Lyman GPR

How does the GPR shoot right out of the box?Would like to get the kit but it is right hand only.Any lefties out there shoot a right hand flinter?

 

[n8dawg6]

i was wondering the exact same thing, i'd like to get the kit too. i have, however, shot a righty flinter, and im a lefty. shooting a righty flinter lefthanded was a little distracting. it was a few years back, but if i remember correctly i got a couple of sparks in my face.

 

[silverfox]

Cdrowhop Check ebay I think yesterday I saw a GPR lefty and it was started at $177 but it was percussion.
Fox :thumbsup:

 

[Big John]

Just got one for a friend. They shoot pretty good for a factory gun, but the locks are a little suspect on both percussion and flints.

 

[papellet]

I have both the GPR in flint and percussion, they both shoot great. I have had no lock problem as mentioned in this thread. I also have a trade rifle and deerstalker, all for us folks in our right mind.
I tried using a right handed flint when i first started shooting a flintlock, didnt like it at all.
Dixie gun works has a left handed hawkins kit, its the same rifle as the lyman trade. they also have a tennessee mountain rifle in kit form, also left handed.

 

[Slowpoke]

GPR are the best production rifle on the market today. They're not perfect but they tend to fit a shooter better than TC. If TC would just put a little drop in their stocks the two would be equal.

SP

 

[walruskid1]

i just bought a gpr .50 flinter today, got tired of having my cheekbone bruised by my renegade. agreed, i like the drop in the gpr stock.

 

[n8dawg6]

i just bought a gpr .50 flinter today, got tired of having my cheekbone bruised by my renegade. agreed, i like the drop in the gpr stock.

yeah, ive got a renegade, and i wear glasses. when i get up around 100 grains ffg, it tends to smash my glasses against my face. :shocked2: have shot a new englander, and its not so bad, BUT, when you get up to the higher charges with it, there's so much muzzle rise that it can jump out of your hand (non-trigger-pulling hand). the firestorm is almost a flintlock version of the old new englander, but its kind of hideous, with that awful composite stock. besides, its not made in a lefty.

 

I just finished a gpr percussion kit and it is awesome,but I want a flinter also.Cabelas has a 54 cal hawkin flint kit .I have a Cabelas hawkin 54 percussion that is a real good rifle.It is hard to find flinters in 54 cal kits.I have a 54 cal mold so I want a 54 cal flinter.

 

That tennessee rifle is $575.Way out of my price range.I'm a poor boy man.Gonna have to pick up all them beer cans i've been throwin' in the trash and recycle em to afford that gun. :rotf:

 

[Winterhawk]

Crowhop,

You might consider getting the GPR already made up, and then customizing it to your tastes. I did that with mine, refinished it, took out some of the curve on the butt plate, added captive wedges, lapped the bore and coned the muzzle. I may just have to go burn some powder this weekend if it doesn't rain....

-WH-

 

[Twisted_1in66]

i just bought a gpr .50 flinter today, got tired of having my cheekbone bruised by my renegade. agreed, i like the drop in the gpr stock.

yeah, ive got a renegade, and i wear glasses. when i get up around 100 grains ffg, it tends to smash my glasses against my face. :shocked2: **SNIP**

Here's a tip to keep you from getting your glasses smashed - turn your nose into the stock instead of pushing your cheek harder into it. Then the recoil will push the stock past your cheek and glasses instead of into them.

You'll be sighting out of the inside corner of your eye, so make sure the corner of your glasses is clean. I have a real roman nose on my Traditions Pennsylvania longrifle and this method works well on that. The only other choice is to pull the head back farther towards the butt of the stock, and I find that awkward.

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Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:

 

[2172]

As a lefty, I shot right-hand flinters for a few years, finally admitted that about every 10th shot, I flinched...bought two Lyman lefthanded flinters, the GPR and the Deerstalker....love them both. I had to do a lot of front sight trimming on the GPR, and both locks had pretty heavy trigger pulls..lightened by taking a coil off the sear spring...this also helped a problem that developed with the GPR where the hammer would fall only as far as half cock if I used the set trigger, but fall all the way if I used the "hunting" trigger...if price is a major factor, (and boy, have I been there!) think about the non-kit Deerstalker mine was about $75 less than the GPR, and is a pleasure to shoot and carry in the woods..Hank

 

[smokeblower]

I may stand corrected, I read somewhere that a Lyman brand, is a Investarms with another dealers nane stamped on it and a little price hike for the difference. Is this information true?

 

[amccall]

I was wondering if this is what you are looking for. Sold through Midway USA
Lyman GPR flint lock right hand 54 cal kit. :hmm:

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I think you'd definitely do better with a left hand flint. Flintlocks are hard enough to master without having it on the wrong side.
I also agree with Winter Hawk that it is much less work to get a finished gun and customize than to start with a rough shaped kit. The difference in price is not all that great and you can shoot it right away and decide on how to customize after you've gotten some range time with the gun.

 

[thehorn]

Best price I've found on the internet for a brand new GPR flint (lefthand) is at D&R Sports Center(372.56). Gets even cheaper if you can get some buddies together and buy 3 or more (344.97 each). Cheaper than Midsouth.
D&R Sports Center

 

[Toomuch_36]

I may stand corrected, I read somewhere that a Lyman brand, is a Investarms with another dealers nane stamped on it and a little price hike for the difference. Is this information true?

You are correct, Lyman rifles are made by Investarms. As for the price difference (in my area at least) the Lyman prices are generaly comarable to the rifles with the Investarm lable.

Toomuch
.........
Shoot Flint

 

[Mulebrain]

I bought my first GPR kit .50 perc around 8 months ago. I really wanted to try and finish it, but soon realized I already had too many other projects.

So I traded it in for a finished GPR flinter, and I will refinish the stock to my liking soon.

I looked at my Investarms hawken and compared it to the GPR kit, and soon said to my self "It's gonna take awhile" I just did not want to wait that long!

If you have no other hobbies to get in the way, a kit gun might be for you!

I will say that the Cabelas hawken, which is made by the same company as the GPR quality is first rate on both!

 

[harryo]

Just got one for a friend. They shoot pretty good for a factory gun, but the locks are a little suspect on both percussion and flints.

I have 2 Lyman/Investarm flint locks and 3 percussion locks and have never had any problems, either with quality or function, with any of them.