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condorsc Full Member Offline NRA Life/Benefactor, ASSRA, SCV Life Posts: 175 Location: Beaufort, S.C. Joined: Nov 13^th, 2021	Re: 1863 Sharps Carbine Reply #15 - Jul 12^th, 2025 at 11:30pm	Print Post
	Years ago I had a Model 1863. No wood left. It had a repair, either the tang or lock plate had broken. The repair, believe it or not, was a factory MWO and so marked as I recall. So this particular failure was frequent. Any comments?
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Drydock Participating Member Offline Posts: 10 Joined: May 20^th, 2025	Re: 1863 Sharps Carbine Reply #16 - Jul 13^th, 2025 at 9:13am	Print Post
	On the Sharps conversions, any barrel less than .5225 was left unlined. Yours is one of these. Use 53-386g from the Accurate Catalog. Good video (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Most of the unlined carbines had never been issued, and were never issued afterward. The rack number was probably put on by Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, the principle buyer when the carbines were surplused. Sharps continued to convert percussion guns right up to its shutdown in 1881. It might be said that was it's principle business for most of it's post war existence. Many thousands were sent to France for the Franco-Prussian war. Most of those were melted down during WW1 sad to say.
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George Babits Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1118 Joined: Sep 27^th, 2012	Re: 1863 Sharps Carbine Reply #17 - Jul 13^th, 2025 at 9:49am	Print Post
	The 6 grooves means it is the original Sharps barrel and not sleeved by Springfield. Only the chamber was sleeved and chambered for the 50-70 government round. The unsleeved carbines wouldn't shoot worth a darn because of the over size bore. Some people call that a 52-70. If you get a proper size bullet made it should shoot well. The important thing is to be sure the chamber sleeve is still in place. I once had one of these carbines, but the chamber sleeve was missing. I don't know if it was common to find these with the chamber sleeve missing or not. Easy enough to see as a 50-70 will rattle around pretty badly if sleeve is missing. George


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