Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Heh. Mine kicked me out of the house, annexed the spare room for her scrapbooking. I'm relegated to the garage, which is large enough for six (smallish) cars if I took all the cr*p out. I'm happy, she's happy. She's even insisting I drive a thousand kilos to attend a silhouette shoot, just because s...

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I only ever spent time with one baptist, but he sure made me appreciate this joke. I was walking in San Francisco along the Golden Gate Bridge when I saw a man about to jump off. I tried to dissuade him from committing suicide and told him simply that God loved him. A tear came to his eye. I then as...

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ABC, but the fifth edition by Dean Grennell.

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Gary wrote: I can relate to that because I only have room for one more gun in mine!

Yup. Me too. Always room for one more gun.

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In all fairness, your body's warranty pretty much expires at 40. Remember, not that long ago 40 was old old.

Now we live longer, but only because life's a whole lot easier.

Me? I've been going downhill from 35. The world is not built for tall people.

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So I thought this was going to be the urban legend one about threshholds and throwing babies out with the bathwater... but instead...

It rings true

(hehehe. Vision of old fellow walking next to train with a little hammer. Ask if you don't geddit

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I want one. Sheesh, I'd take two if the price was good. Argh, bugrit, send me a whole case!

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People who take firearms/hunting seriously don't have "accidents"... ... mostly. We had a case here in South Africa about two years ago. Someone shot at something (sorry, I don't remember the details), bullet bounced off a rock and killed one of the party. Yea, you could say he shouldn't ...

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Heh. This sounds soooo familiar. Number of years back I got this 336, 30-30, microgroove. Over here it takes a year or more for a licence for a specific gun, so you can't just trade it for something more accurate. Started with, oh, 7" or so 5 shot groups at 100 meters/yards. Messed around. Chas...

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"More than one, a lot less than a hundred... but I'm working on it..."

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I'm with the Jeep Guy - if you ain't shooting it, why have it?

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Pax is one of the mods over on thehighroad.us.

If someone, anywhere, asks "what gun for my wife" (1) my stock answer is "whatever she wants, but make her read Pax first".

(1) In the sense of "arming my wife" not "what gun for zombie", OK?

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Hiya KirkD and all Ken Waters lists the max load for Group two rifles as 19 grains of IMR SR4759. Next loads will be 18 and 19 grains of SR 4759. If I can't get 1,500 fps with the 19 grain load, I may have to go with 2400. I get the impression that you're regarding Ken Waters' max load as the max lo...

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1. A few seeds got away during the drug raid and this spring and summer I'll find Mary Jane growing in the woods. Do I just destroy the plants and keep it quiet, or call the police? Make sure you destroy the plants properly. I've heard that the best way is to first dry them in a microwave, and then...

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He gives one instance of when the SR-71 was released the announcement was made by then President L.B.J. At the press conference he announced the news of the SR-71. The only problem was that they didn't have an SR-71. The plane was actually called the RS-71. Rather than have to say that the presiden...

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Heh. When you go to the recruitment office in Sydney, first thing they do is give you a plane ticket to Perth, 'cos that's where the queue starts...

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I got one for... let's say the equivalent of three flats of beer. Serial number makes it an 83 model. It doesn't have the magazine tube and all the bits that go with it though. Yes I know, this is useless without pics :-) Will see if I can post some tomorrow. Edit : serial is 1173xxA, as far as I ca...

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Maybe we could arrange a little game for them, they could play the Florida school for the blind. Just as a confidence booster. For the school for the blind? :-) I'm sorry, I have no idea who the Seahawks are, but we have exactly the same jokes about our favourite losing team of the week/month/year.

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How many eggs? I'm guessing three... Edit : OK, three eggs seem to work. The 13 year old wanted to make her first cake (with a friend who's done this kind of thing before) so I printed the recipe and unleashed them in the kitchen. The result is quite edible :-) A bit sweet for me, but who knows, the...

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As for leverguns - yeah, they're good. But so's a bolt action, a pump, a semi-auto, a single shot or even a muzzle loader Yea. I mentioned leverguns because (1) of the URL for this forum :-) (2) because they're my favourite kind of rifle and (3) because they're handy, fast, and IMO a good bad times...

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BUT, once you press the happy button there's no going back 'til you run out of ammo. Plus it's a bear to reload that tube magazine, no such thing as a quick mag switch... Sorry to rain on your parade, but if TSHTF, ammo's going to be more scarce than guns, so you might want to un-convert your full ...

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No fair!

You can *not* post a pic like that without a rather elaborate story attached!

Thankyouverrymuch

R

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I can't believe no-one's mentioned the musketeer.ch website yet...

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Start with a Lee anniversary kit. Everything you need, not expensive.

