Stretching the Lyman's Legs Today
 

I was out today for a bit. I sent 10 shots down range. All with 80 grs GOEX 2F.

I used the 365 gr Maxi-Balls today. I lubed them with some Remington Wonder Lube.



The first 5 shots were at 50 yds. Grouped well but a bit left. I liked the elevation so I left that alone. I was holding the bottom of the bull.



After shooting this target I moved my elevation slider down to Zero 0.
I then set up a target at 100 yds. I adjusted the elavation on the sight up 2.5 lines.



and let fly...

As I suspected would happen, impact was left. My first two shots were left edge but elevation was good. I adjusted my windage about 5 clicks right and took another 3 shots. That bull sure is small at that range.



Those Maxi-Balls show some promise!!!

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Very good shooting. I will have to try some of them in my GPH as well. See if I can make them work as well as you did.

Thanks Dave,

The one thing I noticed is at 100 yds the blade front sight looks huge. I wonder if there is a thinner blade sight available for these rifles?

I think #5 on the 100 yd target was diver error.:s1:

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That's fine shooting HuntAway. I like the wide flat front blade on Lymans, and don't have any problem centering my target on the top of the flat. I see them better than a thinner blade.

Good shooting, I think, I've never shot with a peep sight. Also, I've never heard of a 365 grain Maxiball, did you cast them yourself and are they .50 calber? I can get the .50 caliber in a 320 grain and a 370 grain, but I've never seen a 365 grain maxiball. Not much of a difference I guess. I don't like shooting them anyway. They kick too much. They sure do a number on a whitetail deer though.

The fella that gave them to me said they were 365's??? Could be 370's but I never weighed them.:confused0024: At 80 gr 2f Goex the recoil wasn't that bad. I don't think I would want to try them at 100 gr of powder though!:eek:

Whichever weight they may be, they seem to shoot half decent.

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If you can stand the recoil from them just wait untill you hit a deer with one, if you haven't already. I shoot them with 83 grains fff goex out of a Thompson Center Hawkins and have taken deer out to 75 yards with them. They have never failed to make a clean kill. If the deer does not drop in it's tracks it will certainly leave a very good blood trail for you to follow. It's just an awsome chunk of lead. With the shortage of pistol bullets around here, I might be forced to go back to bruising my shoulder with them. I have plenty of them and they are still easy to get.

I ordered a 370 gr maxi-ball mould from ToW for future ref.:s2:

I can honestly say I've never feel any recoil when shooting at critters. :cool2:

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I took two rifles today. The Lyman GPH Caplock 1:32 twist in .50 cal and a Lyman GPR Flintlock 1:60 twist in .54 cal. I would fire 3 shots with one rifle then switch out and shoot 3 with the other. I kept them in the shade when they weren't being shot to help keep the barrels cool.

Today's fun. 440 grain White Power Punch. A damm big piece of lead! They were a snug fit to get started but once in they went down the tube no problem.




I decided to use the same load as yesterday, 80 gr GOEX 2F with a CCI # 11 Magnum Cap.

The 50 yard offering.


Then the 100 yd shoot. I adjusted 1 more line than what I had yesterday to compensate for the extra weight.



They seem to shoot good in pairs?

I shot 3 targets with the 54. 1 at 50 yds 3 shots offhand, 1 at 50 yds off the bench and 1 at 100 yds off the bench. All shot with 80 gr Goex 3F, 4F prime, .535 round ball with a 0.018" pillow tick patch lubed with Wonder Lube. Swabbed between every shot.

50 yds Off Hand



50 yds Bench


and 100 yds



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I do believe I would stick with the Maxiballs. They seem to shoot better. Nice shooting.