Green Mountain LRH barrels

HEAD0001 · 04-23-2010, 06:09 PM

What do you guys think about the GM-LRH barrels?? I have a TC Renegade just sitting in the safe. I have not shot it in years. It was my fathers MZ, and he left it to me. I would like to hunt with it a little. But I was thinking about putting an LRH on it and setting it up with a tang sight like the one that was in a thread not too long ago. So what do you guys think about the LRH?? How is the front sight attached?? Is it grooved?? Tom.

idahoron · 04-23-2010, 06:40 PM

I have 4 of these barrels. Two 50's that are stainless and 1-28 twist, a .458 with a 1-18 twist and it is 32" long. And the last one is a 45 stainless steel 1-28. They are fantastic barrles. I bet that the thread you saw was one of my guns. They have Lyman 57 SML peeps and Lyman 17 AML globe front sights. Ron

HEAD0001 · 04-23-2010, 06:45 PM

Actually the one I saw had a tang sight on the rifle. I think it was Semi?? But I do not remember. But I have been thinking about it. Tom.

idahoron · 04-23-2010, 06:49 PM

These are my rifles with the GM barrles. Ron

HEAD0001 · 04-23-2010, 07:07 PM

Those look like shooters. I have a few peep sights on some of my rifles also. I really like them. But I am looking for a rock chunkin rifle out to about 300 yards. I think a mid range vernier would work perfectly for that. Tom.

cayugad · 04-23-2010, 07:35 PM

I have a lot of Green Mountain Barrels. I had a .62 smoothbore that I sold. I have a .58 1-70 twist, .54 caliber 1-70 twist, (2) 1-28 twist stainless steel .50 calibers, a 21 inch 1-28 flintlock barrel and a .45 caliber 1-28 twist stainless steel barrel.

They are very good shooters all of them. I do not have a peep sight as I dislike them. I normally mount a 1x scope on them.

idahoron · 04-23-2010, 10:00 PM

The Lyman 57 SML will o out to 300 yards no problem. Ron

flounder33 · 04-24-2010, 06:10 AM

idahoron
How does that 1 in 18 inch twist .458 shoot?

idahoron · 04-24-2010, 04:35 PM

It shoots very well. I would say that on the average it shoots sub 2" groups. I have shot much better than that but I would say that 2" is average. I have is sighted in out to 300 yards. Ron

sabotloader · 04-24-2010, 05:14 PM

idahoron

Isn't your LRH barrel a 1/28 twist. My three are that anyway....

Here is a target from one of the LRH's but I am using a regular TC open fiber optic sight...

I shoot the same powder load with a .458/300 grain Nosler Protected point and an MMP .457-.458/50 Orange sabot..