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    My new Great Plains Rifle

    ive got one that shoots powerbelt bullets just fine.....90gr. 2f....only trouble is that when you shoot anything with a plastic skirt on it you will have to clean the barrel after every shot to get out the burnt plastic out or you wont be able to pound the next bullet down the barrel....you can...
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    Workin Up a Load

    i have a gpr in 50 cal......load..80gr. 2f...felt wad..490 rb.....015 patch...very accurate.....hope this helps......enjoy your rifle...love mine..(i use this as a hunting load)..could maybe use less powder but this is where she grouped the best.
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    54 GPR

    i have a gpr in 50 cal...but i bought a extra barrel.....1 is a 1-32 twist and the other is a 1-66 twist....they just drop in.....you can get them from most any gpr dealer....i shot power belt bullets from the 1-32 barrel...90 gr. 2f....sighted in at 50yds====1 ragged hole...im very happy with...
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    58 cal. zouave joins family

    the flip up type sight is is trashed.......rifle is a cva...im in the process of trying to make a rear sight for it.....the load info came from (i believe) from the nssa....
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    58 cal. zouave joins family

    i picked up a zouave rifle.....was thinking maybe using to hunt wisc. deer this fall.....when reading about loads and ballistics i may be rethinking my plan.....load for rifle calls.....60gr. 2f black powder-vel. 793...muzz.energy 641....energy 100 yds...510...wondering if 510 energy at 100 yds...
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    Need your expertise

    i have a cabelas blue ridge rifle in 36 cal........most likely the same rifle.....i shoot 30 grs of 3f.....sighted in at 30 yds...makes one ragged hole......i load...1 felt wad....015 patch....350 ball on top of the powder charge........do you have all the stuff you need?????ball...
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    conicals or round balls

    i sight in for 50 yards.........probally never going to shoot over that by much.....hunt in the pines so you dont have any long shots.....at my age eyes arent what they used to be......ive shot deer with powerbelts.....but never recovered a bullet some poeple ive read posts by say that the...
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    conicals or round balls

    i use a felt wad ...010 patch. 80 gr. 2f with the round ball......off a rest it will cloverleaf at 50 yards.....the gpr is a very accurate rifle.....the power belts will not group at all like that but still are in a 3" bull.......after the season i will have to thy the bullets you...
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    conicals or round balls

    ive got a lyman gpr. im going to use in the wisc. muzzle loading season next week.i have both barrels.......1/60 & 1/32.....after hearing of the loss of energy of round balls at a distance im wondering if i should go with the conicals....the powerbelt bullets seem to have a bad rep. for not...
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    Muzzloading in Baraboo/Reedsburg Wis. area

    ya mazo you forgot feral cat and oh ya pole cat
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    CVA GONE

    i needed some stuff for a cva rifle.......when i finally got ahold of them.....they told me that they no longer have anything to do with side hammer guns..........another one bites the dust........said to call deer creek.....they are in ind. somewhere
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    Cleaning Pedersoli Blue Ridge

    cains muzzle loading sells a nipple with a o ring on it with about a 2foot long clear hose ......just unscrew the nipple and screw it on......end of tube goes in tub of water.works great
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    Which Powder and How Much?

    i shoot a 50 cal lyman great plains rifle..1-32 twist barrel.......90 gr.2f goex...295 gr. power belt......deadly ...one hole at 50 yds......also have 1-60 twist barrel.....80 gr. 2f goex..490 rb. wonder prelubed patch....same as above... one hole at 50 yds
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    southpaw shooter

    i also shoot left handed.lost sight in rt eye.......i have a gpr in left hand.....50 cal...have 2 barrels ....one 1-32 twist called the great plains hunter.....and one with a 1-60 twist..you can buy the barrels from mid south shooters supply.....aprox. $116.00...im very happy with the way both...
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    LYMAN PLAINS RIFLE .54 1-60 TWIST

    I HAVE ONE IN 50 CAL LEFT HAND......I BELEIVE IT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IVE FIRED....I HAVE VERY GOOD LUCK WITH 85GR. 777 245GR.POWER BELTS....I HAVE THE 1-32 TWIST HUNTER MODEL....IM SURE YOU WILL LIKE IT
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