Greetings everyone, I'm in the midst of taking the plunge into black powder and should shortly have a new Lyman .50cal GPR in my hands. I'm initially interested in hunting and I figured for a first musket it would be a solid choice. I did a decent amount of research before purchasing and I wanted to run the bits of knowledge I've collected by the more experienced black powder shooters to see if there are any additional comments or if I've missed anything. Apologies in advance for any repetition I know some of this is contained within other threads.
Nipple -- Most of what I read says that one can expect to have to replace/modify the factory nipple on the Lymans. I ordered an AMPCO 6 x .75 mm in case.
Sighting In -- I've read that you pretty much want to put 100 or so rounds through a new musket before bothering to sight it in. I'm planning on doing so and then my understanding the Lyman's often require a decent amount of filing done on the front sight?
Powder/Ammo -- I do have the 1:60" twist so plan on exclusively shooting roundball. The general "baseline" consensus I've seen is something like:
Powder: Goex ffg (if available) or Pydrox RS
Patch: .15" -- and not sure what material??
Ball: .490" to start with
I would appreciate any feedback regarding the above and anything else that will help me down the right path.
Nipple -- Most of what I read says that one can expect to have to replace/modify the factory nipple on the Lymans. I ordered an AMPCO 6 x .75 mm in case.
Sighting In -- I've read that you pretty much want to put 100 or so rounds through a new musket before bothering to sight it in. I'm planning on doing so and then my understanding the Lyman's often require a decent amount of filing done on the front sight?
Powder/Ammo -- I do have the 1:60" twist so plan on exclusively shooting roundball. The general "baseline" consensus I've seen is something like:
Powder: Goex ffg (if available) or Pydrox RS
Patch: .15" -- and not sure what material??
Ball: .490" to start with
I would appreciate any feedback regarding the above and anything else that will help me down the right path.