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    Lyman GPR

    Hi stryk sorry almost forgot most important part dump the factory touch hole liner.I went for the rms but next would go for the white lightning liner.tight groups. stump shooter
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    Lyman GPR

    Hi STRYK I have three gprs one is a flint in 54 the load i use in the 54 is 95 gr 2f goex with a 0.15 pillow tick patch.I regularly shoot groups off the bench of 1.3 in.with open sights and i know that this is real good for a flint gun. If you are seeing the flash of the prime you arent going to...
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    What cal for elk

    Thx Roundball Reason I thought on a 42 in is may get a little more velocity out of it though dont know for sure.I know from experience that I dont cover more than 2 miles all day long so a long rifle is not much bother.I also know they are tough and like to run down hill when hit so like to...
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    What cal for elk

    Hi all Got another question seems like I got lots of them. I am having a rifle built just for hunting big game, mostly gonna target elk since I live kinda in the middle of them.I was going to have a 54 cal 42 in built but then figured since it was probibly going to shoot more elk than anything I...
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    Gun Stock Wood

    Thanks lots of good info here will see if they can ship to Canada Thx Don
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    Gun Stock Wood

    Hi again I got through the failure to fire with my first flint rifle now I have the bug.You guys got me hooked now all I want to do is build flintlocks.With all the the experience out there someone can probibly tell me where to buy real good quality stock blanks. I am left hand so most of the...
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    Best Quality Barrel?

    Hi again Thanks for all the info on barrels dont think I need to spend huge dollars just need a good barrel. Guess I should have explained better if green mountain is good they seem to be easy to get I would go with them I beleive colerain is listed in the kit I was looking at.If they are good...
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    Best Quality Barrel?

    Hi everyone I cant beleive someone hasent asked this question already but i cant seem to find it . I am planning to build a new southern mountain rifle in a flint and I would like to buy the best barrel that can be had.Also there are many makers of kits but I have only built kits from...
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    trouble with flint reliability

    Hey success Guess what, learned something today not bad for an old fart eh.Tried 2f main charge and 2f prime and gun fired till flint quit sparking this is a first.I am getting some 3f powder next week and think that will be the perfect combo, I now believe the 4f that I ground was too fast and...
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    trouble with flint reliability

    In response to Ripley1 Hi I guess what you are doing is very much the same as what I do and where i live is very dry not desert dry but considered dry.I drilled the touch hole to 0.070 and flared the touch hole the only thing I can think of is I am being too cheap on prime as I use very little.I...
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    trouble with flint reliability

    Hi again Thanks for all the help you guys are great I will try to outline my exact procedure as I cant figure this out at all.I fire a pan or two of powder then run a dry butches tripple twill patch down to the patent breech.Then dry the small cavity of the patent breech with a 270cal brush and...
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    trouble with flint reliability

    Hi again First off thanks for the warm welcome and all the loading and shooting advice this is a great forum.I guess i should give you a run down of my loading and shooting procedure.First I burn a pan of powder then I push a clean patch into bore to remove oil already opened th to 50 drill size...
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    trouble with flint reliability

    Hi New to this forum so a little green I have a lyman gpr in flint geometry looks good lots of spark.Flash hole in right place as far as I can tell I am useing 2f main charge 65gr hand ground powder for prime.Pan flash is always there and ignition is very fast on first round second round is...
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