Never-fired Lyman Plains Pistol

[PT7]

Greetings, Folks.

I found a pre-owned, never-fired Lyman .50CAL Plains Pistol at my nearby LGS. I wasn’t looking for a second ML pistol; only bumped into this find. Called Lyman today and they provided the production date of July 1986 based on the barrel serial number. That puts this cap & ball gun at 33 years old.

I’ve not tried this pistol yet, and waiting for the weather to cooperate and let me get to the outdoor range. I’ve cleaned it and taken my first pics for this intro photo shoot. For me, it’s always fun to take the pics as well as looking at “show & tell” threads on any forum.

This is the first time I’ve purchased a pre-owned firearm. Hope I found a good-shootin’ one.

PT7

[Mistered]

Very nice find!
Several years ago I found a NIB CVA 1851 Colt Navy .36 revolver at a local pawnshop and it didn't stay NIB for long!

[RanchRoper]

Nice. You might as get fitted for buckskins and a beaver hat now...

[CT_Shooter]

Great photos of a beautiful pistol! Congratulations. I'm looking forward to your first range report on this one! Very nice.

[JEBar]

very nice indeed .... really looking forward to your coming reports contrasting it as to how it performs and handles

[PT7]

Howdy, Ranch Roper. Yeah, I've been more walking outside in the woods at the muzzleloader's range than I've been wandering the HRF lately.

Your comment on buckskins got me thinking of a couple of things. One thing are the many posts you've made on what a cowboy wears/uses when herding cattle. Many great photos, too. Those were always very interesting.

Similarly on the ML forum I'm part of, clothing and accoutrements are biggies because lots of folk do rendzevous or reenactment events. A while back I saw this pic of buckskins which a fellow was trying to find period-correct leather moccasins to match. How do these look to you?

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The historical period was the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Era (mountain men) which is what I'm most interested in. And I now have two ML pistols aligned with those era years. But my clothing is totally potpourri, NOT in any historical era. Most of my outdoors range time I wear my bibs and a plaid shirt, and a b&w "Muzzleloaders" ball cap. If I get out yet this year in the colder weather, I do have a traditional Russian fur trader hat (faux fur of course) with those intensely warm ear flaps that strap under the chin. Definitely a good top cover design. That's about it. Not a pretty sight for period-correct clothing, but warm and comfortable.

One final interesting article on mountain men clothing which I found on the internet. My understanding is that these folk were generally poor, and started out with very minimum amount of clothing.

Mountain men usually started out with at least one pair of cloth trousers. These were usually made of canvas, heavy cotton, or corduroy. These trousers would have a button fly or a front button bib. Some also had a two or three inch slit in the back that was laced up to keep the pants snug.

Not planning on any buckskins, but appreciate the suggestion!
PT7

Nice. You might as get fitted for buckskins and a beaver hat now...

[BigAl52]

You will like that pistol PT I have one that a fella built for me from the Traditional Muzzleloaders Forum. He did a nice job on it. Doesnt live to far from me. I havent shot it yet but it looks better than one put together at the factory. Mine is 54 cal.

[dave77]

Just curious if the trigger on your new pistol is a set trigger. I had seen that your other pistol has 2 triggers, a separate set trigger. My BP rifle has a similar set up but my pistol has a single trigger that you push forward to set (adjustable tension, you can set it to almost so light that a heavy breath could set it off) .

Your comment about the moccasins reminded me of a rendezvous I went to that required you to wear moccasins on the trail walk (I was allowed to wear my boots because of my bad foot). It was quite a trail walk, rifle and pistol targets and there was even a station that required you to set a spring trap, (women had to set a rat trap) it was a fair size trap, took some muscle to set. When you got to the end you had to stick your tomahawk or throwing knife, decent size log round but had to stick on the first try. It was also timed so if you wanted to finish near the top you had to set a pretty good pace. The very top finishers actually ran between the stations, the group I went with was not nearly as competitive.

[RanchRoper]

Those buckskin trousers look pretty good. I wear lots of buckskin shirts year round, except when it's real hot. Have 4 or 5 of 'em. Super comfortable except when wet...The hat you talk about is also my winter go-to. I have a sheepskin one and a grey fake fur one that looks very real. Both are incredibly warm when you drop the ear flaps and tie it under the chin. Just had mine on a half hour ago doing chores. 25F with a 50mph wind.

Here ya go PT....
https://www.furhatworld.com/faux-fur-ru ... -2298.html


Anyhow, I enjoy reading the mountain era stuff as well. Love your BP pistols.

[Mags]

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I could provide a nutria hide of the hat. No one else would know the difference.

Nice. You might as get fitted for buckskins and a beaver hat now...