Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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... interviews with WWII vets about what they experienced during the war. One comment that I found interesting was that most American soldiers said ... they ... had the most in common with were the Germans. It wasn't just in WW-II. My grandfather felt this way after returning to the U.S. after WW-I.

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reformat the hard drive and reload software

That is drastic.

I'd try one of the other browsers first. Both Firefox and Opera are candidates (I use the former).

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All the industrialized countries have birth rates below the level needed to sustain populations. It seems people get lazy when they are wealthy. If the poor countries grow too fast, nature will take its ugly course and deal with it. It's not clear they will voluntarily cut their birth rates in time,...

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I'm all for Nukes. I am as well, but unfortunately, the greenies have crippled this industry. It's not too late, but it will require a rapid change of course. The problem with the current nuclear industry is that the fuel "cycle" used wastes some 98% of the raw fuel. Worse, the raw fuel u...

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That is not what I said. My mistake, then. it's estimated they contain enough usable oil to last the US at our present rate of increase in consumption for a couple hundred years. I think that would have made the financial press. Can you point me to press releases from the relevant oil companies? Th...

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My apologies to that site's owner. The most interesting fact they note is that the US output per well is tiny. Surely this indicates many (most?) of the existing fields are pretty well tapped out. I've not read of any major new fields off the US. There was one in the news recently, but nothing more ...

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I think this is misleading. The US is slipping because other countries are producing more. Sorry, the sad fact is that despite massive investment in incredible new technologies, oil production at home has been in decline for three decades now. How desperate the measures have been can be seen in the...

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Do this and watch the level drop as the ice melts.

This presumes most of the ice is already floating in the water. Much of the ice pack instead rests on land.

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All the "global warming/climate change" movement is about is worldwide socialism pushed by destroying capitalism and freedoms to "save the planet". Depends on how the "solution" is implemented. If implemented as a tax, then it is simply a way to increase socialism. If ...

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I extend my thanks as well.

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The pictures show them to be 5-shots, with what looks to be plenty of steel between cylinders. I want one.

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True, but the question was about the smaller framed Bearcat.

I'd really like to see Ruger offer the Bearcat in one of the .32's, even .32 ACP would be spiffy.

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is the bearcat really designed to take that much pressure

The .32 H&R is a "magnum" in name only. The operating pressure isn't much if any more than the .22 rimfires, and the diameter isn't great either.

The trick would be converting the frame, transfer bar, etc. to centerfire.

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The transcript contained much discussion of whether there are 2 rights --one to keep arms and one to bear arms (to me, the most interesting historical discussion in the whole transcript) I downloaded but haven't had time to read the transcript. The "bear arms" phrase has been studied, and...

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Nice shot, nice gun, nice elk, but isn't the hunter supposed to keep shooting until the animal is down?

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The following quote is also said to be from Coburn: We are in fact taking a look at an early (1923) model 99 reintroduction that would be completely retooled using sophisticated computer 3-dimensional modeling to remove the "fit and file". It is just exploratory without a full commitment u...

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Don McDowell wrote:Since Northfork has stopped bullet production...

I hadn't heard that. They had such a superb reputation, I'm surprised. Did he loose interest in the business, or did the high price of metals combined with a small scale operation price him out of business, or...?

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It's not obvious to me why so much hand fitting would be required in the original design. Certainly, the design can altered to make it more economical; witness the Ruger 96, which is based on the 99.

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Not to be a party-pooper, but John Haviland (he writes for Rifle and Handloader) recently posted this at 24hourCampfire.com: Exactly one year ago Mr. Coburn told me the Savage 99 would never come back because the design of the rifle required too much hand-fitting. Given the letter posted earlier, pr...

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Since that mini-99 isn't too likely, I'll second kaschi's motion, although I'd be happy to see the .375 Win replace the .358 in this lineup. Did Savage have to lengthen the action for the 2.8" cartridges, or was there enough room in the original design for them? If a longer, higher pressure car...

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Thanks for the info. I'd remembered reading elsewhere the early .30 WCF loads were no where near what the factories claim today, and for that reason I could believe Whelen's number. That 2150 or so Sixgun has found in practice seems right as well, for Sharpe was listing that range as the old (circa ...

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Whelen's 1918 book says the .33 WCF was 200 gn at 2056 fps, not the 2200 fps often stated for this round. Does anyone here have an old Winchester catalog, circa 1903, showing what the factory was claiming for the early loads?

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Jeff Quinn wrote:scaled down in every dimension to perfectly fit the .32-20 cartridge

Oh, I want one of those!

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Wow, that is good news. The original magazine would be a very nice touch. I always thought the arrangement of the box magazine detracted from the lines of the rifle. I could be happy with a staggered column, blind magazine as well.

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Sorry, I don't have a .35 Rem myself; all I can report is the pressure tested results in Lyman's 48th. RL-7 gave excellent fps with jacketed bullets from 180 to 220 gn. It beat out 4064 at all weights. 3031 nudged it out at 180 gn and 4895 did as well at 200 gn. The RL-7 charge weights were consider...

