Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Is there that much magnesium used in the BMW's? If so, once that catches, you are so done for. In many meanings of the word. I don't think many civilian fire departments have anything to deal with fires like that, other than back up and contain. Magnesium fire on a Navy ship and we'd try to jettiso...

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Looks kind of Marlinish. I'd love to see how it works.

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1999 Polaris Diesel I ride it all over the farm and up and down our country road when I get the notion. I've used it deer hunting and have hauled several home on the back of it.

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I always figured that my ex and the meth head she eventually shacked up with deserve each other. I'm just glad I got my kids out of that situation.

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I'd be tempted to drill a vent hole or three on the side facing away, just in case you ever had a detonation. I have heard of this happening with a plastic puller, although I am not sure how it is possible. Dad always said I was a worrywart .... :roll: The one I saw pics of that detonated the guy r...

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When the dogwoods start blooming around here is the time to hit the lake for crappie.

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I hate to see anyone thin their herd like that. I did it once in the early 80s and I've regretted it ever since as a lot of fine old guns that I can never replace got away.

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The other side of the coin is taking something to a self proclaimed professional and then having him go off on a tangent all on his own and botch the job. Look Mr.Devil's Advocate , my friend did as the guy asked after he had told the guy what it was going to look like . Granted maybe he shouldn't ...

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I'm pretty happy with my old Remington 11-48.

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Back in '99, I was offered the pick of the litter on some Mosin/Nagants for $50 to be used as a Y2K gun. I decided to go with something that the ammo was a bit easier to find. A 1892 clone in 357 Mag.

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When I was doing the mechanic thing, a couple of times I had customers want me to put an oversized Holley carb on their cars trying to make a muscle car out of it. I'd tell them it was too much carb for their engine being used on the street and when they insisted, I'd refuse the work. The other side...

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I think it's pretty safe to say that a 1886 is stronger than the Marlin's 336 based 1895 action.

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I've used H110 when testing loads in my 357 rifles, but like said above, not enough leeway for me to keep using it.

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It's called QC failure. If you want to roll the dice on a rifle and buy a project, get a Rossi level. People get em good, people get em bad. I've seen enough threads on both plus my own experience never to take a chance again. I'm not sure that the "level" makes any difference. Had a frie...

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We had a dachshund recently do that. One of the grandkids fed him a bunch of chocolate syrup. Darn near killed the pup. Had to have an IV on him for a day or two.

Some dogs can take a bit of chocolate, some can't.

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According to the guys that worked at Marlin, Remington pretty much left them alone for 2007. It was the next year, 2008 that Remington started to run things into the ground. 2 minutes isn't much time to completely assemble a lever rifle from a pile of parts and do any needed hand fitting. The last r...

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My Navy Arms 1892 was made by Rossi and feeds about everything 357 I put in it. When it was new and clunky, I tried 38s without much luck, but that was over a dozen years ago and a lot of ammo has went through it since then. Bullet shape doesn't seem to matter much with it although I haven't tried w...

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It would seem that the large rifle are around but most of the other stuff is still scarce.

Of course, I don't have anything that uses large rifle primers.

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Brand new out of the box, mine was "clunky" and had feeding issues. The more I used it, the better it got. Now it actually feeds better than my Marlin which won't feed SWC, but the 92 will. Best advice I can give someone with a new Rossi 92 that is having feeding issues is to keep working ...

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I guess you can spend over $1000 for a Japchester 1892 or less than $500 and little elbow grease on a Rossi 92. And mine didn't even require the elbow grease.

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Remington dropped the Marlin bullseye as a cost savings measure.

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I am a Marlin person period ! I do not however WANT any of the new made by Remington Marlin's and rather prefer the ones that are pre 1975 or so . As to the Rossi I've only owned one in the 480 Ruger . Bought it new and sold it still unfired as I didn't care for the appearrance of the gun . I have ...

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Griff covered a lot of territory there and I'll just add that I own a couple of Marlin 1894s and a Navy Arms 1892 (fancy Rossi 92) with one of the Marlins and the 1892 in 357 Mag. Out of a rifle, the 357 Mag is a whole new experience. With handloads and slower burning powders, I can get 2000fps from...

