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scott
Joined: 09 Sep 2002
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Who makes an affordable 66" or so twist 54cal percussion that'll take 150 grains of powder? I want to shoot round balls and it seems most rifles are made for sabots. |
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cob
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
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Location: Texas panhandle
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| affordable is relative, but traditions (the company) makes a decent reasonably priced rifle that most sporting goods stores carry (like acadamy) bassproshops and cabelas also have a decent selection. |
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donmillion
Joined: 27 Feb 2003
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| The Lyman Great Plains Rifle is available in a round-ball twist in either .50 or .54 caliber. |
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rkensparc
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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I second the Lyman, but remember many MLs have a "sweet" spot where they achieve maximum accuracey, and it may not be at it's max load. In fact I've seen serveral MLs that would handle balls with 75 - 90 grains of powder great, but above 90 their accuracey really dropped. This is not to say a ML can't shot a ball and more powder well, just that their are no gurantees.
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