Then in a year's time, give the anniversary kit to a kid and buy what you want, you'll know by then what it is that you want.

Although many people who went this route stuck to the Lee in the end

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Problem: It seems to me that that massive horn mass on the top of the Cape Buff's head is going to make for a significant amount of reinforced bone structure in the upper skull Not being an expert (actually, I don't have any desire to go after a buff) as far as I know if you manage to penetrate the...

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My views and opinions could change if I ever had some sort of a close call (with a goblin, that is). If you survive it. Which is much more likely for you than for me, statistically. Here in South Africa we're not allowed to keep guns anywhere except in a safe or on our persons (basically). Also the...

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The 300 Whisper was originally designed to have the same COL as a 223, but with a heavy bullet, subsonic, out of an AR-15 (as noted by others earlier in this thread). The silhouetters missed the point completely, and loaded the thing with 100 and 150 grainers at 30-30 velocities -- but since it work...

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Hi all

A friend latched on to an 1873 with serial 511xxxB. He's curious about the B suffix -- does it mean anything specific?

I have a '94 with an M suffix and have been told it's because it's a (44) Magnum.

Thanks

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ABC of reloading, 5th Edition by Dean Grennell, might as well make this a sticky since I say the same thing every time.

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A hundred years ago, she would probably have been dead already.

We pride ourselves on our medical prowess, but actually, we know squat.

I'm glad she's OK. That's the important part. Medical science, unfortunately, isn't a science.

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I would like to get 2450 fps 150gr or 2250 fps 170gr bullet from a 20" barrel marlin 336ss anybody got anything close? I've been working up loads for my 336 for a few years now. I've measured 2413 fps average over 5 shots from 35.5 grains of a local powder (Somchem S341) which is roughly appro...

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Last time we did elephant culling, TTBOMK, they took out a whole herd, from the tuskers to the tiniest calf, at a time. The theory is that the elephant remember, so you have to take out a herd at a time -- this is in a tourist orientated park after all. We don't have BLM land like you fellas do. Dun...

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I intend to stand and to fight back with whatever tools I possess. I agree with you 100%. BUT, I just don't see people actually doing this. Every one englishman stood by while the government melted their handguns. If one of them resorted to violence, well, I didn't hear about it... Here in South Af...

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In my home, the first arm he inspects will be the last thing he ever sees. You know, I've heard people say that a lot. I've read Unintended Consequences. Etc, etc. Yet, when it comes to the crunch, you know what happens? Because we've seen many pictures here of what happens, and it involves bulldoz...

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73 from a very inactive ZS1KE

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I've never heard of an inaccurate '99 but I guess there's always a first time. Sell that gun to Jeff.

(Psst, Jeff... you owe me :-)

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i never understood why the .223/5.56 that is not acceptable to most fish and game depts for the taking of big game, is acceptable by the military for use in combat... :roll: :? Eeeeeen my opinion (insert disclaimers, etc). I've been reading Cooper's Commentaries again. And he does so harp on about ...

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nemhed wrote:IMHO nobody needs a EBR

Not to P on your battery or anything but what the heck has "need" got to do with it? :twisted:

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OK, so I got 21. But IT'S NOT FAIR! *WAIL* :-) I don't care where Bill Clinton comes from. New York is a *long way* from LA. And Columbus can get stuffed, our fellow was called Van Riebeeck and he pitched on 6 April 1652 (and I didn't need to look that up). If they fix it to be less amero-centric it...

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I've seen the question asked many times. I think the real answer is : 1. When asked, say that you will deny having guns, that you won't hand your guns over, that you'll fight to keep 'em. 2. When it actually happens, hand over your guns. At least, that's the way I sum up most people, I'm afraid. Als...

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jsimmons wrote:I was talking to a guy at the range last weekend who was proud to say he had a bench-rest gun with a 1-ounce trigger.

I mentioned that sounded like an unsafe gun to me...

Can have a tenth of an ounce trigger, you obey rules 1 to 4, it's safe.

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Nath wrote:Cheers 1886 but I have some H322 surplus you see

Time to buy another gun then.

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We have trophy hunters and meat hunters. In general the trophy hunters are foreigners -- I mean, some locals do hunt some trophies but it gets expensive. The majority of local hunters are meat hunters, "biltong hunters". Although it's easier, you don't *have* to get yourself set up with a ...

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The earth will survive anything we do to it.

*We* might not, however.

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47gr 1479 fps ave. (1478 hi - 1456 low) 1" group I smell a typo. But as others have said, when you get a small increase in velocity for a large increase in powder (in other words, when the curve starts flattening), you're at max, back off a bit. I'd engrave "47 grains 3031" on the si...

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