lyman 54 cal

[Johnny Reb]

Hi Skeet
Did he buy this new? Lyman coats their barrels with a packing grease and recommend break cleaner to clean them before ya shoot. If that's the case try cleaning the barrel real good and see how she shoots. 1 foot seems way off. I know 2 of my friends that own lyman great plains rifles said it took the over a 100 rounds to break the barrel in before they got real good accuracy. Hope this helps.
J.R

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Well he got it new a bunch of years ago. From what I remember it never did shoot that well and is why he never hunted with it in the past. He did decide to dig it out the other day when I invited him out to get sighted in so he could BP hunt with me... he left with his head hanging down..The best we got out of anything was what I use in my T/C...I shoot .535 with 15 #9 lubed patch and 100g and they load well in his Lyman as well...maybe try the 530 and 10 patch at 90g...just a tad looser fit might help...One thing we never checked was a bent barrel. I built yrs ago 2 TC's and both in the kit had bent ones..bent up..I bent back and they shot well..the Lyman is a long barrel with 2 pins..humm..thanks for the start point...My ole T/C put another 'cheeseburger' in the freezor yesterday..