Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Hope you can get some nice weather and go have more fun with that revolver. It is a fine looking gun.

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May the bullseye have more holes in it than a politicians campaign promise.

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I had the privilege of being one of the many tourists to see the Arizona Memorial 4 years ago, and it was still crying tears of oil for all the dead when I was there. If you ever get to the state of Hawaii, you simply cannot afford to miss going to Pearl Harbor and seeing the Arizona Memorial.

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If I remember correctly, Bill Mauldin actually went where the soldiers were, and many times was also in harms way. We are seriously in need of men like him and Ernie Pyle today.

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I like the Crickett rifles. They are simple and well made. As 86er can verify, they are good for teaching youngsters to shoot. Accuracy is very good. The stock is sort of cheap, but on a .22lr, what do you really need for a cheap gun? I had a problem with the chamber being sticky at first, but I too...

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We have had coyotes take dogs and cats here, but not a cougar yet. I would be more worried about a cougar than a coyote. If you have a CHL, don't go near that park without your pistol. I wouldn't go looking for it, but if it came looking for me I would want it to find more than it could handle.

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Sighthunter earned a 3.0 GPA this semester. I am pretty proud of her for this. Being in college and the only one in class who is deaf must be a little difficult. Her instructors this semester were accomadating and faced the class when speaking, wrote things on the board, and didn't turn their backs ...

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I got my Passport in the mail yesterday, so all that is left are the funds and the details for going to Africa next year with 86er and whomever else goes. I have paid the initial deposit and now it all is starting to loom on the horizon. I am beginning to feel the excitement.

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Congratulations to you and your wife. Getting through all those years with your sanity is an accomplishment. My daughter, sighthunter, is in college now and I am trying to find ways to deal with the stress she is causing. Nothing out of the ordinary, but watching your kids grow up and make their own...

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If the story is accurate as to actual range and conditions, then that is some excellent shooting. I am not trying to say either way, but taking out enemy combatants is always a job a soldier should try to do as well as possible. I used to be a M60 gunner and with open sights I never once missed the ...

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"Because, unlike Some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English Accent!" Cary Elwes in Robin Hood, Men in Tights. I hope this one is better than the version with Kevin Costner. Russell Crowe was pretty good in the re-make of 3:10 to Yuma, and in Gladiator. It sounds like it has a chance to ...

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Snake Eyes = a side by side derringer

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Room Broom = any sub machine gun used to clear a room of standing combatants.
Pig = the M60 because it weighs 23 pounds versus the 6 pounds of the M16

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You are doing a great job raising that youngster. Won't be long before he will go with you into the woods.

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In the .324 Federal's favor is that it is a straight walled rimmed pistol round and is easy to reload. Carbide dies for the .32 H&R Mag work very well. My wife has a .327 and loves it, and she would rather shoot it than her .357. If someone did come out with a .327 Levergun, I would buy her one ...

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My Uncle on a farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle had a King Snake which hung around his grain bin. The snake ate mice and rattle snakes. He showed us what it looked like and warned us to leave it alone as it was helping him on the farm. I actually saw it swallowing a rattler just a little smaller than i...

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Speaking of propane, I was enrote to FL a couple weeks ago, passing through Charlotte in heavy traffic, and ended up alongside a big straight truck with a mounted propane tank, you know the kind, 20 ft long, 6 feet in diameter, and the driver was puffing a cigar! I wanted to drag his sorry butt out...

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I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could. I like most of the 49 States, well 55or so according to one President's statements several times, but I like Texas the best. Many others seem to be in my shoes, as it is hard to find more than half of any crowd which is Native Born here in T...

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If you can't abide by the safety rules which are in place to protect you from other folks unthinking acts, then maybe you don't need to shoot there. Griff, you are not too harsh. I was on a gun range, down range pasting dots over my holes, when someone came to the range, set up and started shooting ...

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If you don't mind the look, a slip on recoil pad over some folded up duck tape (to make a pad/spacer) to flatten out the curved plate would do the trick. You don't stick the tape to the gun, but to itself and for a spacer which will fill in the curved area so that the slip on pad will have a flat pl...

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Yep, a good caliber. Despite what the folks in the gun magazines seem to think, it is still effective for anything native to North America. Low recoil, accurate, inexpensive to shoot compared with other calibers, what more could one ask?

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When I was in High School, a friend had a German Shepherd which hunted pheasants all on her own. Ol' Mamma Dog would go into the Milo field and sneak up really low and slow, then spring into the air. The pheasant would usually jump and start to get away, but Ol' Mamma Dog would grab with paws and te...

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You sure brightened my morning. Not that it was bad, but knowing someone else had a good day makes my day even better.

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If I am going to pay Marlin price, I'll probably get a Marlin. If there is something in a caliber that I want that is different, then I'll consider it. I paid more for my Puma 92 than I did for my Marlin. My puma is in .480 Ruger caliber, and I wanted it, have used it, and it has been worth the cost...

