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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:57 am
Kirk
1) I bought a previously owned Shiloh 1863 that appears to be unfired. I’ve been looking at the Italian version, which utilizes a floating chamber sleeve to assist in gas checking.
The Shiloh I have doesn’t have one, is it suppose to?
2) At a local gunshow, last row of tables next to the last table was an old guy (20 years older then I am, which approaches the age of dirt) who was selling his collection. I got a very good deal on an original Sharps New Model 1863, first year of production. Still original percussion, mechanically in very good condition, although the finished had been “cleaned up” in the distant past. Very good bore, sharp rifling. Even the nipple was in great shape. But, the gas check ring is missing. Will the gas check ring you make for the Shiloh fit an original? The chamber appears to have a sleeve in it, or is that the adjustable bouching Frank Sellers discusses on page 40 (second paragraph) of his book?
Levi, great name. Reminds be of the rancher, Levi Richardson, a real gentlemen, and the summer job I had in Crawford Nebraska. My dad got me the job with his old high school buddy, repairing fences, cutting and bailing hay, chasing critters. Said it would build character, it may have. I’ve never been afraid of hard work.
1) I bought a previously owned Shiloh 1863 that appears to be unfired. I’ve been looking at the Italian version, which utilizes a floating chamber sleeve to assist in gas checking.
The Shiloh I have doesn’t have one, is it suppose to?
2) At a local gunshow, last row of tables next to the last table was an old guy (20 years older then I am, which approaches the age of dirt) who was selling his collection. I got a very good deal on an original Sharps New Model 1863, first year of production. Still original percussion, mechanically in very good condition, although the finished had been “cleaned up” in the distant past. Very good bore, sharp rifling. Even the nipple was in great shape. But, the gas check ring is missing. Will the gas check ring you make for the Shiloh fit an original? The chamber appears to have a sleeve in it, or is that the adjustable bouching Frank Sellers discusses on page 40 (second paragraph) of his book?
Levi, great name. Reminds be of the rancher, Levi Richardson, a real gentlemen, and the summer job I had in Crawford Nebraska. My dad got me the job with his old high school buddy, repairing fences, cutting and bailing hay, chasing critters. Said it would build character, it may have. I’ve never been afraid of hard work.