Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Absolutely! I realized very early in our dating that if you just attempt to meet them half way, you'll both fail. In marriage both parties half to be willing to go all the way over to the other's position at times to make it work. I'm lucky as my wife is mostly a saint as she puts up with my crazine...

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If true, this has got to put the scientific world on it's ear!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66846772

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Finding the right person to spend your life with is the greatest gift one can receive. I congratulate you both; you on your luck and your wife on her patience.

As one who celebrated 50 yrs some 6 weeks ago, I understand how blessed one is to still be with THE ONE.

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I spent part of this morning cleaning them all. I'd tumbled the brass clean yesterday while OPL was on so today it was just cleaning them up. While I was at it and had the air compressor going, I blew off any dust from my setup. I 'dust' the shelves, press and my bench to keep everything ship shape.

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When I go 'woods walkin' I've only got a carbine; either .357 mag or .45 Colt and a SA pistol in the same caliber. I enjoy that but it's not about plinking so much but more about just walking through nature, the solitude and listening to the sounds of the woods. I enjoy that a lot and do that often ...

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. At least, if you invest in 60 to 120 rounds, that’s enough cases that if you’re just hunting with the gun it’s going to last a lifetime if you don’t push your reloads to really hot levels. primers and powder are not depend on the cartridge, and bullets of a suitable diameter aren’t really that ha...

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During the summer and fall air shows in and around the Denver area they frequently have flying displays where people can purchase a seat in the likes of a B-17, B-24 or B-25. Invariably, they fly a box route with one leg cruising down the front range. As our valley is nestled there, we get to see th...

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So, yesterday afternoon the sun was shinning, the wind was light, the chores were done so what to do? Have a levergun day at the range!! So, I packed up 6 favorites, my 2 .357 Mag Rossi 92s, my .45 Colt Uberti 66 and 73, my 30-30 Mossy 464 and my .308 Winchester 88 and headed for the 200 yd stands a...

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$3.10 per round!! Perfect advertisement to consider reloading.

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Grizz wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:39 am
Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:25 am I wonder if the taxing of a Constitutional right would be found to be analogous to a poll tax and found to be unconstitutional?
I suspect a poll tax is coming.

For a select segment of the voters.

Right . . . . Republicans

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Walt wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:18 pm And BTW, the word is humility, not humbleness.

It was suppose to be a joke statement.

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Doesn't look good for those of you in California. An 11% 'excise tax' on guns and ammo will make firearms ownership that much more expensive for honest, law abiding citizens (which is the whole point of the tax). I wonder if the law includes components that would also affect reloaders as well.

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Thank you Dr. Sixgun. Your medical acuity is surpassed only by your humbleness.

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But, Steve, my chaos is organized! And what do they say? A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind! Mine's HEALTHY! While "They" may say that it simply isn't true. :o "They" only say that to try to justify their sloppy lifestyle. :lol: An organized mind is supported by an organized ...

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One word . . . . Organization!! Without it you have randomness and chaos. If you know where to find what you need, life is very relaxing and enjoyable. If you can't find things it makes for a frustrating and irritating exercise in futility. Anal you say? Not hardly. Organized!! for an enjoyable expe...

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At almost 76 hunting is in the past, however, when I go on my 'woods walking' hikes in the Rockies, I load it up as a 10mm with either 180grn or 200grn hardcast hot loads. So, with the 2rd extension, I have 17+1 rds of hurt on my hip to protect from anything whether it be 2 or 4 legged. In the Rocki...

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Something to consider. If you want to regularly shoot reduced loads consider a reduced power recoil spring. That way you'll keep the reliable feeding with reduce loads. I know that Strike Industries and Wolff Gunsprings sell them for many pistols. I have a custom longslide Glock I developed in 2004 ...

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Sweet finds.

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. The 9/11 problem was made even WORSE by being used as an excuse to destroy civil liberties under the guise of 'an emergency' - the way governments always do. Remember the Republicans are mostly RINOs, and pushed the Patriot Act right along with the Marxist Democrat bunch. "Never Forget' mean...

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Yep Sixgun, my 2ea .357mag Rossis are cheap junk. I've only run about 8K rds through each since 2009 when I got them, they can't hit a bowling pin at 400yds but they can at 300 and 200, they both feed .38spl and .357mag smooth as glass and they're so unreliable that I've not had a single problem wit...

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And after 22 years, Saudi Arabia has still not be held accountable!!!!!!!

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The pricing for even 8 bags (2,000 rds) of reloaded training ammo is comparable to what I can buy new commercial training ammo for on the web. For instance, 2,000 rds of .40 cal 180grn FMJ at $115 equals $345 per K or 34.5¢ per rd for reloads with dubious history. On Ammoseek I can buy new Wincheste...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:39 pm I will never forget, or forgive.

This.

The attack on Pear Harbor . . . The attack on the World Trade Center . . .

