We became close friends, and hunted together. In 1982, I was assigned to write a story about his hobby. Charlie made long rifles from scratch, literally lock, stock and barrel. We met when I was a reporter for the Vicksburg Evening Post, in Vicksburg, Mississipi. It’s one of my favorite hunting rifles.Ĭharlie recommended the Great Plains Rifle as “the one I’d get if I was making a kit rifle.”Ĭharlie started me on the road to black powder addiction.
50 caliber Lyman Great Plains Rifle from a kit in the early 80s. Just don't get too extreme with the powder charges when using heavy bullets.I made this. Also I get the feeling from having worked on two different stocks, that the European Walnut is a bit more brittle than American.įor the price though, the Lyman is an excellent value. The rear was either fixed or of the push-elevator type. And of course Hawkens didn't have screw adjustable sights. And technically, the toeplate should be riveted to the buttplate also. The Pedersoli is the only one I know of beyond a custom-built that actually uses the proper Hawkin archetecture (extended tang bolted directly to an extended triggerplate in two places, with the triggerguard screwed into the triggerplate). The Great Plains rifles are more like the late Hawkin in appearence, but in actual construction they aren't as strong as the real thing. Now I have another repair project, but I'm sure it will be fine. If it'd had a metal buttplate I think it would have been fine, but the extra force needed to crack ice with that padded butt - it couldn't stand the strain. That caused the stalk to develop a hairline crack just above the lock screw. This is a rather specialized application, but this hunting season I was using the butt of my Deerstalker to break through river ice to make myself some firm foot-holds as I was dragging a deer accross. Their inletting tends to be excessive, meaning there's even less wood in that critical area. Fixed it and it's been fine for years since. It cracked near the rear, bottom corner of the barrel channel, at the lock mortice, shortly after I got it, while I was experimenting with stout charges (over 100 grains) and heavy bullets. My Investarm Lyman Deerstalker cracked, but not at the lock screw.
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