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Anybody here yet had a .54 Great Plains Hunter (the shallow groove fast twist) rebored to be a round ball shooter?
Probably end up a .56 bore? Use .55 ball?
 
This reply will sound like a repeated post, but Bobby Hoyt is your man. I had a Lyman Trade rebored from him, 50 to 54 and what a difference on accuracy! 1 in 60 twist, 7 groove, .011 groove depth, .540 bore. Tell him what you want to shoot, round ball size, powder load, etc. and he'll make it a shooter!
 
erhunter said:
This reply will sound like a repeated post, but Bobby Hoyt is your man. I had a Lyman Trade rebored from him, 50 to 54 and what a difference on accuracy! 1 in 60 twist, 7 groove, .011 groove depth, .540 bore. Tell him what you want to shoot, round ball size, powder load, etc. and he'll make it a shooter!
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Agree completely. Followed his advice on a TC rebore to 58 caliber - radius groove, narrow lands, with a 1-60 twist. Liked it so much had him do another one. Now have one in flint, and one in percussion.
 
I cannot even remember anymore which is the first job he did for me.
Might have been putting rifling in a Green Mountain .62 smoothie drop-in flinter barrel. It's a TC Hawken, the one named The Rattler 'cause that what it does to the house windows.


Hope someone has had a .54GPH rebored. Would love to hear how one turned out.
 
SDSmlf said:
Agree completely. Followed his advice on a TC rebore to 58 caliber - radius groove, narrow lands, with a 1-60 twist. Liked it so much had him do another one. Now have one in flint, and one in percussion.
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Holy cow. Me too. Two .58's, one flint and one percussion. Same rifling.
 
Anyone have contact info for Mr. Hoyt? Want to have him take a .50 TC Renegade and make it a smooth bore. Hoping it can be a .62/.20ga but a .58/.24 ga would be ok.
 

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