traditions trapper vs lyman plains

[Mr Hawken]

just like any good or bad reviews on both as i can't decide.i would like to get a flint so that means a trappers also the set trigger would be nice but would the lyman be more dependable?

 

[mark/wi]

Get both, they are both good pistols. Mine are both cap but I would like a flint. Mark

 

[buttonbuck]

lyman you can get a second caliber cheap. I just sent in the tag to deer hunt in January with lyman gp in 54 cal

 

[Big Sky Trapper]

I have a trditions .50 flinter, good handling gun, accurate as all get out, fits my hands good. But I personlly dont care for the double trigers on a pistle.

The hooked brech is nice for clean up, pop the side pin and lift the barrel out and away you clean.

I also have a traditions kentucky LR but has the narrow breach "chamber" (not sure what to call it...) Any way it fouls out plugs shut in only a few shots. the trapper is same bore all the way to the vent liner, much easier to keep clean. last trip to the range shot nearly a 60 shots before the barrle was really getting fouled and needed a quick scrub down.

Only major issue i have with it and think with some lock tinkering...is that it eats flints like candy...10 shots or less to a good flint. 30-40 with the sawn ones.

over all its accuracy is great....

 

[Emet Huntsman]

I got a nice GPR in .54 cal percussion at auction. shoots great!

 

[Chilidog]

Like Mark, I too have both in cap and like them alot. And like was said the trapper really fits my hand as well. However, I usually carry the plains pistol in the field as it's easier to carry.

 

[renovato]

I have both guns, but in percussion. The Trapper is the more accurate of the two. It's easily as accurate as the T/C Patriot, which is essentially a target gun.

In flinters I hear a lot of praises for Lyman's locks, but I hear cursing at Traditions' locks. As much as I like my percussion Trapper, if I was in the market for a flintlock pistol, I think I'd be far more tempted to choose the Lyman.

I guess it would depend on what you wanted the pistol for. For target shooting, I think the Trapper might be the better choice. If the lock gives any problems, I'm sure it could be tinkered with and tuned to work fine. For hunting, the Lyman might be a better choice.

 

[bwhoffman]

The only minus I have witnessed on the Trapper in flint is....
..a weak, actually, brittle frizzen spring.
I have shot with two different folks who had them just break. No reason. They had them replaced with better quality material and all is well now.

 

[flaming canvas]

I didn't know the lyman could be had as a flinter. I have one in cap and it's as accurate as any of my moderns. I did have to work the trigger over a little, but it is an easy job to do. I got it down to where it breaks at about 1 pound maybe a tiny bit of creep.

If I do my part, she delivers. 535 ball with 32 gr of goex 2f.

Pedersoli makes a good pistol, but they cost a little more. The trigger is harder to sweeten up on these. I wound up making a new plate to move the trigger back about a quarter inch

 

[mykeal]

Lyman does not currently offer a flintlock Great Plains pistol, and my historical references do not show any either.