Lyman GPR Hunter

[Carl Fowler III]

Looking to get the Hunter in .54 Cal with the shallow rifling and faster twist for hunting elk next Fall. Wondering where to start with bullet weight and shape, would prefer rolling my own. What about lubing the bullet as well....looking for weight and accuracy! Also looking to replace nipple with the larger musket caps!

 

[BrownBear]

Bud of mine has that combo, and it's really happy with the Hornady Great Plains bullet with a lubed felt wad under it. He got tired of buying and started casting his own using the Lyman Plains Bullet mold to produce a very similar slug. His Hunter is equally happy with that, but again with the lubed felt wad under it. For lube he's double-dipping them in LEE Liquid Alox lube. Produces a "dry" lube coating that makes the bullets easy to handle and store.

Great combo in that barrel. How do I know so much about it? Because I had that particular Hunter barrel before he talked me out of it.

 

[Shifty]

Do you remember what the length of the Great Plains bullets are?

 

[BrownBear]

Never measured them. They weigh 450 grains as I recall, while my 58 cals weigh a little over 500 as I recall. Length was very similar.

 

[nkbj]

Dangit, sure wish they'd have made the fast twist barrel in the lefthand flinter.

 

[nwtradegun]

make sure they allow bullets. some states only allow prb for the muzzle loading season.http://chuckhawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/muzzle-loaders/pdfs/lyc-ml-general.pdf

 

[toddbro]

I have one in 54 and love it, shoots touching groups @ 50 yds with a Great Plains bullet and 90 grains of t7. Bullet weighs 425gr.

 

[jbricejr]

I get great accuracy in my GP Hunter using TC Maxi-Balls, with 100-110 grns of 2f, and a wad between the powder and the bullet. I tried several weights of Lee REAL bullets and they didn't group as good, same with the GP bullet.

 

[Kapow]

Brown bear kindly put me onto that combo a few years ago. I'm so grateful because it is frickin deadly. Lyman great Plains bullet, wonder wad, 90gn FFFg wano or 100gn ffg wano. Two coats of Lee liquid alox.

Davis deerslayer triggers to take full advantage of it. Dead on at 100 metres it is only about 4-5 inches low at 150.

It is deadly on big game and the accuracy gives me a huge amount of confidence. I shot one down a springboks throat at 100m, heart shot a steenbok at 80 m. It is just a phenomenal combination.