deerslayer303
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That or I'm gonna go broke buying the things. Took the GPR to the range yesterday, and that thing aggravated the tee total crap outta me. I got to fire it all of 1.5 times. The first time the loading / firing process went off without a hitch (she shot dead on at 25yards). Then I swabbed and reloaded, got nothing but the pop of the cap. HMMMM I KNOW I put a charge in there. Tried a couple more caps, nothing but the pop of the cap!! After I let the rifle sit, I tried to pull the ball with a very UNEASY feeling. It didn't work Just kept pulling the tool out of the ball. So Plan B: Removed the nipple and dribbled a little powder in the flash hole, reinstall nipple, cap, BANG!!! OK back in business, right? WRONG! Swabbing the barrel and got the jag stuck AGAIN, This rifle LOVES to hold onto a Jag! I tried the firing it out method but the FFg is just to big of a granule to get enough in the flash hole to do anything. So I took it home and got some FFFg in there and fired the jag across the yard. I honestly think the Precut MZ round, cotton cleaning patches I buy are too thick and bind up in the GPR's barrel. I am going to try to drop down to a .50 cal jag with the same patch. or a thinner patch with the .54 jag.
Another Q- Why do you guys suppose that in the Lyman manual they DO NOT recommend the use of a musket nipple? Thats what I have installed and I use 4 wing musket caps simply because they are easier for me to handle.
And if the rifle is shooting dead on at 25 yards, I need to RAISE the rear buck horn to get that 2 inches high at 25yards right? Trying to sight in the new barrel.
Another Q- Why do you guys suppose that in the Lyman manual they DO NOT recommend the use of a musket nipple? Thats what I have installed and I use 4 wing musket caps simply because they are easier for me to handle.
And if the rifle is shooting dead on at 25 yards, I need to RAISE the rear buck horn to get that 2 inches high at 25yards right? Trying to sight in the new barrel.