Sharps basics
Contact Larry Flees, ljflees@hotmail.com or by phone (I'll PM his number as soon as I finish typing this).
He does the "Sam Dobbin" gas check plate and o ring seal conversion that is the superior method of ensuring your Sharps stays running while shooting long strings at the range.
As far as loading and shooting your Sharps, contact Moose Moulds, amoose@moosemoulds.com or by phone (I'll PM that one too). I use their 544-480 in both of my Sharps carbines.
And lastly, Charlie Hahn makes cardboard paper tubes that glue onto the "ringtail" base of most of the Sharps bullets to hold your powder charge and make loading simple as pie. If you call him, he should be able to tell you the correct length for your bullet.
It is entirely possible to shoot with a bullet manually inserted into the chamber and loose powder behind it to just get the experience, but if you're planning on competing or just spending long productive days at the range, you're probably going to want your gas check updated.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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