which lyman flinter

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for hunting in a 54 cal flintlock, which one.
Great plains, kit, hunter or standard
Trade gun
Deer stalker

Which one??????

will 54 round ball be big enough for big bears and moose......could i go with 50 cal maxi type????
 
Living where you do, and hunting what you talked about, I would go with the Great Plains Hunter model in .54 caliber. The Hunter model has the fast twist barrel for shooting Maxi's or other types of conicals, which is what I would want to shoot if hunting large game such as big bear and moose.
According to there web site, the Hunter model is not available in kit form.
My opinion, FWIW.....

http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/index.htm
 
The .54 caliber ball will do anything needed in North America. There is no need for the fast twist barrel that is worthless for anything but sabots and conicals.


It is the inline crowd that assumes a ball is worthless.

The rest of us know better.
 
I vote for the kit.
I built a great plains rifle in the .54 caplock. Its a hell of a lot of fun to shoot, and the fact that you made it makes it so much better. The kit isn't tough to do, you could really assemble it and shoot right out of the box, but with some careful work you can make a hell of a gun out of it.

I can't speak much on conical vs. ball. I've never shot blackpowder besides this gun, and never anything but patch and ball with it. Its a shooter, thats for sure. I'm still learning the ropes and getting a feel for it, but with the standard iron sights I hit a grapefruit from 50 yards the other day. Its more accurate than me and I haven't even tried to work up a load for it yet. I think a .530 ball has plenty of killing power for large game. The ball cuts a groove about 10 feet long and a few inches deep in the ground behind the target I shoot at. Thats only over 60 grains of FFg Goex, the rifle will take 110 or 120.
Also, if you decide you really have to be able to shoot conicals, you can buy a hunter barrel in the white and finish it to match your gun. Its costs about $175 if I remember right. Its got the same hooked breech and everything, they're interchangeable. Then you could have one for hunting, one for plinking switch out whenever you want.
 
Get the fully assembled Hunter, unless you really would like the experience. It doesn't save much $ if any to assemble the kit, but it sure looks fun.
I'm shooting a GPR .50 flinter with the standard 1-66 twist.
 
I like the Great Plains myself. If you just want to go out and shoot, skip the kit. For the extra money, you don't have to finish the barrel (browning isn't hard and takes patience and about 3 days).
 
Great Plains Rifle . . .

I'd vote the Great Plains Rifle in .54 will kill all N.A. good eating things.

If your trapped inside and have woodworking tools, the kit is easy and fun to put together - it is not a one night slap it together project. I can send you my experiences with it in the form of a word document.

If you want a heaver projectile for something special like bear hunting, then the GPR barrels do shoot Lee REAL bullets very well.

Being east of the great river where the bear are smaller and deer are the main target, I have mine in .50 cal.

JPM
 
I just got a finished caplock GPR in .54 caliber for Christmas. As cornbread2 said the round ball will do anything that needs to be done. If you still want to shoot conicals you can always buy the faster twist barrel separately at a later date.
 
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