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    Something bigger for hunting?

    Have the matching Lymans GPR and Plains Pistol. They are both in .54 and I REALLY want to take a Doe w/ the pistol if the oppertunity arises within 30 yards is there any pistol that would be better suited for this? WI Smoke
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    Smelting Out Alloys?

    My Freind says you can smelt and skim your alloyed lead enough to make it it "Soft Lead" again. Say turning wheelweight into good round ball material. I don't think you can get enough out to make much of a difference. Who is correct? WI Smoke
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    Health Concerns

    After messing w/ smelting my new dirty lead for a few hours I felt fine, until about 2 am when I woke up and throat was swollen shut. Not my breathing tube but the swallering one. Thought it was just a giant goober and went back to sleep. By mourning I could get alittle water down but really had...
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    Gold scimmings from my lead?

    Got some lead this weekend from my club. When I melted it to make it smaller ingots and to flux is a few times, a gold colored layer kept forming. this stuff was coming up as fast as I could scimm it. One guy told my the lead originally came from a fork lift counter weight. Thanks WI Smoke...
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    No more wrinkly balls

    I am sure that this topic will also be locked in a little while. But thank you to everyone who everyone for helping me figure out my casting problem. I didn't clean the mold well and the lead and mold were not hot enough. Gotta go Barney is on then its Tella Tubby time. WI Smoke
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    MY BALLS ARE WRINKLY

    Just tried making RB's from a Lee mould I recieved today and they almost all turned out bad. Is the lead to hot/cold Is it the mould temp? And I realized If I am going to keep doing this an electric lead pot will come in handy!! Thanks Wi Smoke
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    Best way to lube conicals?

    This darn spatula just doesn't cut it. Any Ideas? I am shooting a .54 Wi Smoke
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    Ulitmate Cleanout Screw

    Cleaning my gun the other day I figured out that the cleanout screw threads are the same as a cleaning jag. I screwed it in there and went shooting on two different occations. That sure is handy to be able to unscrew it w/o a driver to bugger things up. Great for the range for those of us...
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    Mass quantity Patches?

    Is there any matterial I can buy beside pillow ticking to make/try new patches? Or possibly any cheaper manufactured ones? My .54 GPR w/ .530 balls is a pain in the hand trying to start them. WI Smoke
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    Thicker than Bore Butter?

    What kind of lube works for conicals when it is hot? Bore Butter melts realtivly easy. Weird to think of this now, being 12 degrees an all WI Smoke
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    .54 Traditions, Good deal?

    At a local gun show today I traded a.22 revolver that I paid $85 for a few months ago, (Only worth $120 new, I got it used) for a new Traditions .54 Mountaineer. It is only a back-up gun because my main squeeze is my .54 GPR. I thought this way my friends can go shoot w/ me, and it will be nice...
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    LEE vs. LYMAN Moulds

    Is Lyman worth the extra money of a .54 RB mould? WI Smoke
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    Peep sight on a LH GPR?

    From the pics I cannot tell if the model 57gpr peep sight will work on a Left handed GPR cap gun? Was also wondering about changing the front sight to the white dot style Lyman offers. Will they work in combination with eachother? If anyone thas this set up left or right comments would be...
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    Patch Cutter

    First of all what do they call those patch cutters that you hit on the back with a hammer and it cuts a perfectly round patch? Second do they work nice and what do you put your material on to smack it to cut the patch? (Wood, rubber, :hmm: Your Wife? :shake: )
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    Stock duplicating?

    Have a GPR but notice now that Everyone does. :cursing: I want to do something different like change the stock to a real nice exotic. ( I know not PC, doesn't matter to me.) What kind of wood, who is good at it, Should I get the wood myself and ship it with the rifle? What would the cost be w/...
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    Tiger stripping?

    How do some people get the nice tiger stripping in ther stocks it seems like the grain would be running length wise. :confused: :confused: WI Smoke
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    PEEP ON A LH GPR

    I was looking to install a peep type sight on my LH Great PLains Rifle but the Lyman model 57 looks like the hammer will get in the way. What is the best course of action to get a good peep style sight on this gun? Thanks to all in advance!!! WI Smoke
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    Best .32 cal?

    Think I need a squirl gun is the TC cherokee the best for the money? Only looking to spend a few hundred. WI
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    Lyman Perc. switch to Flint?

    Do all I need to do to switch my GPR to a flinter is change the barrel and hamer? seems like a cheap way of getting a Flinter.. WI
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    Lyman or Investarms Max Loads

    There is a sub topic in the thread "Cabelas Updated" that I would like to share with everyone. If you buy a lyman rifle you receive two manuals, a yellow one from Investarms (Manufactor) and one from Lyman (brand name). For max charge for the Great Plains Rifle these two manuals contradict each...
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