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November 16, 2017, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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Lyman Great Plains Pistol barrel change
A while back on this forum somebody had said to me if I wanted a single barrel smothbore pistol with a large bore, reaming out a .54 Lyman GPP barrel would do the trick.
I thought about that and it is something I would be willing to do and have kept my eyes out for a used .54 GPP, but the issue is that .54 calibers are not as common as the .50 calibers are and often, the .50 caliber pistols sell for less. But I just had a thought: What if I bought a .50 cal and a used or new .54 barrel, could I swap out the .50 barrel and just drop in a .54 barrel?
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November 16, 2017, 06:04 PM | #2 |
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Probably. I know you can on the Great Plains Rifles.
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November 16, 2017, 08:15 PM | #3 |
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If they're the same across the flats. Most .50's are 15/16 and most .54's are an inch.
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November 16, 2017, 09:48 PM | #4 |
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This is precisely something I've considered as well. However, if you were intending on using shot, most people claim it isn't useful past 10-15 yds at best.
According to Lyman a drop-in barrel (rifled) can be had, although it doesn't show up in their drop down menu: https://www.lymanproducts.com/media/..._pistol_p2.pdf I figured I would buy a .50 cal and have it reamed to a 28 ga. |
November 16, 2017, 11:34 PM | #5 |
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While a spare barrel would be the ideal way to go -figure up the cost of the complete spare barrel as opposed to finding a section of barrel the same size across the flats, reaming it and fitting with a Lyman breech plug. Track of the Wolf may have spare breech plugs - they are pricey but still, a comparison with a complete spare barrel would show if it was the way to go or not. Or, if you could find a rifle barrel the correct size and a spare breech plug, the rifle barrel could be cut in to probably at least three barrels that would give you the option of reaming to smoothbore in different sizes. Just a thought.
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November 17, 2017, 04:26 PM | #6 |
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I think so. Commonality of parts makes for easier parts inventory.
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So Pedersoli does it, I don't see why Lyman wouldn't. Also, it would be pretty cool to have a 20 gauge smoothbore and a .50 caliber rifled pistol.
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November 18, 2017, 02:07 AM | #8 |
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24 ga is about as big as one can get with a 15/16" barrel. It's as far as Bobby Hoyt has taken one, though many have said they felt it was unsafe and no one would do such. I've asked...
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