Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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Speaking of the decline in reading printed material, as I walk around my neighborhood I notice that newspapers are getting smaller and smaller, based on what I see rolled up in driveways. They are a mere shadow of what they were 20 years ago. It's a wonder that the local newspaper is even in busine...

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In 1978 the Atlantic Trader, well past its prime, lost it's steering in the main channel of L. A. Harbor. It hit the end of a floating drydock, which probably saved quite a few lives, they slammed into the bow of an FFG before tearing into the dock to which the FFG was tied. The amount of damage a s...

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Except for tabloid type magazines that seem to appeal mostly to women magazines, like much printed material is slowly dying off. My kids, who aren't exactly young anymore read what they want online. I suspect that in a couple of generations the printed media will be just about extinct.

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I'd say go with Dillion. A progressive makes a poor choice for someone just starting reloading. But you're experienced so buy what you will eventually end up with first.

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Sadly, many of my kid’s peers were drugged as children. While some folks refer to folks born at different time as boomers, gen x, gen z, etc. prefer to those kids as generation R. The R stsnds for Ritilan. Too many kids were drugged just because they exhibited symptoms of childhood. You know, things...

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Thanks for the hard work Gamekeeper.

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Now there is living proof there is hope for this world.

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Perhaps it looked/sounded funny, but to the critters involved it was a true fight for survival. Not necessarily at that moment but from starvation later.

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Hmm, looks like we have a Texas judge in King Biden's court.

Sorry Bing.

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Your photos seem to prove that DC is truly upside down.

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Throw in terms like Hawgleg, Smokewagon, forty five, etc and the true use of any word becomes clear. That use is to convey thoughts and ideas in a manner that others can understand. So, whether you refer to a semi auto as a pistol and revolvers as a pistol, as long as the thought or idea is conveyed...

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I’m an impulse buyer so only one ever got away. A Webly-Fosbery. I hesitate because at $7000 and with two kids…. It sat for some time in the shop then one day it was gone. I haven’t seen another in the wild since. And prices are stratospheric. But I have promised myself I will have one. It’s just no...

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I too started with the .45 acp. I have a load that functions in all of my pistols and revolvers. It’s more accurate than I am and has been used on everything from cans to coyotes, effectively. A 200 gr LSWC, 4.7 grains of Bullseye. Brand of primer and case doesn’t seem to matter. I’ve been using it ...

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We constantly here that the term AR stands for Armalite Rifle. Yet so many use it to rifles obviously not from Armalite?

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The old gun writers, unlike most of today’s crop knew what was because they lived it.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:37 am
jeepnik wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:32 am I question the wisdom of calling any weapon an “assault” type. Better to call them all self defense weapons.
This is part of the bigger problem of letting the fear of what people might think control what we might say.

I’m not sure I care what people like that think.

We better, they vote.

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The problem is new, read younger, employees find out they actually have to produce instead of playing in the internet all day. So, they quit and draw benefits as long as they can. The last few years I was working we’d try to hire and applicants would apply and then tell us what they wanted to do not...

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Over many decades I've been asked this question many times from new potential gun owners, and my answer is always the same. A revolver with a 2"-4" barrel, in .38 Special or .357 Magnum. The .357 can be loaded with .38's for someone smaller who doesn't like recoil, or until they get used ...

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Can't figure out why any fool ever put a pistol grip stock on a lever gun. Makes working the lever a pain in the butt. Then again, I can't count the number of folks I see taking a levergun from their shoulder to work the lever. I'll ask them if they do that with a bolt gun. The answer is inevitably ...

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See my comment in "what ever it takes" thread.

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I am sure there are some out there, but I don't know that I have ever run into a "helpless" woman. I have run into helpless young ladies but all they needed was some real life experience. :D Amen. My wife, all 5' of her was sort of timid and shy when we met. One reason I liked her. One da...

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lthardman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:42 pm And, when it comes to remorse, who can forget Josey Wales famous line when his partner laments they can't take the time to bury some would be attackers:

"To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat too, same as worms. "

Worms still get heir share, buried or not.

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Due to a recent neighborhood home invasion I have been helping a number of neighbors navigate their entry into firearms. Since I grew up shooting I never realized just how much it costs to learn and remain proficient. I have had a few be surprised at the equipment costs. Range time isn’t too bad, bu...

