The .50-90 Sharps, also known as the .50-21⁄2" Sharps, is a black-powder rifle cartridge cartridge that was introduced by Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company...
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Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing...
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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...
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The .50-70 Government, also known as the .50-70 Musket, .50-70 Springfield, and .50-1+3⁄4" Sharps) is a black powder cartridge adopted in 1866 for the...
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Rolling block. The Sharps was the favorite among hunters because of its accuracy at long range. .45-70 .50-70 Government .50-90 Sharps Long rifle Smith...
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Leitner-Wise .50 AE .50 Alaskan .50 Beowulf .50 BMG .50 Krater .50 Spotter-Tracer .50-70 Government .50-90 Sharps .50-110 Winchester .50-140 Sharps .500 A-Square...
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caliber List of rifle cartridges 13mm caliber .50-90 Sharps .50-140 Sharps .50-70 Government Barnes, p.116, ".50-110 WCF ". Barnes,pp.34 and 230. Barnes, p...
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Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company (redirect from Shiloh Sharps Rifles)
including the legendary 1874 Sharps Rifle, featured in the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck. Shiloh Sharps Rifle began production...
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Magnum Research BFR (redirect from Magnum Research BFR .50 Beowulf)
conversions to 19th century big game cartridges such as the .50–110 WCF and .50-90 Sharps, as well as the .500 Bushwhacker, which is currently considered...
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Connecticut. In 1872, Sharps introduced the .50-90 Sharps hunting cartridge. Hugo Borchardt designed the last rifle made by the company, the Sharps-Borchardt Model...
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