Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: shorthair15 on June 07, 2015, 09:40:30 PM
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looked at one of these in 50 cal in the 1 in 60 twist seems like it would be fun to shoot. was thinking of getting the 50 as its easier to find bullets for it. i was going to shoot mainly roundballs for deer. seems it would work for elk if you were 75 yards or closer most of my animals i have taken have been 60 yards or less. just wanted to try a traditional gun. i have 300 ultra mag that is heavier than this. just wanted to ask as some have said this gun is heavy.
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My buddy has one in .54. He complains about how heavy it is all the time.
He had a barrel go bad due to lack of cleaning, and bought a hunter barrel replacement (faster twist).
They shoot from the bicep instead of the shoulder?
He has been having ignition reliability issues, so hunted with one of my inlines last year.
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They seem to be very nice rifles. After shooting one, and then a T/C Hawken, I never wanted a Lyman again.
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I had a .54 GPR & a .50 T/C Hawken. Sold the GPR because it was to heavy to carry all day.
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I have one in .54. Shoots roundball well. External dimensions of the barrel are fixed, so smaller bore will weight slightly more. Though longer and heavier than a TC "Hawken", the GPR looks better and is still much shorter and lighter than traditional muzzleloaders.
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"..Sold the GPR because it was too heavy to carry all day."
Ditto that! I will say my GPR shot great with patched round ball. I picked up an older Knight MK-85 some years back and that also shoots great and is a shorter, lighter carry.
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Yes, they are on the heavy side... 11 1/2 lbs.. they have a 32 inch straight oct. barrel 15/16 " across flats. Italian made rifle ( Investarms). The ignition issues stem from a powder channel recess between the nipple & breech area where crud collects, you have to be diligent to thoroughly clean with fouling scraper & small brush in breech plug area to remedy this. I've had one over 25 years, always shot patched round balls (.490 with 17 thousandths patch, bear oil or crisco lube) & real blackpowder goex . Accurate, well balanced rifle. There are so many rifle's to choose from, the weight is certainly important. I wanted a production gun that resembled (looks) :chuckle: original Hawken ..Iron fittings, browned, two barrel wedges, ramrod enrtry pipe under nose cap... without going custom rifle route. Navy Arms, Uberti Santa Fe Hawken, & Pedersoli made decent Hawkin replica's Too. :twocents: Too bad you can't shoot, carry, & try one out before commiting to purchase... If you lived closer, I'd loan you mine... I'm almost 3000 miles away. Man, I'm missing Washington.
