Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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I installed a 20kW rricane came through and clipped my power for 3 days and I still was able to get a delivery of propane on day 3 just in case. I can run about 6-1/2 days on a full tank during the Summer. That’s serious loot with what you have set up……. It was $6200 back then ... I ordered it from...

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I installed a 20kW Onan back in 2005. It runs a Ford 2.5L inline four cylinder ... the one in just about every Ford Escort ever made. I run propane ... 250 gallon dedicated tank with a max fill of 200 gallons. I went with this unit because it was water cooled (quieter), runs at 1800 rpm instead of 3...

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His latest video is pretty interesting. He's shooting an 1887 lever action shotgun converted with a rifled barrel to shoot something called the 70-150 WCF. That shotgun tube holds 5 rounds of that fat cartridge. I'm pretty sure it's not an original gun ... rather an Italian reproduction fitted with ...

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I was hopeful that the new FX True Ballistic chronograph would become generally available but you really can't purchase one anywhere these days. It seems superior to the LabRadar in many respects. If this Garmin product it as good as the FX unit, I'll be in at $600. These radar based chronographs ar...

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I've heard of a stock being "proud" but that one seems a bit out of control.

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I've been doing the ultrasonic thing ... which is wet of course. A bit louder than I would like but it does clean well if you've got a heated tank and plenty of strong transducers to deliver the energy.

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Ok, I'm going to call dibs on any Norma R123 in there ... say $100/lb. I'm still mystified by the whole Trail Boss / Tin Star thing. Viht killed off Tin Star and you haven't been able to get ADI's Trail Boss in some time. I thought Trail Boss was super popular in CAS shooting. What am I missing? Did...

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I wish they still made the 527. Nice looking rifle.

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Happy Birthday Paco and thank you for all of your contributions to our shooting endeavors over the years.

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Great video. I appreciate him showing the action and how it worked.

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I'm throwing in for #2's or #4's. Just feels about right ... pellet count and pellet mass wise.

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Yum ... Win 42. They are getting pricey though. Maybe an old Lefever double?

Didn't CZ make a Ring Neck or Sharp Tail 410 ... I forget what it was called?

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I need to go look and see if it comes in a version for 2 barrels.

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Looking forward to seeing the results. I think the 50/110 is a 2.4" case but it was originally loaded with that really short lead bullet that kept the OAL in range. As I recall, there were some relief cuts needed inside the receiver to allow it to maneuver through the loading gate.

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Winter Green.

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Nice buy with that wood. Pretty impressive from Ruger so far.

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I asked a friend who worked at the state what about reloaded ammo as the person who makes it is the 'manufacturer'. He laughed and said that they'd had multiple arguments about that as the original writes assumed that reloaded ammo was a copy of commercial ammo just to save money. Anyway, they fina...

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Oh, I see it ... "impact energy". Not muzzle energy ... which, of course, occurs at the muzzle.

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Did the Colorado Fish and Game actually write "... a muzzle energy at 100 yds ..."?

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https://i.postimg.cc/BQpYxsCQ/IMG-8966.jpg I'll admit to being a fan of that style of black rubber grip on a Python / Diamondback. The hold feels better to me ... on my Diamondbacks anyway. The original checkered wood grip, like the one on the nickel Python you have, just reminds me of the bell-bot...

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Malamute wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:30 pm Id be interested if they only would make them in blue, Im just not a fan of stainless at all.

Yes, exactly. I love the look of a 6" blued Python with that full underlug and vent rib.

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I wonder if the "new" Pythons will drive the price of old Pythons into the realm of affordability. It seems like the price of the new ones are quite high for a revolver ... but still not near where the old ones were hovering a few years back. I need to go take a look on the auction sites....

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I wonder if the "new" Pythons will drive the price of old Pythons into the realm of affordability. It seems like the price of the new ones are quite high for a revolver ... but still not near where the old ones were hovering a few years back. I need to go take a look on the auction sites.

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I just saw an ad from Brownell's about the new Colt Python and it mentions that it's "Updated & Improved". My father always wanted a Python and therefore ... I want one. But I'm hesitant to buy into the updated and improved bit. I've got several Python Jr's in .22 otherwise know as Dia...

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Yeah, I think the writing and production by Paramount / Spectrum left a lot to be desired. As usual, the books are better. I suppose there are a lot of sacrifices that are made when going from book to movie ... given the average movie run time. I would think less so for a TV series with eight to ten...

