Paul LaFranco
36 Cal.
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2007
- Messages
- 64
- Reaction score
- 15
Hi everyone,
Im in the process of building a .54cal Lyman GPR, and it's coming along very nicely, I also own a T/C .50 cal Hawken. I hav'nt shot any BP in over 25 yrs, I've been too busy with the modern stuff, but now that Im retired, Im going to take an extra day at the range for BP shootin. I went to the gun shop last Tuesday and bought everything I think Im gonna need to shoot my two BP rifles. The items I bought inclued a short starter, jags brushes, powder measure, powder horn, BP solvent, No 11 caps (Hy score, and Remington). The round balls, and patches I bought for the .50 are Hornaday .495 round balls, and T/C .018 pillow ticking patches(pre lubed). For the .54 I bought Hornaday
.535 round balls, and T/C special pre-cut patches # 7034. I don't think these patches are pre-lubed, but the guy at the gun shop sold me some Hoppes#9 special BP solvent, and patch lube, he said it will work just fine. I also bout a pair of bullet screws for the .50, and .54. So how did I do? What did I forget?
I know there must be some things I forgot! I also orderd 4 lbs of 2F BP from Graf & Sons. Also it seems that most guys on this sight use round balls instead of Maxi-balls or conical bullets, why?
Paul :grin:
Im in the process of building a .54cal Lyman GPR, and it's coming along very nicely, I also own a T/C .50 cal Hawken. I hav'nt shot any BP in over 25 yrs, I've been too busy with the modern stuff, but now that Im retired, Im going to take an extra day at the range for BP shootin. I went to the gun shop last Tuesday and bought everything I think Im gonna need to shoot my two BP rifles. The items I bought inclued a short starter, jags brushes, powder measure, powder horn, BP solvent, No 11 caps (Hy score, and Remington). The round balls, and patches I bought for the .50 are Hornaday .495 round balls, and T/C .018 pillow ticking patches(pre lubed). For the .54 I bought Hornaday
.535 round balls, and T/C special pre-cut patches # 7034. I don't think these patches are pre-lubed, but the guy at the gun shop sold me some Hoppes#9 special BP solvent, and patch lube, he said it will work just fine. I also bout a pair of bullet screws for the .50, and .54. So how did I do? What did I forget?
I know there must be some things I forgot! I also orderd 4 lbs of 2F BP from Graf & Sons. Also it seems that most guys on this sight use round balls instead of Maxi-balls or conical bullets, why?
Paul :grin: