WOW! absolutely superb shooting, russ! 
apologize for being the broken cog in our team - i'll try to do better!
i've got an L&R RPL05 flint lock hanging around that's destined to go in the latest GPR.
Thanks for the very kind words, Rob
I can not think of a better place for that new lock to go!
I have long felt that the very best, fresh out of the box, Rifle, I have ever shot was a GPR....hands down! Gawd! I still remember that day and how pleased I was.
However my own targets from yesterday reveal something that I was guilty of never given much thought to, and that was locks.
A lock is a lock, is a lock, is a .........you get the picture.
Yesterday proved that thought dead wrong. After all, except for the lock, that was the exact same rifle I have been shooting for years!
Why would anyone change out a perfectly good lock?
It did it's job, then it was up to me to learn its characteristics, if it made a spark, or busted a cap every time you pulled the trigger, that lock was working just fine, and no one questions its performance. T least I never did!
Well, there's a bit more to it than just that.
It's very difficult to explain, and it's something I'm still in awe of....you have to experience it to realize the difference....and, if you're like me, it will take no more than just a few shots before you realize something is very different....is this the same gun? Is this my old gun?
Then, after you catch on, it's like shooting a totally different gun, but yet you feel familiar with it.
Very hard to explain, so I'll just leave and let you tell me after you get the new L&R.
Both barrels used yesterday were T/C Barrels that been shot a lot, pounds and pounds of powder have gone through these guns over the years, it has been a passion, something I love to do, and I have always recognize that that Smooth Rifle as a very exceptional shooter.....as most .56 Smooth Rifles are, albeit I'm more convinced than ever that the rear sight plays a tremendous role in all this.
After all, they were designed to shoot PRB, and then shot when need be, simply by its nature of having no rifling.
Unlike the Smooth bores which were designed to shoot shot, and then a PRB if need be, simply by their nature of having no rifling.
But look at the difference in the thickness of those barrels!
And, don't you ever worry about that broken cog, or trying to do better, that ain't what this is about at all!
These shoots are for having fun, trying new things, and getting better with the old technology that we use and seem to love.
Stay safe my friend!
Uncle Russ...
