Good Prices for Lyman GPRs!

[Charlie Detroit]

Hi, guys...
I just got a little mailer from Dave Gullo of BPCR fame (www.buffaloarms.com and he's selling Lyman GPRs for as good a price as I've seen...I got mine for this amount about 5-6 years ago. He lists the whole "57 varieties"...Right & Left Hands, Percussion or Flint, and .50 or .54 calibers. The GPRs are all roundball guns (1:60"). He's also offering the GPHunters in 1:32".
His prices are cheaper than Cabela's, and I don't know how long this is gonna last, but if you've been thinking about getting one, it can't hurt to look 'em up, especially at these prices.

[Triple Se7en]

Charlie

Midsouth has them for $295

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=%4D%55%5A%5A%4C%45%4C%4F%41%44%49%4E%47&dept2=%4D%55%5A%5A%4C%45%4C%4F%41%44%49%4E%47%20%52%49%46%4C%45%53&dept3=%35%30%20%43%41%4C&dept4=%4C%59%4D%41%4E%20%47%52%45%41%54%20%50%4C%41%49%4E%53

You can also get a CVA Mountain rifle for $313... just as accurate (in my opinion) as a GPR & without any tenon pins to deal with.

http://www.shooterscatalog.com/ChampionShooters_Storefront/asp_storefront/FrameSet.asp

[propredator]

T7 the cva mountain rifle cant be bought in 54 cal. or have a drop in barrel available in fast twist or slow twist. :D

[Charlie Detroit]

Thanks, 777... I never even checked Midsouth. I was just so surprised at seeing prices that were essentially the same as what I paid in a walk-in store (Gander Mountain) some 5-6 years ago, that I jumped to tell everyone. I have been so pleased with mine that I figured other folks might be, too. For one thing, it's pretty authentic looking, with the blued furniture and plain stock...it looks like a "working rifle". Jim Bridger might have carried it. And, from bench at 50 yd., it throws "one-holers" pretty regularly. The only thing I changed was the sights...the front sight covers an awful lot of landscape out there, and I don't like buckhorns. I put a Marbles' folding rear with windage on it, and the front sight is a T/C Hawken front. The folding rear is for when I manage to find a nice, period rear aperture sight to go on the tang or some such place. Haven't found it yet.
I wasn't familiar with the CVA you mentioned, so I went to the website and looked...it's a right purty rifle, 'specially with the maple stock, but I can't figure out what you mean by "having no tenon pins to deal with". There are two wedge plates, they must have  something in them.

[Triple Se7en]

Charlie

Hopefully Propredator will read this & explain it better because he owns a LGPR.

Don't get me wrong... the Lyman is both attractive and accurate. I just like to offer posters other options. The CVA is very accurate also, but in looks, the Great Plains has it beat. I only prefer the Mountain Rifle because of the wedges over the pins.

I believe the (2) slim tenon pins on the Lyman are located between the wedge pin and the trigger.

I recently purchased a Traditions Shenandoah long rifle with two slim tenon pins that hold the stock & barrel together. I never even spotted them when I looked over the rifle prior to purchasing. When I asked Traditions.com if I could replace them with those big, fat wedge pins, they stated that if I chose that method, my rifle warranty would be terminated even though Traditions.com agreed that the procedure would strengthen the two pieces (barrel & stock) that sit parallel/together when shooting maximum loads.

[propredator]

T7 the gpr has 2 wedge pins holding the barrel in place.Up where the ram rod goes into the wood stock there are three very small pins on each side holding the assembly in the wood.No need to ever remove these.
 Im sure the mountain rifle is a good rifle,but there are good options with a gpr.The barrels are easly obtained.At a good price.I just wish they would come out with a smooth bore so i could have the option of shooten shot at varmints.   :-D

[propredator]

T7, guess ya can get replacement barrels from cva.I bought a old st lois hawkins a while back,looked good on the outside but i found out the barrel was a pitted mess,tear the dickens out of patch.
 Been one of them wall hangers for the last 2 years.Seems i can get a barrel from cva for 90 bucks including shipping.Comes with breech plug and drum and nipple.The rest i can take off the old barrel and slapper on.
 Now i will be able to shoot up some of that 50cal lead i got sitting around.  :-D  

[Triple Se7en]

re: Props

The best news about your new barrel is that BPI Industries made it -- not the old CVA. Since the rest of the Hawkens is in real good shape, you should feel like you just bought yourself a brand new gun.

We will all be looking forward to reading your future posts on how it shoots and what you used to acheive good shootin' patterns. I am especially interested because it looks like my next rifle will be a 58 caliber 1-48" twist Navy Arms Hawkens Hunter 22" barrel that I found at
http://www.jedediah-starr.com  ...(click on-line catalog) for $240.

I sold both of my "thickets/brush" muzzleloaders (Rolling Block & Tracker 209).... I need a new one for close shots.  I don't want to scratch my new  Shenandoah and T/C Omega on those briars & alders.

[madmedic]

Got me to thinking.   The only pins I could find on my GPR 54 are between the front wedge pin and the fore end cap.  They hold the front thimble (2) and the other anchors the fore end cap.  Can't figure why you'd want to take them out short of a major rebuild.
This .54 has shot pretty well, but I'm not overwhelmed by the trigger.  Had to replace the barrel (Lyman handled it under warranty).  Cost me postage there,  can't gripe too much.  Never did get any explanation. just a new barrel in replacement.  Personally, I'll take Italian QC over the Spanish any day.