Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

guido4198

Thanks Gunny.
My Father's brother was a 21 yr old Marine pilot. He flew an F4U Corsair in the Pacific theater. Still out there.
When I was born, they named me after him. I try to remember that and make sure I don't do anything that would bring dishonor on his name.
Semper Fi.

guido4198

Thanks for taking time to share your experiences.

guido4198

Congratulations on a great find..!!!!

guido4198

I have always admired the 32 Winchester Special "from afar"...meaning I've never owned one, but have given some thought to acquiring one from time to time. A buddy of mine has an original that is a sweet rifle but since it's a family heirloom, and the rifle he killed his first deer with......

guido4198

Has not the .38 special in a HAND GUN worked for the police for many years??? No...not really. It was issued for many years....that doesn't mean it worked well. A lot of factors go into the process of choosing a sidearm for law enforcement. Effectiveness has historically not been high on the list.

guido4198

No problem Ray. I'm just amazed at how inexpensive the "C" Kahrs are... and how well they do what they were designed to do ..!! BTW: Did someone mention "patched roundballs"...????? I'm off for Friendship next week...a little time spent in the 18th century, sleeping in a tent wit...

guido4198

Darn Ray....you went an burst my bubble there buddy. :lol: I've been loving my "Cheap" CM9 from day-1. Even thought it a good choice to, you know...bet my life on. I had no idea I had "cheaped out" by my choice. My buddy spent $800.00 on a Kimber only to have to send it back to t...

guido4198

This: " It's real easy to speculate unless you have personally been involved in a shooting incident...." Now that I have that off my chest, I'd like to ask if the OP has the numbers showing how many citizen bystanders have been injured by police gunfire by officers using hi-capacity semiau...

guido4198

Congratulations..!!!! That's a sure 'nuff beauty. Mine is a 1941 manufacture that my Father bought on the pretense that it would be "Mom's Deer rifle". That was a standing joke in my family as my Mother was a total East Boston girl, with ZERO interest in Deer hunting. :lol: He got it drill...

guido4198

This is really creative thinking on the part of Governor Cuomo. I appreciate an enemy who goes all in his attack and doesn't just nibble around the edges. If he can't figure out a statewide way to simply deny your right to carry...he'll tie it up with so many issues, strings, costs, and general B.S...

guido4198

This is really creative thinking on the part of Governor Cuomo. I appreciate an enemy who goes all in his attack and doesn't just nibble around the edges. If he can't figure out a statewide way to simply deny your right to carry...he'll tie it up with so many issues, strings, costs, and general B.S....

guido4198

I had to look....!!!
Thanks for the chuckle.

guido4198

I have no problem with a company "looking out for" shareholders. In fact...I EXPECT it. Dick's has made a business decision. That's their privilege, as it is mine to take my money elsewhere, which I will do. I'm sure they don't care, which is also fine. We're blessed to have many choices w...

guido4198

As a Florida resident...I get emails from Nelson. I make it a point to respond by asking him to RESIGN and stop embarrassing the citizens of Florida.
Hasn't worked...so I'm supporting Governor Rick Scott's attempt to send Nelson packing in November.

guido4198

I understand the significance of July 4, 1776 but have always believed that April 19,1775 should be THE DAY we celebrate. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Lexington, MA I highly recommend it. Try to make it a point to be standing on the Lexington Green early in the morning...close your eyes...

guido4198

That looks good..!!!
As an aside...My .250 (1941 manufacture) handles 100's real well.

guido4198

I'd like to see one like that at the International gates at every major airport too.

guido4198

For a very mild load in the .41 Magnum, I've used a 225 gn cast bullet over 6.7 gns. Unique. Never ran it over a chrono, but it made "Major caliber" on a ballistic pendulum for IPSC revolver competition. Shot well out of a couple of S&W M-57's with iron sights. When I ran them through ...

