IAB Sharps percussion

[willyboy]

looks like I'll be comeing into a IAB .54 percussion model ''Sporting Rifle pretty soon.Any tips or obsevations?I'm fifty,and been shooting BP since I was eleven,so I'm not new to the sport,but it IS my first ''Sharps''.Any tips from pards that own one?

[willyboy]

hello?

[ndnchf]

Here is where you want to go. 

http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=2ac1bb6bceca131bf865daef1b91a08a

Take some time and read through all the posts there. While it is a Shiloh forum, 90% of it applies to all percussion Sharps.  Others brands are discussed there too.

[willyboy]

Thanks,just the sort of thing I was looking for.

[WV Scrounger]

 Check your chamber before you live fire it...Some IAB Sharps have a sliding chamber sleeve and some have a Fixed sleeve that does not slide...if your gun has a solding sleeve you must clean it very well after shooting otherwise it will freeze up and not work in conjunction with the breech plate to provide a gas seal....

   You will most likely need a pedersoli made chamber seal tool....not cheap
dont bother with the little tools that dont have a rod and handel...they are Junk.

  let us know how you and your new sharps get along...mine was a fine shooter...I just like my pedersoli buisness rifle much better. course it was much more Expensive!  Git what ya pay for....yep!