Oh no- another GPR question

[1shot]

Hi Guys,

So I'm now about six months in to muzzleloading and today aquired my second Smokepole, a mint unfired GPR in .50
The guy was actually using it as a wallhanger!! Really wanted a .54 but this one came along, so swapped for a boring Centerfire... :haha:

Hope this question has not been asked, but does anyone else find the Lyman Buttplate corners "sharp" on the shoulder? Maybe theres a simple modification you experienced Hawken Shooters do or use for the sake of comfort.

Incidently, when loading I've been resting the crescent buttplate of the T/C on my foot to minimise ground damage caused by loading- is this common practice? Works, but I want to get better..

Thanks!


1Shot

 

[jtmattison]

Welcome to the forum.

I have a GPR and the butt plate was very sharp. I took a file to mine just to round the sharp edge a bit and then re-blued where I filed. Now no more cuts on my shoulder while shooting in a t-shirt.

When loading I always rest the butt on my foot. It saves the butt from damage and I also use it as a pressure gauge of sorts. I can feel when the ball is seated better by having the butt resting on my foot.

HD

 

[Pork Chop]

The sharply crescent shaped butt plates are meant to be shot off of the upper arm, not the shoulder proper.

 

[RiverRat]

Yep, what Pork Chop said. Once you get the hang of it, the recoil from heavy loads does not bother the arm at all, your bicept will be flexed and it takes all the shock.

 

[BrownBear]

T-shirt?

Never occured to me to strip down to a T-shirt before shoooting.

Sounds cold. :grin:

 

[1shot]

So thats the reason, these crescent buttplates are designed to be fired from the upper arm.. :hmm:
I'll give it a crack- different position and hold from my last 20 years of shooting, makes sense though..

 

[Norskie]

I stitched up a leather pad and cover for my nephew to solve that problem on his 70's CVA Kentucky. Tricky job, but it also added an inch to the LOP, which the big feller sorely needed.

 

[Bob Riegl]

:hmm: If you think that butt plate is a bruiser--try bench resting it if you like the colour of purple and green on your shoulder----ouch!!! :winking:

 

[daudisio]

Not to hijack this thread :v but my new GPR is due to arrive this week! Whats the best way to clean the barrel for the first time???? thanks

 

[renovato]

When I built my GPR one of the first things I did was round off corners on the buttplate. It was very sharp alright. You can file/sand yours then rebrown it without much hassle. Sure makes it a lot more comfy to shoot.

 

[greenneck]

Do a search on the percussion forum and you will find all the information you might ever need with a GPR.