• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

L & R
shop deals on amazon
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. P

    First deer with muzzleloader!

    It was a doe. I haven't hunted with a gun in close to 16 years. I usually hunt with a longbow. I can say that has all changed. I'll hunt with the smokepole during regular and muzzleloader seasons in the future.
  2. P

    First deer with muzzleloader!

    Shot my first deer with muzzleloader today! Shot with a Lyman .54cal roundball at 70 yards. I hit the deer in the spine complete pass thru.. The deer was taken off his feet as if was hit by a Mac truck. However it did not die until I shot it in the head with a .22 mag. Either way I was surprised...
  3. P

    Looking for Advice on a First Blackpowder Rifle

    I seem to put the butt plate in the upper arm area. I guess it is just feeling funny compared to a modern rifle. Thanks!
  4. P

    Looking for Advice on a First Blackpowder Rifle

    I too just got into the sport of ML and purchased a Lyman GPR in .54cal. From mid south. It's a great gun, can't believe how accurate it is. You can change barrels with the hunter barrel if you want to. The only thing I'm not too crazy about is the deep curved butt plate. Depending on what you...
  5. P

    Front sight?

    Buy the way those groups were during a blizzard. Sitting in a foot of snow with a log for support. With 20mph winds.
  6. P

    Front sight?

    I will in the long run. What's the steps as far as tinkering with the load. Different amount of powder up increase to max, then go back and change the size of the patch, start again? Whats the short of it? Besides just becoming a better shoot with iron sights.
  7. P

    Front sight?

    Deadeye, that's alot of math. What I did was put on the partridge sights then shot with 80grs. Was hitting low filed the sight down shot with 90grs and bingo! Three inch groups at fifty yards! Thanks for everyones advice as I am a beginner ML but the range!
  8. P

    Ballistics?

    How fast is a 230gr ball traveling with 90grs. pyrodex from a Lyman GPR.
  9. P

    Lyman GPR

    Okay, new sear, tight the screws on the plate that holds the fly and I'm shooting again! .530 RB .015 patch, 90grns. pyrodex and I'm grouping in the 10 and 9 rings after alittle filing on the front sight! I'm talking tight I have't shot more than sixty rounds thru the gun and when this snow...
  10. P

    Conicals

    Roundball it is!
  11. P

    Conicals

    Besides roundball what conicals can I shoot from my Lyman GPR?
  12. P

    Lyman GPR

    Darkhorse, I will check everything you say but it's the fly that is getting in the way of the tumbler (I think thats what they call it). It was very loose from side to side and would get caught out of position when you pull the trigger. Stopping the tumbler/hammer half way to the nipple...
  13. P

    Front sight?

    I own a new Lyman GPR. I need to file down the front sight because the rear sight screw is about all the way backed out and the rear sight moves too much. Should I file it down half way to start? Give it to me in inches! I'm trying to avoid buying, the new sights 16aml/37ml. BUT maybe the new...
  14. P

    Lyman GPR

    I bent the bridel not the sear.
  15. P

    Lyman GPR

    I did everything you said musket, I think it,s the bridle piece that is letting the fly move left to right too much and it's getting in the way. Another problem is I just broke the tip of the sear while playing around with it. Anyway I bent the sear alittle to but more pressure on the fly. but...
  16. P

    Lyman GPR

    The set trigger on my GPR does not allow the hammer to come down completly on the nipple. When I fully cock it and pull the trigger it makes contact. Any ideas?
Back
Top