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My condolences. And prayers up for him and all those whose lives he touched.

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I have never seen an 1871/1872 in person. But from the photos it looks like they retain the safety notches on the rear of the cylinder. Is this the case?

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Sadly many of us can no longer thank our fathers for the sacrifices they made. But I do believe we will get another chance eventually.

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That is great service. But since thy sent four, I'd guess you weren't the first to have a screw loose. Er, come loose.

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The .45 colt was designed to shoot horses. War isn't pretty. The best way to unseat a cavalry troop is to shoot his horse. It's a very big target. In westerns you'll see bandits chasing a stage coach. In reality if one wanted to stop a coach you'd simply kill one of the horses. The remaining horses ...

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I imagine that if cell phones went down for a day a great number of people would begin to suffer physical withdrawal. Might be fun to watch.

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So I was blissfully unaware that I had lost service. Apparently it happened while most of the west coast was sleeping. In fact, had AT&T not sent me a text yesterday I would never have known. However, I wouldn’t have really seen any ill effects. As I was home, and my phone is set to roll over to...

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One thing my wife always insists upon is that I be in the room when she sees either a doctor or dentist. Even if they are female. The only time we had a problem was when she suffered a minor concussion. The doctor wanted her alone to ask if she had been struck. I would dearly have loved to have seen...

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First the patient needs to file criminal charges for the purse and gun antics. Then she needs to contact a lawyer for possible civil suit. Third contact the state licensing board and file a complaint. How far the various agencies and attorneys can take this remains to be seen. But it will be documen...

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Strategically it was a mistake. While the Australians already had skin in the game, a direct attack on their homeland created a resolve equal to that of the US. In effect they insured their eventual defeat. But then had the Japanese thought it through from the start, even with the destruction if the...

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I realized this is a spoof. But it might give a few idiots the wrong idea.

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Wife must be blonde.

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Sounds great. But when a religion has a tenet that non believers should be killed what can you do.

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The advertisers. Think of all the weak willed individuals they will convince to buy their products.

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There are a few slug loads for personal defense. Not sure how they would work on deer sized critters. I can say a good old fashioned slug will do pretty severe damage to jacks.

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Perhaps you all have wives that can easily handle a 12 with 3" buckshot loads. Mine can't do it comfortably. So we have a 20 ga Mossberg for the house.

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Been carrying a Mossberg .410 as “ The Perfect Jeep Gun” since my AR-7 seemed a bit small for some years now. Short of bears I think it would handle the functions of a “survival” long gun very well. I liked it so well I converted a 20ga Franchi 48 into “The Perfect Pickup Gun”. Some might say a 12 w...

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Here it’s a boat and cinder blocks. There’s a trench just off shore that’s pretty deep. Too deep for recreational divers. Apparently it was often used by fishermen during prohibition to dispose of “old equipment”.

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Not a Stevens but the Winchester equivalent was also my first rifle. Ten seems to have been the magic age. Dad had won it in some sort of competition a few years earlier and kept it in itybox until my birthday.

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I happen to have very good responses from LASD. But the Pasadena police, in my experience, show up in time to call the coroner.

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Sort of off topic, but I wonder why no really smart smith hasn't figured out a way to put a detachable mag on a Marlin or Winchester.

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Make it in .308 and I’m in.

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Firearms and ammunition is like many other pursuits. Folks are always reinventing the wheel and praising its attributes. But, it’s still round and doesn’t roll any better.

Newer ammunition and firearms don’t kill one bit better because dead is dead.

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At 62 running was not a option :lol: yes most of the time when after a bull I took a 12 gauge but never had no trouble Jack said it right when you get older you may get complacent, I knew better than that!! the bull just brushed me enough to leave behind the blood & hair on my jacket, with a 5 ...

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Most of my holsters, even those from true custom makers are tight when new. I’d bet that, with use, your clones will settle nicely and no longer be proud.

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Some one mentioned the failure of modern books to stimulate one's imagination. The reason is simple, modern writers just don't have the ability to paint a "word picture". Even musicians can't seem to do it today. Take a song like "Year of the Cat". Pay attention to the lyrics, or...

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There are a number of ultrasonic cleaning solutions that aren't water based. But they do indeed remove lubrication. However, some systems advertise that they also lubricate. From time to time I do remove the grips and ultrasonically clean, then lubricate myself. Just as a side note, I have an old di...

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