Hi
I just want to tell you about a traumatic personal experience with my Sharps ....
Please do not shoot the messenger ...
Last automn, while at my practice range at the military base near Quebec, I bring my 45-90 Shiloh Sharps at the 600 yards firing line ready to shoot the score of my whole life...
Then, before my first shot, I had a problem to lower the breechplug. I could not lower it more than 1/4 inch... ?!?!? After a few tries and some anxiety, I succedded ...
My first thought was to think of the firing pin ... or some weird problems ... The firing pin was OK
The same thing happened a few times since then, while in practice time.... What would I do at the Canadian BP Championships if the same thing happen and it would not lower ? What was the .. %?$%? ... problem .... ? ? ?
Look at the video o the f... problem: ( I was getting better at english language ... lol ... but I will not tell the french f... words...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z00t...ature=youtu.be
I made google searches ... PM to some Shiloh forum members ... and the problem still happened ...
One day, while cleaning the breach plug ( which I do only once a year ) I wonder if the problem would not be the firing pin plate.
This plate seemed to be sliding a little bit over the firing pin block !!!!
Thus this block could not clear the breech block face: so the breech block could not be lowered !!!
Was it the problem ??
I pushed the plate and everything was OK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO2sFGaLvXo
Unbelievable !!
Now, the day before a tournament, I can sleep in peace!