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Your Sharps rifle or carbine can be fired using powder and a bullet of the proper caliber.
To load your gun with powder and bullet, first place the hammer in the SAFE position by pulling it
back into the half-cock notch.
Carefully insert a bullet of the proper caliber into the chamber, making sure it is firmly seated against
the rifling at the front of the chamber.
Next, fill the remaining chamber space with FFg black powder, Pyrodex, or an approved black powder
substitute. To ensure a full charge, you should slightly overfill the chamber. The chamber of a .45
caliber rifle or carbine should hold between 50 and 60 grains of powder. Rifles and carbines in .54
caliber should hold between 60 and 80 grains of powder. No .45 caliber rifle or carbine should be
loaded in excess of 60 grains of powder. No .54 caliber rifle or carbine should be loaded in excess of
80 grains of powder.
The breech should now be carefully closed. When the breech block is returned to the closed position,
any excess powder in the chamber will be pushed away from the back of the chamber.
Once the breech is closed, the gun should be turned over, allowing excess powder to fall
away from the action. This step is very IMPORTANT to ensure safe operation of the gun.
Step 3 – Firing
With the barrel pointed in a safe direction, cap the rifle or carbine with a musket cap and pull the
hammer all the way to the rear full-cock position. If your gun has a single trigger, you may now take
aim at the target and fire the gun by pulling the trigger.
DOUBLE SET TRIGGERS:
If you gun has a double set trigger, you may fire it by simply pulling the front firing trigger, or you may
use the set trigger to gain a much lighter trigger pull. To use the double set trigger feature, you must
first pull the rear set trigger to engage the front firing trigger. Once you have set the trigger you may
take aim at your intended target and fire the gun by applying a very slight pressure to the front firing
trigger. Never load or cock the rifle with the triggers set. The tri ggers should only be set after the
rifle has been laded, the hammer cocked and the rifle pointed at the intended target.
HOW THE DOUBLE SET TRIGGER MECHANISM WORKS:
When the rear trigger is pulled, it clicks into a sear notch on the front trigger. Once this operation is
done, the front trigger can be pulled, releasing the rear trigger which releases and flies upward hitting
the lock sear which discharges the gun.
You may adjust the pressure required to fire the gun by turning the screw located between the two
triggers either clockwise or counter clockwise to obtain the desired trigger pull . THE GUN MUST
BE UNLOADED BEFORE MAKING ANY TRIGGER ADJUSTMENTS!
IN THE EVENT YOUR RIFLE OR CARBINE DOES NOT FIRE WHEN
THE TRIGGER IS PULLED, YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THE
PROCEDURE OUTLINED BELOW: