Percussion Sharps are my main interest for sure, I picked up a 1859 Navy Carbine. Plan to round out my collection with time with a 50-70 cartridge conversion, an 1853 sporting, and any other targets...
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Type: Posts; User: Lance White
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Percussion Sharps are my main interest for sure, I picked up a 1859 Navy Carbine. Plan to round out my collection with time with a 50-70 cartridge conversion, an 1853 sporting, and any other targets...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The book "The Sharps Rifle Its History, Development And Operation " by Winson Smith - is it a good book for reference on original Sharps?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
An original one should be here tomorrow from Regimental Quartermaster. I had not heard of them before I found them on the internet. I was impressed by their list of original parts.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Although technically not BPCR, it is the same part on 1859/63 and 1874, so I thought this might be the best place to ask. I picked up an original 1859 Sharps that is still percussion and noticed it...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Recently, I picked up a Sharps 1853 "clone" made in Nepal (supposedly from the "cache" in Khatmandu). I intend to shoot it, have thoroughly taken it apart and cleaned everything. Actually not much...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |