Hi Guys: Been out of pocket for some time now. My Wife's health has pretty much failed now, but She is stable. And all the Doctors have told me that the chances of me bring Her home are slim to none. She is now in a long term care and rehab facility with 24 hr care. It has been a long hard road the last couple of years for my Wife and I. Pretty much just pushed everything else aside and just tried to deal with our problems as best as we could.
But I have decided now to try to learn to shoot my Lyman 54 cal GPR again and get my mind off all the problems once in a while and get some fresh air. My Gun Club Range is just a few miles from my Wife Care Facility and I carry a cell phone with me at all times now. So I will not out of touch with the doctors and Nurses should my Wife need me. The 11th of May my Wife and I have been married 54 years. Hell of a way to end it all up. But I need some expert advice GUYS on a couple of things with my Lyman 54 CAL GPR.
I think I have bought and still have all the accessory You Guys recommend to me a few years ago fills up two Possible Bags. But I need to have a few extra Nipples and I am having trouble finding any, what make and size do I need. Would 5 or 6 be enough extra to have on hand. All so I have 9lbs of GOEX FFG on hand the rifle seem to shoot this powder very well. I was told to use 80grs of this FFG powder when I first started out, awhile back by the previous owner of my rifle. I have 500 Hornady 54CAL .530 diameter lead round balls also recommended by the my rifles previous owner.
Am I ready to go to the range and get my hands and face dirty. Or is there something else that I need. A couple of my Gun Club Member Friends that are old hands at Black Powder shooting have offered to lead me by the hand and spoon feed me again and give me private shooting lessons. I think just to make fun and rawhide me for a while. So I won't be out there at the range all by my self. And blow any thing up.
They even offered to close the whole darn range complex down while I am there except for other bad mouthing antagonizers. I am expecting a large loud and exceptionally obnoxious group of no load scum bag foul smelly spectators. In other words all my old friends, and they say they wouldn't miss it for the world. Thanks for any info You Guys would like to pass my way. It is nice to be back.
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But I have decided now to try to learn to shoot my Lyman 54 cal GPR again and get my mind off all the problems once in a while and get some fresh air. My Gun Club Range is just a few miles from my Wife Care Facility and I carry a cell phone with me at all times now. So I will not out of touch with the doctors and Nurses should my Wife need me. The 11th of May my Wife and I have been married 54 years. Hell of a way to end it all up. But I need some expert advice GUYS on a couple of things with my Lyman 54 CAL GPR.
I think I have bought and still have all the accessory You Guys recommend to me a few years ago fills up two Possible Bags. But I need to have a few extra Nipples and I am having trouble finding any, what make and size do I need. Would 5 or 6 be enough extra to have on hand. All so I have 9lbs of GOEX FFG on hand the rifle seem to shoot this powder very well. I was told to use 80grs of this FFG powder when I first started out, awhile back by the previous owner of my rifle. I have 500 Hornady 54CAL .530 diameter lead round balls also recommended by the my rifles previous owner.
Am I ready to go to the range and get my hands and face dirty. Or is there something else that I need. A couple of my Gun Club Member Friends that are old hands at Black Powder shooting have offered to lead me by the hand and spoon feed me again and give me private shooting lessons. I think just to make fun and rawhide me for a while. So I won't be out there at the range all by my self. And blow any thing up.
They even offered to close the whole darn range complex down while I am there except for other bad mouthing antagonizers. I am expecting a large loud and exceptionally obnoxious group of no load scum bag foul smelly spectators. In other words all my old friends, and they say they wouldn't miss it for the world. Thanks for any info You Guys would like to pass my way. It is nice to be back.
ken