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I have a lyman great plains hunter and having difficulty sighting in with only 7 days left until elk season. This is a new .54 caliber and I have ran about 120 shots thru it. At fifty yards, I shoot about an inch and a half group w/ some inside of each other. At 100 yards I'm getting groups...

I am shooting the hunter barrel and had three inch groups today all about three inches low at 100 yds. I was shooting 105 grains of powder and don't have any more sight adjustment. I am goign to attempt the front sight, well see what happens, probably shoot ten inches high. Thanks for the...

I've been shooting low with my great plains rifle. I have the rear sight adjusted to the max and was reading about filing the front sight. Is it normal to have to file the front sight to get proper elevation at 100yds. I have been using 100gr of powder shooting conical bullets. I've tried...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote in asking about different style rifles for hunting. I appreciate all the advice I received and for the most part it was the same, if you can afford it, get the Great Plains Hunter. So I thought and thought and thought about it. Then I told my wife, "everybody" I...

I prefer to shoot round ball and conical. In the past I have used 300 conical for deer and 385 for elk, but that was out of a 50. I imgaine I will have to play around with the loads for .54. Hunting is with conical but I do a lot of plinking and varmit hunting with round ball.

I looked at the great plains rifle and thought it might be to long for hunting and carrying on horse back. I'm kind of stuck bewteen wanting accuracy but still having a gun I can manage easily. Justin

Greetings to all I'm looking for information on purchasing a new muzzleloader (.54) for elk hunting. Accuracy is my main concern. I have narrowed my list to three: cabelas hawken, lyman deerstalker and lyman trade. I wasn't to sure about the 24" barrel on the deerstlk. Does anyone have any...

I've been looking and looking and looking for information on muzzleloading. I started reading through the messages and saw there was a vast amount of knowledge to tap into. I need to purchase a new muzzleloader for hunting. In the past I've used a cva .50 hawken for deer and have good success...