Llyman great plains rifle

[Crow#21957]

I've got a chance to get a Great plains 54 cal. Excellent condition. I don't deer hunt anymore but sure like shooting. Never had a 54 always was 32,,36,,50. And a couple 62 smoothies I built.Think I can get this 54 for a real good price,, trade actually

 

[kyron4]

Go for it !

 

[deermanok]

Good gun.

 

[ETipp]

Just got one a few days ago. Haven't fired it yet. Waiting on a cleaning kit to arrive. But I do know that I like just about everything I see on that ML. The only thing that I do not like is the bottom corner of the butt stock has a very sharp edge to it. And that's the only thing I do not like about it, so far anyway.

They are suppose to be very good round ball shooters, thus the reason I have been wanting one for so long.

 

[CTShooter]

This is the one I put together from an old kit last winter. .50 cal
Still deciding on a finish.

 

[ETipp]

This is the one I put together from an old kit last winter. .50 cal
Still deciding on a finish. View attachment 191201

That ML has beautiful wood.

 

[longcruise]

This is the one I put together from an old kit last winter. .50 cal
Still deciding on a finish. View attachment 191201

Nice! Id leave the metal white and let it mellow but that's just me.

 

[jambuster]

I love mine

 

[springfield art]

I love mine

They're solid as can be! If they were available in the 1840's, that's what they would have used.

 

[akroguy]

Just got one a few days ago. Haven't fired it yet. Waiting on a cleaning kit to arrive. But I do know that I like just about everything I see on that ML. The only thing that I do not like is the bottom corner of the butt stock has a very sharp edge to it. And that's the only thing I do not like about it, so far anyway.

They are suppose to be very good round ball shooters, thus the reason I have been wanting one for so long.View attachment 191200

Yeah that butt plate toe is nasty. I filed mine down but still am not a fan if the crescent shaped butt on Hawken and southern rifle styles. They beat you up if you don’t get them perfectly mounted on the upper bicep which I forget to do.

 

[Loja man]

I pick up a used .50 cal in late summer. Barrel had some roughness that was shredding patches. I have a good load worked up now! Really like the GPR!! It was my hunting gun this year! I have 2 does down by it!
I say go for it!!

 

[Phil Coffins]

The Lyman GPR is my top choice for affordable muzzle loading rifles. The styling, and over all quality is hard to beat. Of the ones I have built from kits and a couple of factory guns that have been in my shop there are three things I generally do to make them a bit better. The wood can be reshaped a bit and stained to look more like American walnut. The set triggers get some light stone ing to sharpen the edges and the adjusting screw replaced with a longer one. Of coarse a fellow can do nothing to them and be happy but I like to tinker.
IMG_1292 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

 

[Crow#21957]

I made c the trade the lyman 54 cal gpr is mine

 

[ETipp]

I've got a chance to get a Great plains 54 cal. Excellent condition. I don't deer hunt anymore but sure like shooting. Never had a 54 always was 32,,36,,50. And a couple 62 smoothies I built.Think I can get this 54 for a real good price,, trade actually

We ain't gettin any younger and we're a long time dead. I say go for it.

 

[ETipp]

The Lyman GPR is my top choice for affordable muzzle loading rifles. The styling, and over all quality is hard to beat. Of the ones I have built from kits and a couple of factory guns that have been in my shop there are three things I generally do to make them a bit better. The wood can be reshaped a bit and stained to look more like American walnut. The set triggers get some light stone ing to sharpen the edges and the adjusting screw replaced with a longer one. Of coarse a fellow can do nothing to them and be happy but I like to tinker.
IMG_1292 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Nice.

 

[ETipp]

Yeah that butt plate toe is nasty. I filed mine down but still am not a fan if the crescent shaped butt on Hawken and southern rifle styles. They beat you up if you don’t get them perfectly mounted on the upper bicep which I forget to do.

Understood. Haven't had the opportunity to fire mine yet so we shall see on the crescent shaped butt stock, in terms of a big bore ML. I have, however, been firing my .32 Crocket Squirrel Rifle the last couple of days. I have found that those crescent shaped stocks require a more precise location on the shoulder. Nothing difficult, just a little more getting use to. As to the sharpness of the butt plate at the bottom.......I'm not sure what could be done to change that in any appreciable fashion. If all else fails, I would reckon it could be a good self defense weapon to use against those herds of trained attack elk and deer when they swarm a hunter in mass.

 

[jambuster]

I love mine!

 

[Kabulrocks]

This is the one I put together from an old kit last winter. .50 cal
Still deciding on a finish. View attachment 191201

Nice! I have two, a .50 and .54, both percussion.
Check out this video for some finishing tips to make it look like something that might have been made in the Hawken shop in the day.

 

[Crow#21957]

Git my gpr 54 today. Excellent condition. Bore is too.

 

[springfield art]

The Lyman GPR is my top choice for affordable muzzle loading rifles. The styling, and over all quality is hard to beat. Of the ones I have built from kits and a couple of factory guns that have been in my shop there are three things I generally do to make them a bit better. The wood can be reshaped a bit and stained to look more like American walnut. The set triggers get some light stone ing to sharpen the edges and the adjusting screw replaced with a longer one. Of coarse a fellow can do nothing to them and be happy but I like to tinker.
IMG_1292 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Agree! Nice job on the staining. Again, if these were available in the 1840's, they'd fly off the racks at the local trading post!