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There's a Supreme Court case that's going to be decided fairly soon about what the Second Amendment means. I taught Constitutional Law for 10 years, so I've got my opinion. And my opinion is that the Second Amendment is probably -- it is an individual right and not just a right of the militia. That...

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The .45 ACP data above may not be typical. Cor-Bon seems to aim for increased fps, probably by using compressed charges of slower powders. More typical .45 factory loads may not give such a bump in fps when fired in a carbine. My notebook has some numbers from the 8/88 issue of Shooting Times. In a ...

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I wonder if anybody could estimate the pressure of such a mis-load? The QuickLOAD simulator can make an estimate, but it is not likely to be spot on. I'll assume the shooter was throwing charges, that is, the charge of AA#7 was equal in volume to 48 gn of RL7. I'm assuming this because if he was we...

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Ok, folks, fearing my less than perfect memory may be making me a malicious gossip, I went and searched the posts at Accurate Reloading. I'll give here some excerpts from people who knew him or knew professionals who did. I found no one with evidence the bartender version is closest to the truth. Th...

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I don't believe one has to belittle a dead man to tell the truth about him. Quite true, and I don't see anyone here has tried to belittle him. A claim of fraud was put forth; I haven't seen any evidence he was. It has been a while since I read the exchanges at A.R. I was left with the impression al...

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The most cowardly thing a man can do is let lies live on.

Reputations can include lies. Separating truth from fiction is never wrong. Debate is required to determine the truth.

Polemics and witch hunts aren't admirable, but sadly often become part of the debate. So it goes.

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He was a hunter, and he was an excellent writer. That's plenty. I don't think everything John Taylor wrote was factual, first hand experience either, but I'm glad I've read works from both writers.

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I'm returning there. Any particularly good gun shows down that way? Peoria's are pretty so-so, at least they had been when we moved away 4 years ago.

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Thanks Joe; I should have done that for him.

I'll be moving to Peoria this summer. In what county are you?

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I think Jim is just trying to say politics would be easier if you could reliably figure out what a candidate's position is. Most politicians today have very elastic principles, so selecting one is primarily guess work.

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Look up the Allan Foundry front blade at Brownell's. You have to file it to the final contour you want.

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It is a scaled down '74 Sharps and was designed by this company in Montana. They continue to offer custom versions built in their own shops, but they have helped an Italian maker introduce a very similar model. Charles Daly is the principle importer of this clone, which sells for about 1/3 the price...

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You might search the forums of AccurateReloading.com, where this has been discussed in years past. I gathered he was a hunter who in his books was quite willing to merge his experiences with those he'd heard. From the arguments, I couldn't sort out if the bulk of the adventures he wrote about were h...

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If some of the design flaws of the Marlin and Win 94 have been corrected Now, I don't see there were any major design flaws in either design. Both were designed around the .30-30, and both have proven themselves up to that task for over 100 years. Looking at the proportions of the new action, I'd s...

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Mossberg's link is slow. It took my PC about an hour to down load the thing. For those wanting to see more, these were clipped from the Mossberg .pdf file. The article says they had begun development on it before Winchester shut down production of their 94s. It's clearly a 94 action with a round bol...

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It's wonderful to see new levergun designs hit the market, one each from Mossberg and Henry. The Mossberg may not be quite as pretty as the 94s from a 100 years ago, but at least they are trying. The Henry appears to be made on Hepburn's (Marlin) design, and, well, at least they are trying, too. Kud...

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Beartooth also offers Keith style .44's.

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The base diameter of .303 Sav brass is between the .30-30 and the .30-40, and I'm pretty sure neither will work as a substitute. Graf's had a run of .303 brass made recently with their headstamp, but they list them as sold out for now. They still list the Bertram brass, but that is (from what I've r...

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On Alliant's site, the .38 Spl data for 200 gn lead bullets indicates Blue Dot and 2400 are the powders to go with.

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I don't think individuals with sporters will stop an invader. Extermination is the proven answer to such rebellions, if the invader has the stomach for it. In modern democracies, armed rebellion is a very serious threat to the government. Citizens shooting at government agents completely undermines ...

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Might as well get used to such devices. I think most people would prefer them to rolling blackouts. One market solution is higher juice prices for peak demand. The power company can freely install meters to charge you what the market will bear for competitive, peak juice use. I imagine $20/kw-hr wou...

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Thanks Steve, I think I can see that. I've read of troubles in some bolt rifles in getting the short mags to feed, and the proportions are about the same. I looked up this morning the OAL of the .454 (already available in the Puma) and the .221 Fireball. Since the .22 version is already shorter than...

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I don't think it's going to work too well with out a rim I've never owned a 92 or others of its ilk, so it's not obvious to me that a rim is essential for feeding. My first reaction is it should be possible to shape the 92's cartridge guide so that it functions like the guide on a 95 Win (but I've ...

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Very nice, thank you.

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One rather experienced African hunter, John Taylor, wrote he used open sights even as he aged. He had his guns sighted with the rear sight well down the barrel, towards the front sight. By reducing the distance between the two, he could keep both in focus. The loss in sight radius was more than comp...

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