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Thread: 1863 Sharps Carbine -- for the Search Engines

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    1863 Sharps Carbine -- for the Search Engines

    About 10 days ago in another Forum far, far away.... I mentioned dragging
    my Shiloh/Farmingdale `63 Sharps out for the first time since `88.

    Finally... after about that week-10 days going back over old notes and finding
    out what worked again (and what very definitely didn't)...

    My old stake cutter (also used on pigeons, cups, tiles... Neco wafers, etc., etc.)
    Short-Range/50-Yd Buff Slug 1Fg Garmin Chrono'd at 672 ± 10
    100-Yd Ringtail (497gr) w/ 64gr 2F at 975-ish
    1863_Sharps_Revisted_2026_sm.jpg
    I cheated though...
    `had a merit diopter on the right eyeglass lens
    (Thank God they're back in business)





    footnote: I'm not bothering to nitrate the 20# cotton case as, outside of the N-SSA,
    I'm slow-firing and simply blow down the barrel between shots. (Nothing ever comes
    out anyway -- and the heavy lube on that trashcan pushes everything forward regardless.)

    N-SSA: naked tracing paper.
    Last edited by mehavey; Today at 12:07 AM.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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