Any fat guys using GPR?

[Travis Gregory]

I have been contemplating building a GPR kit and am concerned about that sharp crescent butt plate. Im a more "full figured" guy and am worried about the plate "biting" me when I shoot it. Anyone else have a problem with this or am I worried about nothing?

 

[flintlock75]

I have fired a friends GPR to see if i liked it. That sharp cresent buttplate bruised me up after just a few shots, 80gr 3F and PRB. It bit into the top of my shoulder, it was not pleasent to shoot.I would not buy one for myself. I shoot heavy charges from muskets all day with no problems. Im a big guy 6'-4" 320 lbs.I much prefer a fowler type buttplate, wide and rounded.

 

[Bountyhunter]

Ya gotta learn how to shoot the crescent buttplate. You dont put it into your shoulder like a flat bottomed shotgun butt. You put the toe of the buttplate in your armpit and the top over the top of your arm. That is what it is made that way for. Very comfortable, and soaks up recoil better than being closer to center.

I dont know about that full figured BS, but I do wear a size 50 coat. :blah: and I have 4 crescent plated rifles, and 3 original rifles with crescent butts, and I shoot em all without any problem. Try slidin that butt out where it belongs and give it a whirl, you will like it.

 

[Idaho Ron]

You are going to get guys write and say you are not mounting it right. Well I have had several guns with the cresent but plate and I don't like shooting any of them. One is a family handmedown. It is a 32 win spec that kicks like a 458 win mag. I don't see how a guy could mount them wrong. You snug them into the shoulder and that is that. They just don't fit most guys and cause more pain than they are worth. As hard as my Renegades kick I am glad they don't have them. Ron

 

[rabbit03]

I don't blame you Ron, just pack them nasty kicking rifles up and send them to me :thumbsup: :blah:

rabbit03

 

[ryoung14]

I prefer the look of the crescent butts, but for shooting heavy conicals, the shotgun type butt causes much less pain.

For shooting PRB, the crescent is fine because there isn't that much kick. Ive got two .54 PRB shooters with crescent butts (one's a GPR) and they don't bother me at all.

The GPR is primarily a PRB shooter, so there shouldn't be much of an issue.
Bob

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

You are going to get guys write and say you are not mounting it right. Well I have had several guns with the cresent but plate and I don't like shooting any of them. One is a family handmedown. It is a 32 win spec that kicks like a 458 win mag. I don't see how a guy could mount them wrong. You snug them into the shoulder and that is that. They just don't fit most guys and cause more pain than they are worth. As hard as my Renegades kick I am glad they don't have them. Ron

You ARE mounting them wrong if you are snugging them into your shoulder and you are indeed recoil sensitive if you find a that.32 Winchester Special kicks like a .458 Winchester Magnum! It is really a .30-30 class deer cartridge with light recoil. Try mounting the rifle out on your upper arm between your bicep and deltoid.

 

[Otter]

You are going to get guys write and say you are not mounting it right. Well I have had several guns with the cresent but plate and I don't like shooting any of them. One is a family handmedown. It is a 32 win spec that kicks like a 458 win mag. I don't see how a guy could mount them wrong. You snug them into the shoulder and that is that. They just don't fit most guys and cause more pain than they are worth. As hard as my Renegades kick I am glad they don't have them. Ron

Yup, and I'm another one. Mount it right and you'll have a lot more fun. Ron, since that .32 hurts ya so much, send it my way and I'll see if I can't tame it down some . . .

 

[FPDoc]

Like they say.. mount it above your bicep on your upper arm, not in the shoulder pocket. It is very comfortable that way. P.S. I'm a couple of years past skinny.

 

[cowpoke1955]

Yep. Been shooting a .54 GPR for over 27 years and love it! And I'm not exactly skinny myself.

 

You are going to get guys write and say you are not mounting it right. Well I have had several guns with the cresent but plate and I don't like shooting any of them. One is a family handmedown. It is a 32 win spec that kicks like a 458 win mag. I don't see how a guy could mount them wrong. You snug them into the shoulder and that is that. They just don't fit most guys and cause more pain than they are worth. As hard as my Renegades kick I am glad they don't have them. Ron

I'm another one, too. I ain't skinny and I shoot .58's on a regular basis with heavy charges. Most of the time I don't even feel the rifle discharge. Put the butt between your bicep and the ball of yer shoulder. That's what they're meant for. Real comfy. Shoot off the arm not yer chest. :wink:

 

[rdoggsilva]

Mount it between bicep and shoulder and it will not bother you. Been shooting these types for years. Just got me a GPR and love it.

 

[Bountyhunter]

Yeah,,,,,,what they said......!!!

 

[BrownBear]

I'm not exactly fat (6'4" and 220) but I can really hurt myself if I want with lots of recoil and a hooked buttplate. But I can make all the pain go away by putting the buttplate where it belongs.

 

[George Holton]

Ya gotta get that elbow up in the air ,like a seagull going home for lunch, and the crescent butt falls naturally into place, I get more recoil under my cheek bone from a wrong comb. Bob :thumbsup:

 

[54mountain]

I'm in that 6'4" 260lb range and the only time I've been brused is shootin from the bench workin' up a load in my 54 mountain rifle

And I Knew I was holding it wrong It was just that's how i had to hold to get a good sight picture.

Creasent stocks are definatly offhand weapons...

 

I shoot mine standing up, sitting down, laying down, and leaning back against a tree or leaning up on a van and all is good. I haven't tried dancing in circles yet. I bet that don't hurt either. Got to get the trigger finger elbow up.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Man the way you guys are saying to mount it is just too awkward for me. If you mount the gun that far out the sights don't line up. I also don't like the idea of taking the recoil on the ball of my shoulder. No thanks, I will stick to the shotgun style butt plates.
Sorry I can't give the 32 up she has been in the family for three generations. My grandfather got it the winter of 1902. It is a take down model 94. While I was exaggerating when I said it kicked like a .458 it is not comfortable. I don't like the crecent plates. My Renegades are big slug guns. Two of them shoot 410 gr Hornady Great plains with 100 gr of Pyrodex select. That is a stout load. I shoot a couple of different loads in the 45. First is a 475 gr whitworth bullet with 90 gr of Pyrodex p. The second is a Paper patched 385 gr 45-70 bullet with 90 gr of Pyrodex P. These guns are pleasent to shoot compaired to my CVA 54 hawken with a round ball. Ron

 

[Kentuckywindage]

Im a skinny dude at only 160lbs and my .54cal GPR flintlock doesnt kick hard with 80 grains FFg. Maybe i am just using a wimpy load?

 

[FPDoc]

It does not go on the ball of the shoulder. Mount the rifles butt plate above the bicep (between the ball of the shoulder and the bicep, with the elbow raised (USMC fashion). That is how it is meant to be mounted and it is very comfortable to shoot that way. Bottom line..shoot what you want how you want and have fun.