Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I needed to send a PM tonight. I wrote it and hit "submit", but it has been sitting there in my "Outbox" for quite awhile. I have nothing in my "Sent" box. Is there something special I need to do to get it sent?

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Welcome to the fire!

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Getting new shooters started is the best thing you can do to keep our shooting heritage alive - especially women.

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I've always been concerned that anybody shot with one of those might get emotional and resort to violence,

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Welcome to the fire & enjoy!

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That's just terrific. So important to start 'em young & so many of us overlook the girls.

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A very Merry Christmas to you too Victor!

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What a terrific gesture to support the continuation of our heritage.

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The only "must see" for me is Robert Duvall.

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My son & I spent yesterday clearing 18"+ of snow off the roof, can't have it up there when the rain comes today. What a nasty job that is.

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In mythology, wasn't Cerberus the guard dog of the gates of hell?

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Welcome to the fire!

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Still me.

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+4 for Kittery Trading Post. When I was growing up, it was Creekside Gun Shop in Holcomb, NY.

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A lot of postmen will leave a package on a porch or somewhere else outside & scan it in as delivered. The way to be sure is to pay for "signature confirmation" instead of the much cheaper "delivery confirmation" when you send an insured parcel.

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The .348.

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Relax, they know what's best for you.......

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Same here.

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C'mon, quit picking on the lawyers. You know it's 98 out of 100 of them that give all the rest a bad name.

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Brownell's has bronze wool, I wouldn't be without some.

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On a nolo contendre plea, the outcome will generally stand as a conviction.

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As 1886 mentioned, the Lee Factory Crimp die is a must. Less than $9 at Midway, and makes bullet crimping a cinch. The roll-crimper on the bullet seating die is a real pain. Uneven crimps (crimp is based on case length, so if the cases differ slightly in length, you get different degrees of crimp) a...

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The Hornady manual has always listed the .348. I don't have the current edition, but it figures that they would still list it, given that they offer the .348 bullet.

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I think Chestnut Ridge Supply still has brass. It's about $31 per 50, $4.50 shipping no matter how much you buy. I'd grab some before it gets real tough to find again. www.chestnutridge.com I like the Hornady bullet and IMR-4064. I've had pressure signs with roughly comparable loads of RL-19 and IMR...

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Hey, an even easier way to tell without a measurement would be to look for the little inlet cut at the top of the buttstock for the small projection from the top of the M71 buttplate. It goes into the buttstock just about 1/4". Seems to me they'd have to cut that much off the stock before mount...

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Hey 1886 - good to see another NH levergunner aboard. Kevin_in_NH and I are planning to get together for some shooting sometime before hunting season. If you might be interested, shoot me an email at oldnavyetc@hotmail.com

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There doesn't seem to be a good place at the front of the wood to measure from. But, from the front face of the trigger the measurement looks like just about exactly 13 inches. That's from the deepest point in the trigger curve, about halfway up the trigger.

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If you need a measurement, let us know, I'll be happy to measure it for you. Long tang or short tang? No doubt the same for both, but we might as well measure the same type you're looking at.

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I just measured 'em, they are 40 tpi.

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You mention the "flat mainspring in the originals". The original Winchester M71 had the coil mainspring, it was seen as one of the significant improvements from the M86 design with its leaf mainspring.

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We'll all drift in by and by.

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Got my vote in.

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Wow, what a novel approach. I never tried that one.........

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Nope - that ain't gun show success. The selling at better-than-expected prices was a good start. But the real success is going home with pockets empty & some new stuff you don't really need, but just couldn't pass up. The true success is when you buy something that was marked $200 & you hagg...

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We REALLY need the Leverguns site back. Life in the cyber-wilderness is tough without the old campfire.

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Sounds like a really great place. Sorry I've never been there. Not.

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Good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I'll give them a call tomorrow. But I'll still need more (I need about 18 total), so let me know if you have any spares.

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That 1889 looks great. Love to spend some afternoons at the range with that one along

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I need a batch of empty RCBS die boxes. The new-style larger box, not the older smaller box with the little plastic latch. My current dies are in mixed boxes, and I'd like to get them all matching (anal retentive). Green boxes preferred, but gray acceptable. If you've got any you'd like to sell, pos...

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The only gun that really caught my eye was an 1886 .45-70 takedown carbine, it was marked $13,500 so out of my league by about a factor of ten. The dealer who had the .348 brass I bought two bags from at the last Concord show, they were marked $22 and they took $20 each at the time. There was a guy ...

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A very busy show today, I got there about 8:40 for the 9:00 opening & was about 150 people back in the line. By 9:00, it was four times as long. Pretty good show, a lot of decent vintage .348 ammo for a change. I picked up a minty Remington "dogbone" Kleanbore box of 200 grain (marked ...

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Sure has been lonely out here, hope they get the campfire going before too long.....

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I haven't been able to get into Gunbroker since last night. Is everybody else having the same problem? Wonder if it was the same $hitheads who screwed up the Leverguns forum.

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He's doing it right, good for him. It won't be easy "coming back".

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Anybody got any extra empty RCBS die boxes?

Concord NH Gun Show today

Gunbroker site down?