WebbAll in all, the .40-50 Sharps Straight Contender lived up to J. D. Jones' vision of the Woodswalker concept very nicely, and the 315 grain cast HP had performed very well indeed. Glen with his hog. On a side note -- at this point in my life I am well into the Age of Bifocals, which means that shooting iron-sighted handguns takes on new challenges. WebbNotes: Although listed as the 40-50, this cartridge was actually loaded with 40 or 45 grains of powder and was identical in performance to the 40-40 Maynard and other similar …
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Webb.40-70 BN / .40-70 Bottleneck (Venturino Data) Warning! Notes: test rifle: original Sharps M1874 28"; brass: Buffalo Arms .45-70 stretched to 2 1/4 inch and formed; primer: Federal 215 Large Rifle Magnum; powder charge/actual weight; wad: John Walters .060 inch of vegetable fiber; groups - 2 five shot groups at 100 yds ("Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old … WebbNotes: The 40-50 bottlenecked cartridge is shorter than the straight version, but there is little difference in ballistics. The 40-50 Sharps (Straight) and 40-50 Sharps (Necked) are not interchangeable. Proper bullet diameter is 0.403 inch, and several Lyman bullet molds are available in this size. These chambers were cut to use bore-diameter ... small insect whose larvae bore into wood
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WebbBack in its era, the Sharps Company did not label their cartridges as we do now. Today most of the old black powder cartridges names consist first of the caliber such as .45 … WebbSharps Four Barrel Pistol Stevens Tip Down Pistol and Rifles Lincoln Derringer Remington Handguns Remington .36 Pocket Remington .31 Pocket Remington M1858 New Model Army and Navy Remington Beals Navy Remington M1865-67 Rolling Block Pistol Remington M1871 Rolling Block Pistol Remington .41 Double Derringer Remington … The .50-140 Sharps rifle cartridge is a black-powder cartridge that was introduced in 1884 as a big game hunting round. It is believed to have been introduced for the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 rifle. The cartridge is very similar to the .500 Black Powder Express. This round was introduced by Winchester 3 years after the Sharps Rifle Compa… small insect with claws