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I would say that she will come home to hunt, and that any boy who wants to get to know her better be on the level. Girls who have that kind of raising seem to make the more decent type of people, and are good wife material. I have been around a few like that, and am basing it on personal experience.

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Well, they are made to go bang, just not intended to so do when not hit by a firing pin. Accidents happen sometimes, but they shouldn't be due to negligence. Random accidents like in this thread are hopefully rare.

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I have one of the .22lr rifles and it is slick and smooth. It is accurate enough to kill sparrows and starlings with the Aguilla Super Colibri ammunition at about 20 yards. I have way too many sparrows and starlings in the back yard, or I did anyway. They seem to be avoiding the area now. I have nev...

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Hope both boys have a lot of fun.

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That sounds like you had fun. Next year you should take CRS's son Colin. If he can shoot all the time like he shot that blackbuck, then he probably would win the contest where you can use a scope. If nothing else, he would give you some stiff competition.

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Have you called the K Mart Corporate Offices and told them about your good experience at that store? Most stores only have the customers with complaints call in, so it is a good way to give them a "Thank You" and the folks at the Corporate Offices are usually happier to hear of one store d...

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My wife (Pillher) has an Atlas Terrier, an offshoot of Jack Russell but they are solid color, and Sparkle has killed several rats and mice. She can't stand to let a mouse or rat live. Sighthunter has a mixed breed which is mostly Rat Terrier and it has caught and eaten several squirrells in the yard...

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I have heard of ejected brass being bounced down into the open box of cartridges and hitting a primer to cause a similar accident. I think that I have only heard of it happening once, but the times it was repeated might be one incident or a couple. Hope the fellow is ok in this incident, that is pre...

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I just detect about 65000 pounds of jealousy in the comments running down Mr. Taffin and Mr. Linebaugh. I have read as many of their writings as I can find, and never have I felt that they were trying to do anything stupid, or even get a reader to do anything stupid. Yes, they do want to push the en...

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I have a RSR in .480 and a Rossi Puma 92 in .480. I love them both ,but, based on my limited experience with the .44 Mag, I would take the .480 each and every time. I have a .44 Mag which I used on a wild pig on the hunt back a couple of months ago and I was not impressed with the results, although ...

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Many dogs can be distracted with fresh meat, owners are a little more difficult. Not that I have ever done it, but I had a neighbor whose Not-very-well-trained "guard dog" was distracted with a steak. The dog hated everyone but its owner up until the burglar fed it a couple of steaks. I do...

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For the drinking water, there are a couple of things to think about. Most of us city folk would get sick drinking the water right out of a stream or lake. Almost any store which sells camping equipment sells the little bottles of tablets to purify the water. Get a couple of bottles and take them alo...

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Strangely enough, the best thing I have ever used for removing adhesive residue is cooking oil. It also does not harm any wood stock. I have recommended cooking oil to many patients who want to remove the adhesive residue from skin, and when they come back, they tell me that it worked great.

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Good advice above me on both counts. Get to know your scale and try it multiple times with something you can use as a check weight so that you know it is consistent. If it is accurate only some of the time, then you might get an overpressure load the other times. I use a stainless steel nut and I kn...

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Beyond the rolling Chattahoochie, upon the banks of the Patoi, stands our dear old Alma Mater, Bening School for Boys. Delta Co, Class 11-87 U.S. Army Airborne School.

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Perfect size and shape for a real 'working' knife. My thoughts exactly. With that steel it should hold a good edge let us know after you have had a chance to put it to work. I agree. 1095 steel makes for a good carbon steel blade which will hold a good edge and get very sharp. I think that is the s...

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Go to Hodgdon.com and get their load data for the 45-70 trapdoor rifles. If you use cast lead, it shows Trailboss to be at least 200fps slower than anything else. The trailboss was a good suggestion.

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And, because no one else said it, don't forget to post pictures of the finished rifle.

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Don't try to outrun the State Troopers in Montana.

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Don't feel bad. You aren't alone. I did get smart and get one of those things you plug in and the lights tell you if the ground wire is working, and I bought an insulated screwdriver, took out the bit tip, and use it to push gently on the circuit breaker just to make sure it is not loose. I had one ...

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If you want to be a little quicker, you could check at an Ace Hardware for the screw thread sizing device, or maybe Home Depot or Lowe's. You then could have the information as to thread count and screw size and head type ready when you make your first call to Brownell's or MidwayUSA.

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Sorry, I misspoke.

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I like that optional accessory.

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I missed this earlier. Prayers for her healing, for wisdom for her doctors, and strength for you to be there for her in everything sent.

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If you know a competent gunsmith, you can buy an extra cylinder from Brownell's and have it drilled and timed to your pistol. I would check around for where the best place in your area seems to be. If I needed pistol work, I would send it to Dury's gun shop in San Antonio. They were recommended by 8...

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Let us know if the new extractor fixes the problem. Also, is the new extractor the type made in one piece, or is it the Marlin type where if you look closely you can see that there were 2 pieces connected together? Just curious.

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