Lyman pistol

[alisal]

I am looking at a 50 cal percussion pistol.Dont really know why-gun poor already.Would appreciate any of your thoughts.Great forum- tks Bob

 

[REX]

sacate:
If your heart isn't set on the LYMAN, I've had good luck with these Traditions. The flint came assembled and the percussion was a kit. Both came from Midsouth Shooter's supply and the price was right.

rex (westcoastBPgramps)
BP is fun

 

[mec]

The great plains pistol is the best way I know of to get into the feeling of early-mid 19th century pistols. It's about as accurate and easy to shoot as one of the high dollar target pistols.

A lot of shooters load these pretty heavy but this can cause problems as the heavily inletted stock on all these sidelock muzzle loaders is pretty thin in places. 40 grains of FFG will usually do 800s and the same volume of pyrodex p will get into the 900s with a patched ball. I like 20 grains of H777 or 30 of pyrodex p or fffg for 700 fps range. Accuracy and point of impact remains about the same.

 

[jtmattison]

I agree with mec.
I have a Plains Pistol in .54 and it's a great shooter.

Huntin

 

I too have a Lyman in cal. 54 that I put together from a kit. Easy to assemble ( I browned my furniture ), and a great shooter. I'd recommend one.

Vic

 

[mec]

building from a kit- or ordering an extra barrel from Lyman Products on line, is a good way to go. The left side of the barrel has a lot of language that can be draw-filed off and the browning looks real authentic.

 

[JackAubrey]

Greetinga Sacate,I have a .50 cal. GPP and absolutely love it!I have found it to be terribly accurate and it has plenty of poke besides.I use it as a backup while hunting w/ my GPR.I will load it w/ 60 grains of 3f.

 

[mec]

I used to have a kit built CVA Mountain Pistol that I would load with 50 grains and a ball. Since I've gotten the Lyman, I've been chicken to go over 40 grains of anything. One 54 user said he had busted out several stocks with the standard for that caliber load of 50 grains. I sure would like to know what your 60 grain load is doing over the chronograph. I bet it's impressive.

My most vociferous loads are in the .45 Colt factory load power range.

It seems to be important to make sure that the REAL Bullets and the other conicals don't creep forward. They don't seem to have a tendency to do so but could act like barrel obstructions if they did.

 

[alisal]

Mec-Do these pistols have accuracy out to 50 Yards?

 

[flaming canvas]

Mec-Do these pistols have accuracy out to 50 Yards?

50 yards and beyond if you can hold it. Best I ever did with mine was 2 hits out of 5 shots on a buffalo silhouette at 180 yards. The first shot was a ranging shot, 2 and 5 were hits 3 and 4 were within 4 inches.

 

[mec]

Both balls and 250 grain Lee REAL bullets have gone into 4" at 50 yards for me. With the way I have it sighted at 15 yards. ( the way it came from the factory), they hit about 4" low on target.

my 50 yard groups were kind of casual. I was sitting on the ground with my back against a shooting bench using my knees for a rest while recording chronograph readings. Shooting the same way, I get groups of about the same size with a Pedersoli LePage Target Pistol

 

[Old Charlie]

My .54 GPP shoots rb or 300 grain REALS very well.
Old Charlie

 

[alisal]

THANKS to all that replied. Great pics-Just what I need one more gun

 

[sniper68]

Nice shootin pistol. You might try addin about 5 more grains of powder cause you rb's seem to be keyholin! I can tell by the way there there tarin up the target :crackup: :crackup: ::

 

[Rat]

Well if there's a stock cracking issue, couldn't a guy glass bed the barrel and all other parts first, before shooting...seems like that would strengthen her up quite a bit.

Yeah I want a single shot pistol bad...but my wallet's so thin at the moment, I was thinking about making patches for my rifle out of it.

Great pistols and great shooting guys.

Rat

 

[mec]

If you could get enough bedding in the right place, I suspect it would be the right thing to do. I bedded my early cva pistol and my Lyman Great Plains rifle to at least make me think i had made them stronger.

 

[JackAubrey]

Hi Guys,I would like to fire it through a chronograph aswell, it would indeed be interesting.I never had any problems w/ the stock cracking.The way her muzzle rocks upward in my hand seems to do well for absorbing the recoil.Quite a fireball aswell.I have taken to using a 30 grain 3f charge for plinking but for hunting backup I go w/ 60 grains 3f.Interestingly enough I got that load from Lyman themselves.I had called them and spoke w/ a woman.I asked what the Min./Max. loads were.She went to check and when she returned she told me 30 grains 3f min./ 60 grains 3f max. Ok by me, who am I to argue.Been shooting the pistol like that since 1995.I never have fired any type of conical in it though.That could drive the pressures/ recoil up,no only a patched .495 ball here.