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Search “nmlra” on youtube. They did a 9 part series on building a tradition’s st. Louis hawken Kit. I understand it is not a Great Plains but it is the same concept. Very informative video series that gives you a birds eye view step by step.

The NMLRA has a video series of building a Traditions hawken kit on YouTube. You could watch that series and decide for yourself if it is something you can do on your own. It didn’t look like to hard of a project to me. Depends on how far Down the rabbit hole you want to go. The beauty of it...

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/131/1/MINK-OIL here is the link.

Condensation is a killer. Cost me a deer on my first deer hunt in below zero weather. Now once the rifle is loaded it rides in the box of the pickup in a case and in the cold garage in a case. Never in the heated pickup or house.

I bet it was that damn Carol Baskin!!

I ran a test on cold weather patch lubes about 8 years ago. I would lube a patch and let it sit on the dash of my pick up overnight in the driveway in well below zero weather. Bore butter was the first to freeze, followed by olive oil second.this year was my first year using TOTW mink oil. From...

A few lessons I learned when hunting: 1. Flush bore, nipple, and flash channel with 91% rubbing alcohol before heading afield. 2. Pop a couple caps before you load the rifle. 3. If hunting in cold weather, leave the weapon cold if you plan on hunting for a few...

yes you are correct, I paid $29.99 for the pound of triple 7 ffg I bought at runnings the other day. But if It shoots reliably, cleans up good, gets a little bit more velocity, and I can pick up a pound or two every now and then on my 5 min drive from work to home, imagine how joyous and simple...

I hope I don’t run into those issues with the gpr. Up here in North I have had a heck of a time finding black powder, it was probably 8 years ago when I bought my last batch of goex at a gun shop in Bismarck, Nd and at that time they said they were done ordering BP. I just don’t want to deal...

If my memory serves me right, I believe I have an ampco nipple on the gpr now. If the cci #11 magnum caps don’t work on my current nipple I might have to order some nipples. Good tip👍

I am confused, did I post in the flintlock thread or the percussion thread? I could care less about subs in a flintlock! I was hoping to get advice and tips from guys who have had success with subs in percussion muzzleloaders, not a stream of guys talking about flintlocks in the percussion thread.

As you should, those things hang fire enough on real black powder lol.

Hey all, I’m just diving into the possibility of subs in my .54 gpr percussion. I have only used goex 2f since I bought the rifle ten years ago. I received half a pound of pyrodex p that is over ten years old from my dad and it shot accurately with 80 grains behind a PRB, but I was not a fan of...

Just shot My rifle at The range in -4 F yesterday morning and killed a deer at 6 F yesterday afternoon using mink oil. Easy, cheap, and it just flat works!

First muzzleloader season I have hunted since I left South Dakota 5 1/2 years ago. 2nd whitetail doe with the gpr. Shot was 50 yards broadside. She made it about 30 yards before her demise. .54 gpr with 1:60 twist. .530 hornady round ball. Mink oil lubed .20 pillow ticking patch. 90 gr of goex...

Haha, just watched a episode of western hunter on YouTube and he killed a nice 6x6 bull At about 50 yards with a .50 Lyman Great Plains rifle and PRB. Seemed to do the trick just fine. He mentioned in the video that he did not feel comfortable past 75 yards with the combo, so take that for what...

I have a half pound of goex 2f left. I also have 3 pounds of goex 3f I have not tried out of my .54 gpr yet. I may buy a pound or two of pyrodex p just to have on hand in case things go bad. Better to shoot a substitute than not shoot at all I guess.

If you are trying to develop a load for hunting then swab the barrel after every shot. I’m sure you will be hunting with a clean gun so simulate that at the range. I use rubbing alcohol 91% to swab between shots since that is what I use to clean the oil out of the barrel when I take the...

I’m tossing around the idea of replacing sights on my left hand gpr percussion rifle. I fear the the Lyman tang mounted peep sight will just be in the way of the hammer. I was looking at the old tc peep sight #7194 but that is next to impossible since it has been discontinued for quite some...