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Another shot showing all the toys!

Well haven't been out in a few months and was able to sneak off and exterminate some cups and cans!!!!!!! Fall is here!!!!

Yankee I am still shooting some CVA caps (which appear to be CCI'S) THAT I BOUGHT around 1990 from Walmart for $1.00 a can.

I live in South West Tennessee near Memphis. I was in the local Walmart this afternoon and they had a good supply of CCI #11 Caps. I suspect most of the Walmarts either have them or will be getting them shortly for you guys that may not have any inventory. Good luck!

Well I picked up a couple of pounds of genuine-double rectified-black powder the other day and life is good!!!! I have been watching videos on making your own and fortunately My partner and I are chemical engineers, and we have the necessary equipment in our office/shop to do the job. However ...

Well lately I have been shooting these old CVA #11 caps which I bought at Walmart around 25 years ago . I have 3 cans of them . I think they are CCI caps based on the shape of the can. Interestingly they have been 100% reliable. I stored them in my gun closet in the house all this time. If you...

I know this is an old thread but I finally got my courage up today and put it in the arbor press. I just barely bent it . I mean you can hardly tell it . Boy it is tight now. Probably a little bit too tight but it is such an improvement I am gonna leave it alone. Man I put almost no load on it...

I have a Lyman GPR 54 percussion (Investarms) that has been a good shooter and a reliable companion. Best value to get going in muzzloading that I have seen. I expect the new signature guns are even better.

Based on what nhmoose says "Bore Butter" and it's competitors are made of Paraffin and Mineral oil which as far as I can tell are petroleum based products and should be a no-no for black powder applications due to sludge formation upon ignition.

For you guys out west and other places it's cold and dry you should know i live in West Tennessee and the humidity is high and we don't have very cold winters. I have noticed that tubes of bore butter get hard when it is down near freezing but I can usually squeeze the tube enough to use the...

Ok so I regularly read that somebody on these forums doesn't like "Bore Butter" for some reason or another. What I'm curious about is what is it you don't like . I have used it as a patch lube , conical bullet lube and to wipe the bore down and have had no issues. I don't use it for long term...

No criticism from me . I'm shooting 110 gr of Graff FFFG in my Lyman GPR 54. Ranges for me would be 30 to 50 yards typically. I might try your loading next time out. Nice job on the build.

When I got back into traditional Muzzleloading a few years ago with the purchase of my Lyman GPR 54 one of the things I wanted to do was get away from BP substitutes and go with the real thing. I was also trying to buy a gun that looked as traditional as I could afford . Well I bought Graff's...

Hey I was not suggesting drink and shoot at the same time. There are plenty of beer and cola cans on the roads . Also I recycle the remains and don't send the to the land fill. I should have been more clear. We were just shooting beer cans on Sunday and I've always enjoyed watching them dance...

Well I was out Sunday with the Lyman GPR54 shooting at beer cans off the hood of the truck with the son-in-law and the grandson and I was reminded that beer cans are an invasive species found worldwide. Now I want to know have you asked yourself have I done enough to end the beer can scruuge...

I am using Graff fffg with very good results. I should note that I am shooting a Lyman GPR54 percussion.

So how do you capture the wedge keys

OK my wedge pins keep falling out on my Lyman GPR . The manual suggests you use a 1" pipe and gently tap it on the barrel lug bending it slightly till the pins are tight. I have a 2 ton Arbor press with a 3/4" spherical nose that can be put on the ram . Seems like this would be a good way to do...

Looks very good to me. I like the mod to the comb. I have given some thought to doing the same thing and getting rid of the fish belly . How has your gun performed over the years and when did u build it.

I was thinkin the same thing Styk!