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  2. .45-90 Sharps - Wikipedia

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    400 gr (26 g) 1,300 ft/s (400 m/s) 1,501 ft⋅lbf (2,035 J) The .45-90 Sharps, also known as the .45-210" Sharps, is a black powder rifle cartridge introduced in 1877 by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and was developed for hunting and long range target shooting. In the modern day, it is used for Black Powder Cartridge Rifle competitions.

  3. Sharps rifle - Wikipedia

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    Sharps rifle. .52-caliber (0.52" dia.) 475-grain (30.8 g) projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) charge, later converted to .50-70 in 1867. The Model 1874 rifles and carbines were available in a variety of calibers, including .45-70, .45-110, and .45-120. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles ...

  4. Ballard Rifle - Wikipedia

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    .40-90 Ballard.40-90 Sharps.45-70 Government.50-70 Government.44-40 Winchester.45-100 Ballard.45 Sharps; The Ballard Rifle was a single shot, breechloading longarm ...

  5. .50-140 Sharps - Wikipedia

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    This round was introduced by Winchester 3 years after the Sharps Rifle Company closed its doors in 1881. It is similar to, though larger than, the .50-90 Sharps. With the Sharps Rifle Co. officially closing in 1881, and with the .50-140 being introduced 3 years later, the .50-140, will not be classified as Sharp's most powerful rifle cartridge.

  6. Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Shiloh Sharps model 1874 Hartford rifle in .50-90 Sharps. Shiloh produces two basic models of rifle, the Sharps 1863 which is a percussion rifle, and the Sharps 1874, which is a black-powder cartridge rifle (BPCR).

  7. Buffalo rifle - Wikipedia

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    Buffalo rifle generally refers to large-calibre, generally single-shot black powder cartridge firearms which were used to hunt the American Bison to near-extinction in the late-19th Century. Three types of rifles in particular were used by professional bison hunters, namely the Sharps rifle with a 90, 100 or 110 grain powder load, the ...

  8. Winchester Model 1886 - Wikipedia

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    A Winchester Model 1886 rifle. The Winchester Model 1886 was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning to handle some of the more powerful cartridges of the period. Originally chambered in .45-70 Government, .45-90 Sharps, and .40-82 Winchester, it was later offered in a half dozen other large cartridges, including the .50-110 ...

  9. Winchester Model 1885 - Wikipedia

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    The overall length of a Model 1885 with a 28-inch barrel [3] is the same basic length as a Winchester bolt-action Model 70 with a 24-inch barrel. With a longer barrel, bullet velocities can be significantly increased over bolt-action rifles that have the same overall length, provided the proper combination of bullet and propellant is selected.