Sharps Minie size question

[oregonjohn]

Hey all.

I see on the DGW website that they carry a .535 minie with hollow base, and a .544 which they call a Sharps minie (which appears not to have a hollow base) and was wondering which would be appropriate for an Armi Sport .54 Cav. Carbine?

Any other sources for the bullet as I won't shoot enough to cast my own?

Many Thanks
Oregonjohn

 

[Phantom Captain]

Hi,

Mine is an Armisport too and I am still fiddling with bullets and accuracy. I do cast my own and started with a Pedersoli mold for a .54 ringtail. Didn't like it at all, it was all over the place and seemed a tad undersized for my bore. This year I bought the Lyman .54 Minie ball mold and it definitely fits and shoots much better. I do wish the base was a bit thinner as I think it might aid expansion a bit more and shoot better but there isn't too much else out there.

They are kinda expensive if you don't cast em yourself at least in my opinion.

You can get them here:
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(sm...es/tableList.aspx?catID=2&subID=25&styleID=65

The ones you can buy here by the bag of 25 are from the same mold I cast mine. Seventh from the bottom, the pure cast BALL-54-MINIE. These are un-lubed too. You should think about picking up some of the SPG lube and lubing them. It's a bit time consuming but easy to do them individually by hand.

Hope that helps.

 

[Smokin_Gun]

Oregonjohn, try these it's what I use for my 1863 Armisport Sharps paper cutter. These are .557" max and won't fall thru the chamber and rifling as do .540" to .545" dia. bullets including minnie hollow base.
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(3k...&subId=25&styleId=64&partNum=BULLET-54-SHARPS

 

[Mike OTDP]

Head over to the N-SSA board at http://www.n-ssa.org/phpbb/

They've got the experts.

 

[oregonjohn]

Many thanks for the info. I will probably go through TOW to get a few for my inactive shooting habits.
All the best,
Oregonjohn