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Bullet size quandry
08-01-2015, 08:50 PM,
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RE: Bullet size quandry
From what I'm seeing of unaltered Sharps rifles, they'll chamber a grease groove bullet right along with a paper patch.I do think the target/creedmoor guns were chambered a good bit tighter than a sporting rifle.
This 50 cal. Hartford has a very generous chamber in it.
But then again we have Bodine telling Sharps their bullet was about right with the medium paper. He wanted the bullet to just slide thru the barrel with the weight of a cleaning rod.
And in Seller's book there's the picture of those bullet gauges. One of those 44's is marked at .442.
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Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-01-2015, 06:18 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-01-2015, 06:28 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Kurt - 08-01-2015, 06:56 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by bruce moulds - 08-01-2015, 07:46 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-01-2015, 08:40 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-01-2015, 08:43 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-01-2015, 08:50 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by bruce moulds - 08-01-2015, 11:02 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-01-2015, 11:16 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-01-2015, 11:18 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by powderburner - 08-02-2015, 10:22 AM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-02-2015, 10:28 AM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-02-2015, 01:55 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Ironramrod - 08-02-2015, 08:28 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by powderburner - 08-02-2015, 08:38 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Kurt - 08-09-2015, 06:47 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-09-2015, 07:38 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Stephen Borud - 08-09-2015, 09:22 PM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Kurt - 08-10-2015, 11:49 AM
RE: Bullet size quandry - by Don McDowell - 08-10-2015, 12:28 PM

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