Thread: Smith carbine
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Old March 15, 2009, 10:44 AM   #6
rjsixgun
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I've never had a Sharps, but a buddie of mine did have one and my Smith would out shoot it all day and night. But that could have been the gun or the shooters.
The problem with the Sharps is the cartridge. See there NON! you have to roll your own from paper. This paper is glued or tied to the bottom of a Sharps bullet then loaded with powder and glued closed. It does work but a pain in the ass to make, It will take all day to make 100 rounds. You can use regular "Rolling Paper" or "cigarette paper" to make the tube, but nitraited cartrage paper works best.
The Smith does away with all that paper and glueing and just uses a plastic or brass cartridge, during the Civil War they used a form of plastic to make the cartridge, not brass (incase your wondering)
People have been try'n ever since the civil war to make a better cartridge for the Sharps but nothing seems to work as well as hand rolled paper. (untill the 45-70 that is)
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