GPR vs Mountain Rifle

[Bill M.]

PRB or bullets? You sorta have to pick which you want to hunt with and go from there. Any of the guns you listed will do the job. As will a TC Hawken. (what I have). So maybe you are deciding between a relatively fast twist .45 or .50 or a slow twist deep rifled .54. I get better accuracy with bullets than the PRB but that may be due to my lack of knowledge and skills.

 

[SOLANCO]

Trying to decide on gun for deer hunting. Have looked at 50 and 54 in GPR and CVA Mountain Rifle and Browning Mountain Rifle. All seem to be okay for that purpose. Any thoughts?? Thanks.

When you mount them, which one fits you best? Try mounting it with your hunting jacket on.
If you place your shot well, any of them, in either caliber, will kill a deer.

 

[Y2GREY]

About that Browing Mountain Rifle thing, the ones I've seen are nicely made. The one guy I knew who owned one, a .50 he decked a moose with, and loved it. All good however I'm certain I've recently read replacement main springs are impossible to find. I don't know how often they fail but I believe one person recounted breaking two of them.

Might be worth a bit of research before investing in the Browning, they usually sell for a pretty fair chunk of dough.

I'd like to find an older cherry Lyman GPR in .54 for the right price.

The unattainable main springs for the JBMR are available you just have to do some searching or be on the look out. I recently picked up a couple for back up. The only other issue I’ve seen with these is the stock seems prone to developing a crack at the lower butt plate screw.

 

[bronko220002]

Nothing against CVA but I always liked the Brownings. That would be my first choice followed by the Lyman GPR.