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I faced a similar decision not long ago - I went with the Lyman Great Plains percussion rifle in 54 caliber.
Many of my reasons were subjective...the appearance of the LGP, the availability of an individual rifle with a lot of figure in the stock.,.. the fact that I'm a lifelong Connecticut Yankee and Lyman is a CT company...
Another reason was that the regular great plains barrel has the 1 in 60" twist rifling for shooting round ball BUT drop in barrels are readily available from Lyman with 1 in 48" twist for shooting conicals and sabots
From what I could gather in reading reviews and questioning more experienced owners - both guns are highly regarded with a slight edge going to the Hawken but I like the Lyman more,,,
For whatever my opinion is worth - I'd say pick the one you like the most because they're both excellent guns.
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