guido4198

I shoot a LOT of Blackpowder and participate on a couple of dedicated traditional muzzleloader forums. Graf's powder doesn't get any "blackeyes" in that crowd. Nobody is griping about it. IMHO: $30.00 a pound is unacceptable. I've been to the Log Cabin shop and found them to be decent folk...

guido4198

I'll absolutely take a look. COULD be a great series, but as others have observed...I'm VERY skeptical.
Anymore it seems we can't get a presentation of history that keeps it in context. It seems that everything has to be viewed through a 21st century lens.
Too bad.

guido4198

That's a DANDY right there Pard.
I'm one of those odd "levergunners" who never owned a Win 94 and never owned a 30/30..nor do I want to.
That said...a 32 Special would be just the thing. Don't know why that is...but I like it.
Congratulations.

guido4198

"Stith Mount"....Thank You Earl. Remington started offering the 760 in 1952 so Dad would have had other options. I wish I had known enough to ask him about that unique choice. After seeing this thread, I checked my 760. The scope is a 1.5 Lyman with a VERY small "Dot" reticle. Ba...

guido4198

Earl, (or anyone who knows)... I'd like to know more about the scope mount on that Remington in your picture. My father put the same set-up on his Rem. 760, 30/06. I still have that rifle and enjoy shooting it from time to time. The scope is a low power Lyman, 2x if I remember correctly, might even ...

guido4198

I have some experience hunting large animals that can kill you.
Neither I, nor anyone I have hunted with in those places takes a round into the field that has not been cycled through the rifle without showing any "issues".

guido4198

My Father's Hi-Standard HD-Military was the first firearm of any kind I ever fired. I was 6 yrs old. Dad would take me out to the West end of Broward county (FL), which USED to be wide-open spaces. We'd shoot into canal banks. In later years, when I got into shooting Bullseye pistol, I "graduat...

guido4198

I'm going to try to get over there. The January Show is historically better than the one held later in the year. I was struck by the number of interesting leverguns on tables last time I went. Instead of the usual one or two Savage 99's, it seemed there was a BUNCH of them in various calibers. Also ...

guido4198

God Bless Us Everyone..!!

guido4198

Great thread...
Thanks for bringing it back up. I was unaware of the history of the 35/30-30.
It does get the brain cells churning..!!

guido4198

At this point in history, If someone chooses to stay in California...this is how they want to live.
It's not like this came out of nowhere.

guido4198

OUTSTANDING..!! I'm a member of the Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol club in Palm Bay. The club grounds encompass something like 350 acres, with about 3,000 members. We have a website that lists a wide variety of shooting activities and events. http://www.pmrpc.com/ On days there is a special event ( i...

guido4198

Thanks for the great post.
Glad you enjoyed your visit to my neighborhood. We like it here too.
Y'all come back now....hear ???

guido4198

What's all this talk about walking around carrying a gun that is too heavy or having to be a "real" man ???? real men today take a 4x4 quad within 100 yards of their tree stand. they then sit in full scent lock camo doused in cover scent 20' in the air, using a lazer range finder between ...

guido4198

Did Somebody say "CAST"...??????? :wink: Here's my experience. I'm shooting an original, 1952 manufacture M71. The only mold I have for it is the one I inherited from my Father. It's an IDEAL gas check design # 350447 HP. Using 50/50 lead/WW I get bullets that grade out 178.5 +/- 0.5 gns. ...

guido4198

I spent a lot of time in the Midlands in Rhodesia in the late 70's. We also shot Baboons on sight. Very destructive critters...also very smart.

guido4198

Congratulations.
Always good to hear of a classic ending up in appreciative hands.

guido4198

Thanks Sixgun. That band on your magazine tube looks great, and I'm especially pleased to hear you haven't had any issues with having it there. My problem with the original Winchester endcap set-up, besides being hard to find and grossly over-priced when you do...is that it's not correct for a Stand...

