I am on the verge of buying a Pedersoli Sharps and have a several questions. Who of anyone in the black powder community would be better to ask than you gentlemen. I used to tinker with flintlocks a lot but I do believe these percussion sharps have a higher fiddle factor and that makes them interesting.
1. Will I be able to push a .54 TC Maxi ball into the chamber and load loose powder behind it? Or is the 54 Maxiball's upper band too large in diameter? The upper band is around .547. I plan on buying a correct mold. Just confused as to which one to buy. I have a .54 Maxi ball mold here for the time being.
2,Does the chamber have a sort of a "leade" or area behind the rifling where the bullet can be pushed into this area with a dowell or will the rifling abruptly stop the forward movement?
3. I understand that Pedersoli a time back modified the breech by adding an O ring to help seal it up but that it still isn't perfect?
Thank you,
Bob
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