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My wife is all caught up on the books and has given the show a middling rating after having read them first. She watches the TV show with my in-laws who also enjoyed the characters in the books. One thing I'll note, in the books he brings up a lot of contemporary issues ... for example the Sackett v...

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When I saw the picture I went straight to their site. I can't tell you how happy my wife is that they don't make it in Hornet.

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As @KWK notes ... where all that energy goes. Deformation of the bullet (the second shot with the lead soft point) and the hydraulic deformation of the tissue.

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He meant Craig.

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I might not use a brass monolithic in it or anything with a tungsten core, but I would think lead or copper jacketed lead would yield to the steel and form fit the bore. Obturate, as they say.

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oldebear1950 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:44 pm sorry but key board got stuck, and did not mean for that to happen

You can just edit it as the original poster. Use the little pencil button in the upper right corner of the original post.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:50 pm I load 270 gr bullets in my SAA and it does exceed the 1.6 inch oal

Looks like you might have 20 - 30 thousandth's to spare.

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Wow, I'm glad I found this thread. I'm using a 280 grain Montana Bullet Works bullet that is 0.703" overall and 0.360" from the top of the crimp groove to the top of the bullet. My Starline cases are going 1.272". I'm going to seat 0.345" in and crimp with a Lee collet style FCD....

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Where's our pic of the 89 doc? I would love to have one of those some day.

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Great list. As an IT person, I really enjoyed it.

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Your rifle is one of the finest finished rifles with extreme craftsmanship I’ve ever seen. I know you have some serious bucks into that so I’m gonna ask, “Can I have it?” Thanks. I enjoyed working with them to build it ... and then all of my money started to go toward these three kids. Two are move...

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I've always wondered how Big Horn achieves the color case finish on their stainless guns. Do they over-plate with a layer of iron on the guns that will be color cased?

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Don’t know how many loadings you’re gonna get with that special star crimper but it’s not going to be many…….I just load a 44-40 the regular way and use a cardboard wad between the powder and the shot and another at the mouth then run the loaded round part way into a 38-40 FLS. Squeezes it nice and...

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When I was choosing the checkering pattern the pattern your have was in the final running with the pattern I chose. Ended up going with the F pattern, I just like that ace of spades sort of look on the F pattern. Yeah, I liked both E and F but went with E for the ribbons. A and B were just too busy...

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RIDERED350r wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:26 pm Man that's perty!

When I saw the picture of yours I knew those stunning colors had come from the same place as mine.

Is that a 26" barrel on yours?

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Love me some big bore lever rifles! I have a modern 1886 Takedown worked over by Turnbull in 45-90 and aspire to have them build me a second complete front half in 50-110. They can do it and have done it, had them qoute the build but I just didn't have the fundage at the time. It's still on the to-...

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He fumbled some stuff but otherwise, interesting. We were just referring to the .450 Marlin in the '94 in another thread. It's impressive to run that in a rifle like the 1894 with the middling sized receiver. My 71 in .450 Alaskan outruns his Turnbull 50 a bit but my barrel is 20" and is full h...

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STTGU's should definitely be banned ... because I've never seen one before and it scares me.

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Yes, I have. Shoot skeet every weekend. Doubles skeet. You need to come over and shoot a couple rounds! After Skeet shooting we went to the German restaurant in Sanford. Willow tree, I think it called. Boy that was great....foooood coma Where's the best place to shoot these days ... still Stricklan...

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I wonder if Jim's experiment is related to how jacketed bullets got their start as @GunnyMack suggests. I seem to recall someone making jackets from spent .22 rimfire rounds but it's been so long I don't remember where I read about it. It seems plausible that this type of experiment is how they coul...

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Does Alox dry to a completely tack free state or will it pick up dust and dirt over time / handling. Is that the reason for the 45-45-10 stuff? To change the way it ends up in a dried state?

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May be nooks and crannies but I can see where our forefathers had the same spark of an idea when they devised the jacketed bullet. I suppose that's true. I'm guilty as well ... pulling bullets and powder from 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnums and replacing and re-crimping ... looking for that extra oom...

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This ... this might be a sign of too much spare time. This is the nooks and crannies of the gun world.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 7:46 am Waxy lubes have been used on .22 rimfire ammunition for many years.

This is what intrigues me about the Rooster Jacket tumble lube. It's supposed to be a wax emulsion and once the carrier dries, it ends up like the lube on modern .22 rimfires.

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Been shooting lately? Skeet perhaps? Getting warm and wet these days down here.

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