New member checking in here- I`ve been using the `SEARCH` feature and doing a good bit of reading and learning a lot.
In the near future I`m planning to buy a Hawken style rifle, in percussion, and learn about shooting patched round balls. (I`ve been shooting cap and ball revolvers for a year or so and would like to expand my black powder shooting)
I`ve always wanted a Lyman Great Plains rifle since I was a kid so that`s the brand and model I`ve decided on.
Lyman offers their rifles in .50 and .54 caliber.
I`m not planning on hunting, just paper and steel targets.
Does one caliber, for my purposes, have an advantage over the other?
In the near future I`m planning to buy a Hawken style rifle, in percussion, and learn about shooting patched round balls. (I`ve been shooting cap and ball revolvers for a year or so and would like to expand my black powder shooting)
I`ve always wanted a Lyman Great Plains rifle since I was a kid so that`s the brand and model I`ve decided on.
Lyman offers their rifles in .50 and .54 caliber.
I`m not planning on hunting, just paper and steel targets.
Does one caliber, for my purposes, have an advantage over the other?