guido4198

I'm the proud owner of a standard grade Winchester M-71, manufactured 1952. :P I've had this rifle for a while, and enjoyed a lot of range time with it shooting both cast and jacketed bullets. I've only taken it into the woods once, didn't get a shot. Oh well. I'm going to be hunting more with this ...

guido4198

They may be "doing it" in South Carolina, but I have serious reservations about using a 30 caliber roundball on a deer at those kind of ranges. The patterns are certainly impressive. Much better than we expect at those long ranges. Might be fine close-up but the energy generated doesn't ev...

guido4198

My .250/3000 M-99 isn't a carbine, but it was manufactured in 1941. I have carefully verified that it's a 1:14 twist.
I've had no issues with Winchester 100 gn. Silvertip factory ammo. I also load my own with 100 gn PSP bullets. Both have worked well on Whitetail.

guido4198

That "Boy Scout version" appears to have been constructed from surplus parts left over in warehouses when Germans stopped making the Hitler Youth knives that were so prevalent in the 1933-1945 period. The "black plastic handle" is black plastic. Google "Hitler Youth Knife&qu...

guido4198

Too bad somebody F'd up an otherwise very nice looking rifle with that ugly P.O.S. on the end of the muzzle. I wouldn't own it. I don't have anything against the caliber. I already own and shoot .375 H&H and .458 Win Mag rifles without any kind of stuff on the muzzle. That rifle does have nice c...

guido4198

Welcome to the forum. Of course, it's your rifle and you should do whatever you want with it. That said however...I don't understand the "Drive" to have some kind of conversion done to an awesome original Winchester such as you have. .348 brass is out there, and it doesn't take hundreds of...

guido4198

You're absolutely correct in the relief you will experience simply by getting OUT OF Hawaii. It certainly is a matter of perspective, as you say. From my perspective, there's absolutely no way I would move to either Hawaii, or California. As an aside...I was contacted by a "Head Hunter" of...

guido4198

I lived in Ft. Myers for a few years, now living in Sebastian, on the East Coast. I grew up in S. Florida, when it was a GREAT place to be a kid...not so much anymore. When I came back as an adult a few yrs ago and asked around about .." where do we hunt..?? " the universal reply was "...

guido4198

I compete at Friendship, IN in the NMLRA National matches with my flintlock 40 cal Rifle. While there, on the Primitive range and on our Woodswalk course I have had the pleasure of being schooled by smoothbore shooters who know what they are doing and I have to admit that out to 75 yds or so, the sm...

guido4198

My Guide Gun likes the 300-350 bullets. I worked up some good loads with IMR 4895 in the 50-55 gn range. These are running 1750-1800 fps and have proven to be plenty good enough for Whitetail and hogs out to 100 yds. I mounted a "Scout Scope" out front on mine, and LOVE IT. Unlike some fol...

guido4198

Dogknott, with all due respect... I doubt you will enjoy a 45/70 Henry if it's pushed to ..."all you can get" with hot rod handloads. For most folks....especially in a rifle not specifically built for HEAVY recoiling rounds , it's more like "all you can stand" . I have a couple o...

guido4198

OUTSTANDING...!!!!!!
Be glad they got you in and out quickly. Hospitals are full of sick people, and you don't want to spend any more time in that environment than is absolutely necessary.
Heal up, and get back on the line shooting and taking care of business.
Thanks be to God.

guido4198

Gonna take the .50 Renegade flintlock and shoot it all summer to get ready for the OCT. muzzleloader deer season in PA. Been a while since a played with it. If I remember correctly, .375 grain maxiball under 80grns of blackpowder was deadly accurate. WOW..that's one heck of a rifle you got there tm...

guido4198

Gonna take the .50 Renegade flintlock and shoot it all summer to get ready for the OCT. muzzleloader deer season in PA. Been a while since a played with it. If I remember correctly, .375 grain maxiball under 80grns of blackpowder was deadly accurate. WOW..that's one heck of a rifle you got there tm...

Search found 496 matches