with a black stock. It's a decent HD weapon because I got it in 40 s&w and my 165 grn handloads produce 1,380 fps and 698 ft/lbs ME using Power Pi...

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With the bolt top safety and their address at 100 Taurus Way in GA, it seems as if they might be the old Taurus company. Further, despite their claim that they manufacture the firearms, they might just import them from Rossi. What do we know about them? Anyone? https://heritagemfg.com/lever-action/l...

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I won a Springfield Scout M1A in a pro-gun raffle years ago, and I really don't see the need for a different 308. Others are nice, but the M1A does feel more like a 'real gun' than some of the others do to me. I couldn't agree more. My basic training rifle was an M14 and I also used it in Germany f...

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If it’s not going to be compact, then, why not get an AR or similar style firearm at fires on the actual rifle cartridge? The only other reason would be to have cartridge compatibility with a long gun and handgun, but if you have a long gun AND a handgun, then what’s the point in a pistol caliber c...

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Hopefully, come November, the pendulum will swing and sanity will once again be the norm in the US . . . at least for 4 more years.

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Quite true, but my point is the 9 is good enough for many uses. I agree that for many of you who own 9mm handguns, the attractiveness of a carbine in that caliber would be compelling. My comments weren't disparaging the caliber but rather a statement of preference. For me, as I don't own a 9mm anyt...

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Why on earth would you want to even consider only a single caliber? That's like deciding that you'll only eat one single type of food. Life is about enjoying the diversity of everything. So, no thank you, I'll stick to my 7 pistol and 9 rifle calibers I handload to use in my dozens of arms and enjoy...

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Per BBTI, a 125grn Cor Bon 9mm in a 16" levergun gives up about 700 fps to a 125grn Cor Bon .357mag. I compare it to a 6" revolver, the latter having been used on deer. For 125 gn Cor Bons, they show about 125 fps difference. There is a hunting load for the 9 that gets about 1300 fps with...

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Per BBTI, a 125grn Cor Bon 9mm in a 16" levergun gives up about 700 fps to a 125grn Cor Bon .357mag.

That's way, way too much velocity loss to make the 9mm worth considering in my book.

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We were fortunate to have taken some 82 trips in the 17 years since I started my new career, "A Gentleman at Leisure". Most of those were out of the country and included 6 continents as we’ve not been to Antarctica . . . yet. Our first trip after the start of my new “career” was to Canada ...

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My wife and I love to travel and since retiring 17 yrs ago, we've been to 81 countries. We saved and worked our whole lives to travel as much as we could. So when AJMD posted, it reminded me of a discussion the wife and I had earlier this year when trying to decide where to go this year. We finally ...

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I've got a 1949 Savage 99 in 300 Savage that's a great shooter. I got it to round out my collection of leverguns and don't shoot it much as I prefer my Winchester 88 in .308 better. But both are fine examples of the state of the art.

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That's not a rare thing in our valley as we have all sorts of 'critters' roaming around from small squirrels, to bobcats, deer, elk, and bears.

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Hodgdon will hardly be a monopoly in the reloading business. They are the largest powder supplier, but other than gunpowder they didn't sell anything else reloading related. And RCBS has lots of competition already, so they also aren't a monopoly. I think this marriage wont affect any of us the wro...

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I'm concerned that Hodgdon is becoming a monopoly in the reloading business and that means bad things price wise in the future.

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My eyes! My eyes! A new low in firearms for sure. Butt ugly is all I can say.

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Not on a bet. Not if it was free. Not if they paid me to take it.

I'd be embarrassed to be seen in public with that monstrosity.

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In 255grn bullets, I prefer the X-treme 255grn FP plated as it feeds in both my SAA and both my leverguns smooth as silk and doesn't lead up the barrels whereas the 255grn Keith style lead isn't as smooth feeding in my leverguns and being plain lead, I have to deal with lead deposits. That said, I g...

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In .357mag leverguns, my "high power" load is a Zero 158grn JSP bullet over 18.0 grns (Max) of Lil'Gun powder. It produces higher velocities at much lower peak pressures than H110 which was my previous load. The velocities were recorded at the same range, with the same temps, same rifles, ...

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I've heard tons of stories from friends and my kids of the "stuff" that goes on in the workplace these days. Thank God I was able to retire in September of 2007; over 16 1/2 years ago.

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I guess the moral of the story is, I need to stop trying to be organized. Something always goes missing. jb 8) I'm just the opposite. If I don't organize my stuff it's gone. Everything has to have it's place or I'll lose it. My wife loves it because everything is always neat and in it's place. Been...

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Welcome to the fire from Colorful Colorado.

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I set up a Henry H001 .22 lr with a Lyman rear sight to give me a chance at 300 yards and found the results interesting. While I could dial in the elevation, the wind made the prospect of actually hitting what you were aiming at almost random. Even when there was no apparent wind at all the drift be...

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I know exactly what you mean. I grew up in Northern California in the 50's and 60's when it truly was the 'Golden State'. No, it along with all of the 'Left Coast' cities have devolved into dung heaps. That's why I escaped to Jefferson County in Colorado back in 1980 where even though the Denver are...

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A few more of my collection of jpgs. Jimmies First Gun is a Remington.jpg Marlin 90.jpg A gunshop in downtown San Jose, CA in the early 60's my dad took me to to get some ammo had this sign on the back wall. I always thought the levergun depicted (a '73) was cool looking even as a early teen. Winche...

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Do as I say, not as I do.

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I have a bunch of the old adds in jpg. format. Here are a couple I like.

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My home and auto insurance yearly renewal is coming up in early May and I've already started pinging the independent company to put together some info on competitive rates from various companies. I've read here that the rates are going up between 25-40% this year alone!! I expect the quote from my c...

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Good to know about Kaiser and Japan as my son and I are going there in September.

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