Lyman Great Plains signature series (Pedersoli).

[TreeMan]

Here is a pic of the Davis Deer Slayer trigger (right) out of my investarms Great Plains compared to the Ped GPR (left).

 

[FishDFly]

Quite a bit of difference.

 

[Capnball]

Here is a pic of the Davis Deer Slayer trigger (right) out of my investarms Great Plains compared to the Ped GPR (left).

Wow!

 

[Notchy Bob]

Fishdfly ,

All of your points are well taken. Thank you for your comments!

TreeMan,

The additional pictures (and your patience!) are much appreciated. It looks as if both tang screws do engage the trigger plate, to reinforce the wrist. That's a very good feature. In comparison to the trigger bar or plate on the original St. Louis Hawkens, it is somewhat shorter, but it definitely gives structural support to the wrist.

Those are some very robust triggers on that GPS. Wow!

I'm trying to talk myself out of ordering one of these...

Notchy Bob

 

[Capnball]

"I'm trying to talk myself out of ordering one of these..."

Uhhhhhhh, why? LOL
if I had the money right now, I'd own a percussion .54 GPR bling model myself.
Neil

 

[TreeMan]

Fishdfly ,

All of your points are well taken. Thank you for your comments!

TreeMan,

The additional pictures (and your patience!) are much appreciated. It looks as if both tang screws do engage the trigger plate, to reinforce the wrist. That's a very good feature. In comparison to the trigger bar or plate on the original St. Louis Hawkens, it is somewhat shorter, but it definitely gives structural support to the wrist.

Those are some very robust triggers on that GPS. Wow!

I'm trying to talk myself out of ordering one of these...

Notchy Bob

If you order one you can cancel your gym membership because this rifle is as heavy as a 12 yr old kid.

 

[Capnball]

If you order one you can cancel your gym membership because this rifle is as heaving as a 12 yr old kid.

Lol, I have to join the Y to do my post op therapy for my knees in Jan. I wonder if I can rig some kind of a leg press pulley for the gun at home.
Neil

 

[TerryK]

I would get one in a snap, but that weight is too much for me. We drive deer all day, and after lunch, heavier guns get much heavier. Wish they would swamp the barrels.

 

[Musketeer]

That Pedersoli trigger assembly looks substantial, to say the least.

 

[FishDFly]

The Pedersoli Hawken I have should have come with a "free" Radio Flyer Wagon.

 

[Nameless Hunter]

I would get one in a snap, but that weight is too much for me. We drive deer all day, and after lunch, heavier guns get much heavier. Wish they would swamp the barrels.

Interesting that the "specs" state the 50 and the 54 both weigh 8.8 pounds. Wonder what they really weigh...

 

[FishDFly]

Interesting that the "specs" state the 50 and the 54 both weigh 8.8 pounds. Wonder what they really weigh...

Ask Treeman, he has one.

 

[TreeMan]

Ask Treeman, he has one.

I just weighed it on my bathroom scale sitting on the muzzle. I did it three times in three different spots on the scale. I then weighed myself with and without the gun. I get a consistent 9.8lbs. Mine is a .54 cal with a 15/16 barrel

 

[Capnball]

I just weighed it on my bathroom scale sitting on the muzzle. I did it three times in three different spots on the scale. I then weighed myself with and without the gun. I get a consistent 9.8lbs.

You're a little guy, huh?

 

[TreeMan]

You're a little guy, huh?

I wish! That rifle set me over the 300lb mark!!! Trust me when I say carrying a 9.8lb rifle is child’s play for my fat ass!

 

[FishDFly]

When you get to be over 70, 9.8 lbs. might as well be 50.

 

[Capnball]

I wish! That rifle set me over the 300lb mark!!! Trust me when I say carrying a 9.8lb rifle is child’s play for my fat ass!

I just read it too fast. Lol

 

[Capnball]

I just read it too fast. Lol

I'm a full figured guy myself.
My Dr says I'm too short for my weight.
He's a wise guy!

 

[Notchy Bob]

You guys crack me up...

Notchy Bob

 

[Nameless Hunter]

I just weighed it on my bathroom scale sitting on the muzzle. I did it three times in three different spots on the scale. I then weighed myself with and without the gun. I get a consistent 9.8lbs. Mine is a .54 cal with a 15/16 barrel

Wow, that's a little heavier than the quoted spec.
My Lyman/Investarms GPR "supposedly" weighs 9 pounds, and a Kibler Colonial in 54 cal is supposed to weigh in at under 9-1/2 pounds.