Lyman Black Powder Instructions Manual
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Lyman ® User’s Guide for Black Powder Products This booklet contains important how-to information on the use and maintenance of black powder products and accessories including: • Flintlock and Caplock - How They Work • Black Powder Loads and Specifications • Shooting Tips–Round Ball and Conicals • Basics of Bullet Casting • Disassembly and Cleaning The User’s Guide also includes detailed product information and exploded parts diagrams for: • Great Plains Rifle • Deerstalker Rifle • Trade Rifle • Plains...
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Table of Contents Black Powder Shooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Special Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Some Words of Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Flintlock and Caplock–How they Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 How to Load—The Patched Roundball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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1 Lyman ® Dear Black Powder Shooter: Congratulations on purchasing your new Lyman Black Powder Gun. All of our black powder products are the result of extensive thought and testing. With proper care, your new gun should bring you a lifetime of shooting pleasure. Before firing your gun, there are a few precautions that should be followed. Please read these instructions carefully. 1. If your new rifle is a flintlock, we have function tested the lock assembly, flint and frizzen to ensure that it provides...
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2 SPECIAL PRODUCT INFORMATION– PLEASE READ Check List for Lyman Black Powder Guns Upon opening the carton containing your Black Powder Gun you should find the following items. Contents Black Powder Model-Finished Great Plains Rifle Stock Great Plains Hunter Ramrod Trade Rifle Barrel DeerstalkerWedges (One for Trade & Deerstalker two for Great Plains) Primitive rear sight (Trade & Great Plains) Adjustable rear sight (Trade & Great Plains) Lyman 16AML & 37AML Sights (Deerstalker only) Cleaning Jag Flint...
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3 SOME WORDS OF CAUTION 1. All Lyman black powder pistols and rifles are intended for use with black powder or Pyrodex only. Use of any other propellant can cause serious injury to the shooter and damage to the firearm. Never use smokeless powder. 2.Guard against overcharges. Follow the instructions and do not exceed suggested charges in this booklet. 3. Wear safety glasses when shooting black powder firearms. Shatterproof shooting glasses will protect the eyes from sparks, broken percussion caps, hot...
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4 FLINTLOCK AND CAPLOCK–HOW THEY WORK The Flintlock Todays flintlock evolved around 1600 in Europe and was the most efficient lock for firearms use until the percussion system was perfected in the early 1800s. Even so, flintlock rifles remained in service in some of Americas more rural areas until, perhaps, the turn of the century. Simplicity of operation typifies the flintlock since all the shooter must have is a bit of priming powder and a flint for the hammers jaws. This flint must be held securely...
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5 The flintlock is poised at full cock and ready for firing.As the hammer falls, the leading edge of the flint makes initial contact with the face of the frizzen. The continuing force of the hammer starts to rock the springloaded frizzen back and up on its pivot. Sparks generated here are minor and probably offer very little to the ignition process. The hammer continues to fall and the direct blow of the flint against the frizzen changes to a heavy scraping of the frizzen by the flint. This produces a...
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6 THE CAPLOCK While the flintlock was a distinct improvement over the ignition systems it superseded, it did have its problems and, as is usual, experiments were conducted by a variety of people in America and Europe seeking an improved replacement. After several not-so-effective alternatives had been tried, the percussion system as we know it today was devised, proved and accepted. This new system was relatively impervious to the elements and offered the shooter faster lock time and less distracting...
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7 HOW TO LOAD ... The Patched Roundball Without a doubt, the most popular and widely used muzzle-loading projec- tile is the patched roundball. This combination of a soft lead sphere and a scrap of lubricated cloth is peculiarly American and has been with us ever since its worth was proven prior to and during our Revolutionary War. Over the years different styles of rifling have been devised and used with some degree of success. Characteristics ran from extremely deep grooves to relatively shallow ones;...
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8 LOADING STEPS 1. Set the rifles butt on the ground with the muzzle inclined in a safe direction –well away from your body. Measure and pour the powder down the barrel using an adjustable measure or pre-weighed charges. 2. Lay your strip of lubricated patching cloth (or pre-cut patch) over the muzzle. Center the ball and press it into the bore until it is flush with the muzzle. Tightfitting combinations can be seated by reversing your ball starter and “rolling” it over the ball. 3. Cut the excess...