Today was an interesting and fun day.
It started way back in 2014 when I bought a Lyman Great Plains rifle Kit in .50 cal.
When I ordered the kit , I also bought a .50 caliber Hunter model barrel to go with the kit.
I intended on having a barrel for shooting the round balls , and a spare fast twist barrel for shooting slugs for hunting.
Well, I never shot the Hunter Fast Twist barrel.
So I happen to see a used GPR rifle for sale that was in excellent shape.
So I bought it.
So all I needed was a Lyman GPR percussion lock to make the rifle complete.
The only lock I found was an upgraded L&R lock at TOW for the GPR
But last night I just happen to see that I had several TC locks just sitting in my spare parts.
So today.
I modified one of the TC locks to fit the GPR.
All the modifications were done on the lock plate and not the stock.
I had to reshape the TC lock plate a little bit and build up the sear lever so it was larger diameter so it worked with the Lyman trigger that came with the stock.
This turned out to be a nice looking rifle , and since I did not re inlet the stock to get the TC lock to fit, I can always change the lock to a Lyman GPR lock if I ever find one at a decent price.