Two cowardly acts I will never, ever forget nor forgive those who instigated them.

Those we all lost will live on forever in my heart.

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I was at work in a closed area talking to our customer. He started yelling and there was a huge commotion in the office in Washington behind him. He said he had to go but "WWIII might be starting" and hung up. I sat there stunned and then called my director and told him what he had said. H...

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Standard pistol powders are formulated to burn very quickly as the assumption is that they are being used in barrels under 6"-7". So, the performance out of a barrel 3 times the length won't be that different as the powder isn't made for a long barreled use. However, magnum pistol powders ...

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Good to know it was just an upgrade rather than a problem.

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No clue but I tried to get in half a dozen times over about 4 hrs and couldn't get anything but a blank screen. Not a computer nerd so a guess is that the server was down and didn't respond to anything.

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Gene15644 (on another forum) posted the following concerning this issue. He stated that he checked BATF&E regs on smokeless powder. As of Sept 4, 2023 this is what was quoted . . . "Is smokeless powder designed for use in small arms ammunition subject to the explosives storage requirements?...

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That's been my mantra since forever. I'm gtg on all my reloading supplies for a long, long time thanks to an epiphany in early 2018 where I realized that things were not going to go well for the foreseeable future.

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It's always nice when a plan works out good. Are you going to do any tweaking on your load or stick with what you've got? JBowen I'm considering upping the powder charge a bit to 95% or so after I chrono the current load to see if I can make a meaningful change in the trajectory with the idea that ...

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Yesterday I took my 40 cal carbine and both my 155grn and 180grn handloads out to compare them. The loads I settled on were both 90% of max with Power Pistol and they produce almost the same POI at 100yds which is where I've got my Ruger Police Carbine sighted in at. For review, my carbine has a rea...

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ATF now proposed that we register with local fire dept our reloading powder storage. Next it will be primers, then ammo, then bullets, then brass so they'll know just what to bring when they try to confiscate it on some trumped up charge. The commies are circling in and tightening the noose. I'd hat...

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You don't know how many times we've and our neighbors have tried to grow vegetable gardens and the deer, elk, rabbits, birds and whatever eat them before they get a chance to even flower. We've put chicken wire around and on top of them and still they get in and eat them.

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When we first moved to our valley in 1996 (from about 1 1/2 miles east of it outside the valley), we had a cat and the kids were small. One morning after the first snow, I was in the yard and saw a feline paw print about 4" across and realized we had mountain lions in our valley. After that, I ...

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I was out for a walk in our valley this morning with the pups and we saw this good sized bobcat catching his breakfast. Luckily for us, he was concentrating on the rabbit and not on my 2 small dogs.

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Astute answer there.

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:21 am Unique is always an option.

Yep

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Per CPI Inflation Calculator: $190 in 1971 = 1,434.11 today.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:11 pm How is it we have enough oil to be self sufficient but we can't do it? Oh yes the GREEN agenda is running the country.

Slight edit to your comment. "Oh yes the GREEN agenda is ruining the country."

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I’ve been thinking about sending my 550b back to be refurbished. But I use the dang thing every week and I would miss it. It would be easy to do yourself. I did see that they also include a Platform Alignment Tool, p/n 13713, (and valued at $14.00) with the kit so I'm sure the instructions are clea...

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I must agree. Each one of mine is the most useful one for what I use it for too.

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One of the upgrades of the 750 over both the 550 and 650 is the crank grease fittings. I've added grease to mine and I really like the ability to keep the crank bearings well lubed. I stumbled on a page on Dillon's website that's called 'Reloader Upgrades and Updates' and in it, Dillon has 2 updates...

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I think your answers are all over the map because the question is too vague. By too vague I mean 'Most Useful' for What? Everyone has a slightly different 'useful' purpose in mind for their leverguns so comparing the answers are largely meaningless. Some may take theirs out for self protection, some...

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Our valley is residential so obviously, no hunting. The mule deer and elk all know it and wander around ignoring everyone. It's common to see deer all around our place every day. Sounds nice but in the spring cleaning up the deer and elk poop takes hours! Elk from a few falls ago across the street c...

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I pulled down 50 ea excess 255 grn Lead .45 Colt light loads for my SA, saved the components and then used that brass, powder and primers as part of the components to load up 350 rds of 200 grn .45 Colt TMJ HP to use in my Uberti 1866 carbine. I plan to go to the range tomorrow to see how they work.

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BTW, I have some strange friends.

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Well, this morning I loaded up 800 of these in my Speer Nickel plated cases with Power Pistol and Remington SP primers. Great thing is loaded you can't tell they well pulled as they look new. :D They all went in slick as snot and the faint case edge line some had from removing the bell was hidden as...

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I hadn't either until I heard about them on another forum. They were all raving about them there so I looked them up and sure enough, they've got some great deals. Don't forget to click the top of the homepage as that is where the voucher codes are for the discounts. They ship everything shipping an...

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