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    54 caliber "Great Plains" mould

    Before I go further...let me say I don't know if this type of post is permissible or not. If not, please accept my apologies. Anyway, I put out some feelers on the NOE forum for a Great Plains 54 cal clone. There's been virtually no interest, but they say the NOE forum isn't terribly popular...
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    Hardball for small caliber deer hunting

    Generally speaking, I would not consider hunting deer or similar sized game with anything less than a 50 cal roundball. The foundation for that stems from my rearing in the northeast. Lately I've reflected on my observations living in the southeast for for 20 years. I've killed a bunch of deer...
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    1858 throat and barrel size/ reaming questions

    After a few years of playing around I finally got around to slugging the barrels and throats on my 1858s (Pietta). I was pretty surprised at the results. Granted, they're pretty hard to measure accurately due to the odd number of grooves, but I believe I did a reasonably accurate job. First I...
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    L&R RPL with Deerslayer - inconsistent triger pull

    I am having some problems with my GPR. It's outfitted with an L&R and a Davis Deerslayer. I noticed at the range the other day I'd occasionally get a harder trigger pull. While this worked great for diagnosing my anticipation, it was a little frustrating. After shooting I did my normal...
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    GPR flint setup help

    Hello all, long time since I have posted. I'm still getting used to my GPR (after a winter hiatus), but I am for sure enjoying the weather this week. I have around 200 balls through it now and it is my first, but not last, flintlock. I am wondering if something is wrong with how I am...
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    Sights off center

    Couldn't think of a clear subject line... My wife's Crockett rifle shoots about 30" to the left at 50 yards if I leave the sights centered on the top flat. I drifted the front sight far to the left, and it could hit the edge of the paper. Drifting the rear sight as far to the right as I was...
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    Corrosion test

    I have seen some much about the corrosiveness of Pyrodex that I thought I might do my own test. I selected 3 samples of mild steel, .25" X 1" X 3": After touching each with the random orbit sander and cleaning with solvent, I charged them with a 44 Mag case full of powder; 1 each Graf's...
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    Great time at the range

    My Trade Rifle has really tightened up with about 300 balls through it now. I've settled on 90grains of 2f Grafs for a hunting load:
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    Finally took my new GPR to the range

    Had a great time with my new .50 flinter yesterday. There's definitely a learning curve over percussion shooting. First few pans full were nothing but a flash and I could feel a knot in my stomach growing. I tried banking away, banking toward, and just leaving it level. Nothing seemed to matter...
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    New GPR

    I got my new 50 GPR and joined the flintlock club today. Interestingly enough, we now have all three of the Lymans. I've been quite happy with my Trade Rifle and my wife's Deerstalker. Some of the comments on the GPRs lately had me worried as I waited anxiously for the FEDEX truck. Particularly...
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    My new Crockett rifle arrived..

    ...with a broken stock :(
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    Weighing round balls

    Finally got around to weighing 500 swaged round balls. Hornady .530s. Imagine my dismay when I realized the spread was 216.9 - 226.0 Grains! When I picked up that 216.9 grain ball, before ever placing it on the scale, my wife said that one looks small! How she could pick that out from the other...
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    Took my 54 to the range...

    Took my Lyman Trade Rifle (54) to the range today. My goal was to find a good hunting load with Grafs 3F powder. I just bought a few pounds of it. Based on my previous results with Pyrodex RS in this rifle, I didn't think it would be very hard. The Pyrodex shot nice tight groups anywhere from...
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