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    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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  • 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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    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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