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Phil I am loading 110 grs of Graff fffg , .535 and .530 balls , .015 pillow ticking patch, old CVA #11 CAPS ( THESE ARE CCI'S ). This load is very accurate in my gun .

Burrs/rough bore is a common problem in investarms guns. They are quite accurate but hard to load more than a couple of rounds without cleaning. Dulalist54 has documented this in his fix video. I used finer scotch Brite than he did and less strokes. Going to do a hundred more.

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Went to the son-in-law's farm yesterday and shot about 25 rounds. Just shooting beer cans off hand. I have both .530 and .535 balls. I was just trying to decide if I could tell the difference loading them but I couldn't I have never been able to load more than 2 without swabbing the boar so a...

This is fatiguing. The only reason l have a Lyman GPR is it is or was the only reasonablely priced Hawkin style rifle I could afford. If anything else was available from an American manufacturer that is what I would have. It is rather crudely assembled and probably from a relatively mild steel...

I have a Lyman GPR in 54 and someone in an earlier post indicated that my load of 110 grs FFFG with a PRB was higher than shown in the manual that came with the gun. My GPR was purchased in 2018 and the manual does indicate a max charge of 100grs which I never checked cause I have the LYMAB...

Sorry for you guys that are short of caps. Bill Clinton caused me my first inconvenience with shooting components. Since then about a year before the next presidential election I buy supplies to out last any Democrat that is elected. he cured me.

I shoot 110 Grs Graff FFFg with a patched ball all the time in my Lyman Plains Rifle . My feeling is a 2 or 3 inch group at 100 is possible if your eyes are good enough. I usually don't shoot farther than 75

Even though the grease thing is a mess it is easy to do

Well it wasn't a dry ball the powder charge was in there. The ball got stuck about half way down. I had forgotten my range rod which is steel and my delrin (plastic) rod was not stiff enough to push it down. I am the only one in my group that hunts with BP and I was just shooting at cans at...

Well last weekend I stuck a ball. Being a former boy scout I had bought some 6mm x.75 alemite fittings for just such an occasion . Man you can blow a ball right out with a grease gun. However, what a mess. HAHAHA

Attached is a picture of the only recovered patch from this weekend ( only fired two shots). I don't know if this says anything but you don't see any rifling marks or much powder burn

Just to respond to some of your comments My load is a Hornaday .530 Round ball 110 grains FFFG Graff Powder .018" Pillow ticking pre cut patches from Track CCI , Rem , and or RWS Caps Mink Oil Lube from Track My goal was to just get the bore lapped enough so I could shoot 3 to 5 shots without...

Well finally got out to test my barrel. The lapping I did was not enough . Got a ball stuck on the 3rd shot and had to pump it out with a grease gun and an alemite fitting ,what a mess . Going to try a hundred more strokes with fine scotch bright pad.

I use 110 g of Graff fffg behind a .530 ball and .18 pillow ticking patches. (Lyman Plains Rifle). The recoil doesn't seem bad to me.

Looks good too me

If it was mine I would be proud of it!!!!!!

SD that is very helpful

Thanks guys