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  1. J

    BEWARE OF FEDEX AND COLLECTING TEXAS.

    Before we met, my ex-wife dated a guy who loaded trucks for UPS. He told her they had competitions to see who could throw the fragile packages the hardest. I've had broken guns and stocks delivered by all three carriers mentioned and they all looked like intentional damage.
  2. J

    Mould or mold ??

    As a teenager I spent 5 years living in Ontario, Canada. That's probably why I scratched my head trying to figure out which spelling to use. Canadians follow many English spellings and pronunciations of words. Now, how about "grey" or "gray"? Chevy or Ford, etc.
  3. J

    Columbia SC area

    Chapin checking in...
  4. J

    Bill Large barrel stamp

    I traded a friend for the flintlock rifle that has this barrel. .54 caliber, the barrel is maker marked W.M. Large in an arc, then J.J.J.J. below, then "L" under the J's. The mark is on the next flat to the left of the bottom flat. "L. Price" engraved on top flat. Does the L indicate a...
  5. J

    Ordered a Crockett .32

    I had mine out today. I built it from a kit back in February. There was a lot of tinkering involved to get everything thing to fit correctly. I bedded the tang area with Acaglas so there is no movement. I also put brass tube bushings in the stock holes that accept the lock plate screws. I hated...
  6. J

    .32 rifle load

    I had the same trouble recently and reread some info about loading. The article suggested wiping the bore after loading to dry the bore of any lube. The idea being that lube in the bore can make for fliers. I tried it and my group immediately shrunk.
  7. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I put a scope on it and that is great. Its on a mount that replaces the rear sight so there's no permanent alteration to the gun. If I was really going to be a big-time Swede shooter I'd buy one that already has a peep sight mounted on the rear of the receiver.
  8. J

    Extremely frustrated

    If only my eyes could see them these days.
  9. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I am quite aware of that. I'm also quite aware that my particular rifle is capable of 3 rounds into 1" - 1.5" at 50 yards ctc. Therefore 3.5" was not acceptable to me.
  10. J

    Extremely frustrated

    Using my new loading method I took this 6 point buck on my property last Saturday morning using my .50 Lyman GPR. .495" ball and 70 grains of Goex 2f. 56.5 yard shot. He moved just as the gun went off and the ball took out his spine right above the lungs.
  11. J

    Extremely frustrated

    Same can.
  12. J

    Extremely frustrated

    Thanks for all the great advise. I was able to get the gun shooting again by wiping the bore after loading each ball. That solved the problem very nicely. 3 rounds into one hole at 50 yards.
  13. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I'm way ahead of you. I've been doing that for several years.
  14. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I worked with the gun more and did some re reading on loading procedures. I had forgotten about wiping the bore with a dry patch after loading which is something I had not originally done. I tested the gun at 30 yards with 70 grains of Goex 2f and put 3 balls into one hole. Now I'm feeling...
  15. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I also don't feel the need to shoot a powder charge larger than I need to accomplish my particular goal. What's also strange is I can shoot my .40 flintlock with open sights at the same distance as the GPR and put 3 rounds into one hole. I think the GPR is posessed.
  16. J

    Extremely frustrated

    The weird thing is that earlier today I was shooting a 1917 Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55 at 100 yards, benched, open sights and put 4 rounds into 1 1/2". My open sight shooting with the GPR at 50 yards was about 3 1/2".
  17. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I shot it today and discovered a few things: 1. The gun groups better as the barrel heats up. 2. Once I got up to 65 and 70 grains it grouped a little better. 3. It occurred to me that in May I was shooting the gun with front and rear peep sights. I did again today to get a baseline. When I...
  18. J

    Extremely frustrated

    I'll try some different nipples while I'm shooting.
  19. J

    Extremely frustrated

    Well, I put my peep sights back on the gun and will try again tomorrow with some different patch material and see if I can sort this out.
  20. J

    Extremely frustrated

    Now that I've slept on it and am not so angry I'll clean the bore very well and start again with a different patch material for the .50 GPR. I reviewed the target on my .40 Kibler and with 35 gr. of 3F Schuetzen I put 3 shots into one hole, benched at 50 yards so I think that one is good to go...
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