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    BUCK & BALL

    Porkchop.......I'm thinking (just thinking) of the buck & ball load for general gun here in Florida not for our short 3-day muzzleloading "quota permit" season on public land which has been over as of this post. You bring up a good point. Since I am retired public safety from a large major...
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    BUCK & BALL

    PLEASE, CAN ANYONE TELL ME THEIR LOAD FOR A .50 CAL.BUCK AND BALL SET-UP. QUESTION: WILL IT BE SAFE TO USE IN A LYMAN GPR? IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE TO USING THIS SET-UP? I WILL BE HUNTING WHITE TAIL AND /OR HOG IN HEAVILY WOODED AREAS IN FLORIDA. MY MAXIMUM DISTANCE MIGHT BE NO MORE THAN...
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    Another GPR Question

    Rebel: Thanks for correcting my typo........do you feel better now?
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    Another GPR Question

    I also have a lyman gpr. when I first got it I called layman and asked "them" (layman)what they reconmened for a hunting load and I was told by the layman people to use FFg with 90 grain with a 495 ball and 10-thousand patch.........that's my 2 cents
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    Ball discharger

    thanks I will give it a whirl sometime today and keep you posted.
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    Ball discharger

    Well just for the record I tried a screw type ball puller I got from wal-mart. Result "No-way" I went to tire kingdom got a stim to use with the compresser and the air went around my .595 ball w/10thous patch. We have no stores in may home town to buy a ball discharger, but I guess I will have...
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    Ball discharger

    Does any body have a way of making a home made ball discharger. I went hunting last week and forgot to discharge my 50 cal bp layman. thanks evan
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    head shot

    Question please: At 61-years old I'm new to muzzleloading and hunting (This will be my third year at both) So the Question is, When it comes to deer why is a head shot not a good way to go if your shot is 50-yards or under?? People talk about head shots on pig, never on deer? What would be the...
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    BREECH PLUG PROBLEM

    CAYUGAD THANKS FOR THE REPLY.........I JUST GOT THE CLEANING JAG OUT BY GETTING LUCKY AND TWISTING THE PATCH PULLER DOWN IN THERE (HARD) AND CAUGHT A LITTLE PIECE OF PATCH AND PULLED HER FREE......NOW MY DAYS GETTING BETTER
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    BREECH PLUG PROBLEM

    THE TIP OF MY CLEANING ROD CAME OFF THE ROD AND IS LODGE ALL THE WAY DOWN NEXT TO THE BREECH PLUG IN THE BARREL. I TRIED TO HOOK THE CLEANING TIP WITH MY PATCH PULLER BUT TO NO AVAIL........BEEN ONE HECK OF A DAY
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    Percussion caps

    THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. I GROUND IT DOWN AND WENT TO THE RANGE AND SHOT WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS FORUM IS GREAT STUFF.
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    BREECH PLUG PROBLEM

    QUESTION PLEASE: CAN THE BREECH PLUG ON MY LYMAN 50.CAL. GREAT PLAINS MUZZLELOADER BE REMOVED AND IF IT CAN WHICH WAY DOES IT TURN TO COME OUT. CLOCK-WISE OR COUNTER CLOCK-WISE. I HAVE TRIED GENTLY TO REMOVE IT BUT IT'S SOLID AS A ROCK. I THROUGHT I MIGHT BE TURNING THE PLUG THE WRONG...
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    Percussion caps

    Thanks, just called layman and they said change the nipple, it takes the No# 11 just fine......this is the price I pay for being a newbee........I don't have a ball puller and now have a charged 50 cal in the gun cabinet. Do I take the rifle apart to clear the charge or wait to get a ball...
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    Percussion caps

    Which type of percussion cap do I use with my layman great plans .50 cal. The typical CCI No.11 Magnum percussion cap that I use with T/C muzzleloared does not fit nor fire when used with my layman.(the nipples are different) I read the layman user's guide and I could not find the information...
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    Duplex loads

    In a duplex load " loaded for bear: were you use two ball in one load, How do you keep the last ball down(second ball) from rolling out. Or do you use a patch for each ball........... Is it fair to say you put in 90 ff pb+pb? how far will this shoot out.....(Range?) 50 yards? 100? yards...I'm...
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    Rounds

    Lone Carabiner, how far out can I shoot with this set-up and still have knock-down power. Why would you use less powder to push two balls than one. When I called layman and asks them what was the best load for their .50 cal they recomended 100 FF ? for one ball. How can 70 FF push two balls as...
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    hunting bullet for deer and bear

    what is a duplex load for prb. How do you make this load up. I will be hunting with a layman 50 cal and was thinking I needed something with some knock-down power for hog here in central Florida. I could use the info. Thanks evan
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    lyman .50 cal

    .69 cal. thanks for writing me. The answer is I just throught the bigger the slug the more knok-down power I would have, but thanks to all the responces I am staying with PB or Hornady's "Hard Ball" I called Hornady and asked those nice people what they would recomend and their man said "Hard...
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    Rounds

    Shortjack: althrough I'm 61-years old I've only been hunting a short time. I guess I have been watching the hunting ch. on T.V to long. They make it look easy, but I have already found out it's not. Not at least were I have been hunting.. Thanks for your reply. Evan
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    Rounds

    thanks I learned alot from your responce.
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