Bullets for a 52 cal Sharps rifle

guns-n-painthorses

February 21, 2005 09:16

A friend has a old blackpowder .52 cal Sharps that we want to shoot. We can't seem to be able to find any bullets to use in it. Any good leads?

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  rufe-snow

  February 21, 2005 09:56

  First thing you should do is to slug the barrel & chamber, i.e. drive a soft lead ball through the rifling in the barrel to obtain the correct groove diameter. The barrels on the old 19th century black powder military rifles were all over the place as far as their internal dimensions were concerned. This was because of the heavy fouling associated with the rapid fireing of military rifles.
  
  Dixie www.dixiegunworks.com carries bullets ranging in size from .515 to .535 in diameter. You can go with one appreciately smaller in chamber diameter, as there cast of viturally pure lead that will "Slug Up" in the rifleing when the black powder is ignited.
  
  

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  zipperzap

  February 21, 2005 10:19

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