Shooting the Sharps

wrcook · August 9, 2005, 11:52 AM

I have a fairly new IAB sharps (the price was right). I have never fired a Sharps before, though I have owned an original rifle for over 20 years (the bore was not worth shooting). I know that black powder should have some compression, or at least no air space. The chamber in the the breech block seems to seems to make this impossible. I am making paper cartridges, and I have heard that they can be loaded with loose powder also. How are you guys loading it?

Thanks
Bill C

Jim Watson · August 9, 2005, 02:09 PM

Hanged if I know, but there is a section on the Shiloh forum on the '63.
http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/vi...8dc1b1040a511e

August 9, 2005, 11:52 AM	#1
wrcook Member Join Date: July 7, 2004 Posts: 30	Shooting the Sharps I have a fairly new IAB sharps (the price was right). I have never fired a Sharps before, though I have owned an original rifle for over 20 years (the bore was not worth shooting). I know that black powder should have some compression, or at least no air space. The chamber in the the breech block seems to seems to make this impossible. I am making paper cartridges, and I have heard that they can be loaded with loose powder also. How are you guys loading it? Thanks Bill C

August 9, 2005, 02:09 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	Hanged if I know, but there is a section on the Shiloh forum on the '63. http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/vi...8dc1b1040a511e