Doubt if it's a good idea, but I'm not having much luck in finding a .62 flint pistol, they seem to be drying up fast.
got to thinking I might want to have a .54 reamed out to .62 smooth, could give up flint for percussion and I've always liked the look of the Lymans.
So, thought I'd ask, someone here must have a lyman and could tell me how thick the bbl. walls are.
All I want is a .62 smoothbore, loads would be light to medium.
Don't want to leave it .54 because my Uberti Hawkin (circa 1984) is a .53, and I want as few different size balls and such as possible. .521 and .530 are just too close together for my old eyes.
All opinions and comments welcome!
(I just know I'll regret saying that!)
Thanks in advance.
got to thinking I might want to have a .54 reamed out to .62 smooth, could give up flint for percussion and I've always liked the look of the Lymans.
So, thought I'd ask, someone here must have a lyman and could tell me how thick the bbl. walls are.
All I want is a .62 smoothbore, loads would be light to medium.
Don't want to leave it .54 because my Uberti Hawkin (circa 1984) is a .53, and I want as few different size balls and such as possible. .521 and .530 are just too close together for my old eyes.
All opinions and comments welcome!
(I just know I'll regret saying that!)
Thanks in advance.