Playing with my new pistol today

[FrontierGander]

Sat down with the Lyman Plains pistol .54cal today and first start with 40gr 2fg Gearhart-Owen black powder, .020" spit patch, .530 round ball. They loaded nicely without having to hammer them down the bore. Looks like I will need to tap the sight over to the right a bit to center it. 40gr 2fg grouped ok, but then I lowered it to 30gr 2fg and it REALLY came together and shot very well. Next, I'll try 3fg and see how it does.
I also lapped the bore last night to smooth out any burrs that the lyman barrels are famously known to have.
Target was shot from 25 yards.

 

[Dorny]

That's awesome! How easy is cleaning with a little pistol like that? Do you have an intended use, or just something cool to play with?

 

[mfsights257]

Sweet!

 

[FrontierGander]

That's awesome! How easy is cleaning with a little pistol like that? Do you have an intended use, or just something cool to play with?

Super easy to clean at the end of the day. Mostly for mountain man rendezvous shoots, but you can still pop small game with them.

 

[Beendare]

Nice home defense piece.....grin

Siriously, I bet that thing has some knockdown power.

 

[BAKPAKR]

That is nice. One of my friends got a deer with his Great Plains pistol.