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I had one years ago that would date from about the same time period and was a 2 9/16 chamber when I got it. There was an old gunsmith down in Texarkana that I got to rechamber it for 2 3/4 and do the action work for the longer shell. Mine was a modified choke though and I still kick myself for letti...

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If you chase down through the link that AJMD posted and onto a link to a third forum, the guy that had that 444 blow up posted this about a month ago: Under a microscope, all of the warpage is in the chamber. Almost definitely overpressure. I think my dad misread a recipe and loaded 50 grains of Acc...

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I recently read an old 1983 American Rifleman article about a factory tour of the old Marlin plant and it was stated there that Marlin used 4140 steel for their centerfire barrels.

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As much as I like pistol caliber leverguns, I'd go with a 45-70 over a 454. In a lightweight Rossi 92, the recoil of a 454 is impressive to say the least.

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Not a fan of bolt rifles here, but my son in law is very happy with his Marlin XL7.

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I've got enough ammo stashed back that I feel comfortable with it, but then I'm not going out and burning it up either. The past couple of months, all the shooting I've done has been sighting in a project Marlin 1894C and the occasional something that needs to be shot around here.

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The Rossi in 454 is a Model 92 and everyone that I've talked to that has one, swears by it. Although most say that with full 454 loads, it is a little light in weight and has the recoil to prove it.

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I think I need to dig out my "deep stash" and do inventory.

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Pitchy, it probably depends on how ornery your computer is. Mine won't let me watch videos in Firefox, sometimes in Internet Explorer, but will in Chrome. Go figure!

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I owned a H&R 10 gauge singleshot for a few years in the early 80s. Back then you could still find the old 2 7/8" ammo and that stuff was great on squirrels and rabbits. I'd use the 3 1/2" stuff for duck & deer hunting. Another gun that I regret having to sell. Still have a 3 1/2&q...

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There's also a Stevens 5100 that's a hammerless model too that predated the 311. I've got a 20ga one.

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The Hong Kong flu back in '69 darn near took me out as a kid. At one point, I wasn't expected to live. But I haven't caught the flu since.

Until two and a half weeks ago when it got me down for two weeks. I'm just now starting to feel like I've gotten over it.

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The early Marlin 1894 Cowboys had 24" octagon barrels. They switched to 20" octagon barrels around 2003.

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10 mpg? That's about what my old '85 Bronco II with the 4.10 axles would get. But you could turn the thing around in the middle of a goat trail and not touch the bushes. And it went everywhere I wanted to go.

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I've had very good success with 700X in low velocity cast loads for my 357 rifles. Minute of squirrel head accuracy.

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You might also try at his Rossi Rifleman forum.

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I've got one of the Navy Arms Rossis in 357 with a 24" barrel. It's a tack driver and would be the last gun I'd let go.

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Yep, I'm hoping that our horses don't see this and get ideas. It's bad enough when we leave the tractor parked in the pasture while working and the coil wire comes up missing.

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1st question: Is there a dent in the primer of the cartridge after you've tried to fire it and is it a good hard strike?

2nd question: Stock spring set or has someone replaced or modified the hammer spring?

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I've owned one of the Uberti carbines for about 20 years now. Nice shooter, but no real use for it, although I have toyed with the idea of using it at bow hunting ranges with conical bullets on deer. One thing I have learned with it though is you need to wear some kind of eye protection, especially ...

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My 92 will load 158gr SWC no problem, but only in 357 Mag. It seems to detest 38s of any sort. But as the old saying goes, every gun is a law unto itself.

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My late father in law had a 410 in his collection.

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I've owned a Vaquero in 44-40 and would not recommend one to anyone. Ruger used the oversized 44 Mag barrel, which in combination with the tight chamber necks makes for very poor accuracy. Ruger has also refused to do anything about it stating that the gun functions correctly. It might function corr...

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I wasn't that fond of the joint anyway.

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The powder that really shines in the 38-40 and the 44-40 is Herco. I never knew this until I read it in Ken Water's pet loads. 9 grains with the 175 cast gives 1350 in both 1873's and 1892's. Very low extreme spreads and a noticeable difference in accuracy from any other powders and for those who k...

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Tragic and my heart goes out to his family.

I'm betting the VA is going to forced to give up the names of veterans who are being treated for PTSD (or any other mental disorder) so they can be put on a list of people not allowed to buy guns.

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