In 2012, I was working up a load for a new Pedersoli 1859 Sharps and couldn't figure out the bore size so I sent an email to Pedersoli Customer Service. Text from that email is provided below...
July 2, 2012.
Dear Mr. Anderson,
Thank you for your inquiry and the preference in our guns.
You should be having the .54 caliber. The bore is .520" and the grooves are .540"
The bullets we offer for this Sharps rifle are .541"
Best regards,
Gloria
DAVIDE PEDERSOLI & C.
Via Artigiani, 57
I-25063 GARDONE VALTROMPIA
(BRESCIA) ITALY
ph. +39 030 8915000
fax +39 030 8911019
WWW.DAVIDE-PEDERSOLI.COM
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.
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- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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