1863 sharps conversion breech block

[Silas Adams Northcutt]

     Does anybody know if a conversion breech block for an 1863 IAB sharps carbine exist, if so were can you get one?
   
                                                                                                                              Silas Adams Northcutt

[Professor Marvel]

Monseur Northcutt -
Having perused the partlist and exploded diagrams, while I have not tried it,  it is my belief that the IAB centerfire breechblock will fit directly into the 1863 percussion model. However, the following issues still remain:
will the hammer line up correctly with the "firing pin assembly"?
how will one address "extraction" as the percussion model has no relief cut for the extractor?
will the centerfire breechblock fit up properly to the breech of the rifle, as the percussion model utilizes both the "floating breech  plate" and in some models the supposed "floating chamber" (although in some rifles the chamber is frozen in place).
lastly one will need to chamber the breech for a metalic cartridge, and these barrels are often not readily removable.

With these stumbling blocks I have decided to try to wring the best accuracy I can from my .54 IAB by careful choice of bullet, lube, and powder load.

good luck on your project
Professor Marvel

[Silas Adams Northcutt]

 Hi Professor Marvel,

             Thanks for the information, I will do more studying on the information you gave me. If you learn more info please write and tell me.


                                                                                                                     Thanks,
                                                                                                                     Silas Adams Northcutt

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