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  1. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    Yes, I'm good to go for this season with the 100 yard zero. I reviewed the ballistic sheet chorizo posted earlier for the 100 yard zero and I should be about 2.2" high at 50 which is pretty good for my needs. I did find a clearing when I was scouting for gun season on some state land where...
  2. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    I got to the range tonight and shot about a dozen of the 385 grain Lyman Great Plains bullets. I was shooting at 100 yards and started out hitting way low and right. By the time I got zeroed in on the bullseye at 100 yards I fired a 3 shot group that went 1.75". Unfortunately (or fortunately...
  3. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    I was at the Kenockee Trading Post about a month ago and Anson Morgan did mention to me that Swiss was hotter than Goex, but I didn't know it was that much more. From what he told me they have a different kind of wood in Europe that they use to make the charcoal for the powder with. I think he...
  4. azsixshooter

    WITHDRAWN WTS Lyman Great Plains (Hunter) 50 cal. perc. $550 shipped

    Sweet hunting rifle, I wish I could afford to take her off your hands. I built a .54 cal GPR flintlock from a Lyman kit and I really like it. Good luck, I hope you get top dollar for her!
  5. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    Nice cow! Did you get any ivories out of her? Thanks for the tip about the Dura Felt wads. I saw that written in other forum posts in regards to conicals, but I didn't know if it would help with these GPs or not. I love all kinds of guns and hunting, but there's something special about...
  6. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    Thank you so much for taking the time to crunch those ballistics for me. I really appreciate it. Looks like I will raise my zero from 50 to 100 yards. In all honesty, I am not expecting to shoot a deer anywhere near 100 yards where I usually hunt. All the deer I've ever killed have been inside...
  7. azsixshooter

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    I have an old CVA Hawken that someone gave me that I use sometimes for Whitetail Deer hunting here in the limited firearms zone in Michigan. This year I'm shooting 385 grain Lyman Great Plains bullets with 100 grains of Goex FF. What is a good maximum point blank range for this combination...
  8. azsixshooter

    Lyman GPR flint breaking

    I had problems with my GPR last week because I had a flint that was too small and I had a lot of trouble getting it to spark properly. I found an old thread here in the Flintlocks SubForum and ordered a 12 pack of hand-knapped flints from trackofthewolf.com and some leather wraps. The 3/4x3/4"...
  9. azsixshooter

    Lyman GPR Flint

    I had one of those small, laser-cut looking flints on the GPR Hawken I built from a kit. I was shooting last weekend trying to find a good accurate hunting load so I could get the sights zeroed in and the flint was failing and even falling out. I had hammered a lead ball flat and made a wrap for...
  10. azsixshooter

    Greetings Y'all! Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Texas Rangers

    Welcome to the forum! There's a podcast called "Legends Of The Old West" that has a series on Texas Rangers and at least one or two other series on specific Rangers. I know one of them was Frank Hamer, I believe there was another Ranger featured too. It's a great podcast, I binge it all the time...
  11. azsixshooter

    Carrying Heavy Revolvers

    I have a Guides Choice Chest Rig from Diamond D Leathers in Wasilla, Alaska that I like a lot. I carry a 5.5" Bisley Blackhawk in .41 Remington Mag in it for deerhunting and it's very comfortable.
  12. azsixshooter

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I went out burning coal with my CVA St Louis Hawken with some 270 grain Buffalo Ball-ets that I got at Johnson's Sporting Goods in Adrian, MI a couple years ago. I settled on a charge of 90 grains but now that I have it sighted in I only have about 8 Ball-ets left and I guess the company went...
  13. azsixshooter

    Long time flinter who also enjoys percussions

    Welcome from Pinckney, MI! I was just out shooting a CVA St Louis Hawken .50 cal caplock this afternoon. Also have a GPR rock lock in .54 cal I built from the kit. Got lots of help from very friendly people here on these forums. I'm sure your extensive experience will be a very welcome blessing...
  14. azsixshooter

    Finished Kibler Colonial #2.

    To think that piece of wood was a living, growing thing at one time and now it has a different path. God made it beautiful in life, you made it beautiful in death. But in its death may it bless many generations to come, thanks to your skillful hands. I read once that a laborer works with his...
  15. azsixshooter

    CVA .50 Cal Kentucky Pistol

    When I got into black powder I was building a Lyman GPR in .54 cal and my cousin gave me a bunch of muzzleloader stuff. One of the things he gave me was a CVA Kentucky pistol kit in .45. He and another guy were doing some volunteer work for an elderly lady and found it in her attic. When he gave...
  16. azsixshooter

    CVA .50 Cal Kentucky Pistol

    An old friend of mine gave me a couple of CVA guns he built in high school last September. A .50 cal Hawken and a .50 cal Kentucky pistol with a 10" barrel. I finally got some BP and took the pistol out for a workout yesterday. I had a paper target and a small steel buffalo target that I picked...
  17. azsixshooter

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    I just finished a Lyman GPR flintlock in .54 cal about 2 weeks ago and today got to shoot her in the Michigan State Muzzleloading Association Championship novice program! I'm new to traditional muzzleloaders and I was so excited to have this experience today, especially with a Hawken! The cherry...
  18. azsixshooter

    Flintlock kits

    I built a Lyman Great Plains Rifle and it was pretty easy. I made a bunch of mistakes and had to take extra time to fix them, but I guess that's how you learn. Mine is a .54 cal flintlock, I haven't shot it enough to get the sights zero'ed in, but I was hitting my target 10 out of 10 times at 25...
  19. azsixshooter

    .54 Cal Lyman GPR Flintlock Build - First Shot

    After spending about 3 years dinking around working on this build sporadically I finally got her finished last night and shot her today. Wow, I REALLY like flintlocks now! This is actually the first flintlock I've ever shot. I got back in the woods by myself and enjoyed shooting my first...
  20. azsixshooter

    GPR Build; Spot Stain Question

    Thank you Clint, I appreciate the expert advice!
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