50-2" Sharps

[Mike]

I might add that in the same 1875 catalog reprint brass is listed for two .45 caliber cases; the 45/100-2 1/4" and the 45/100-2 5/8". They follow the brass listed for the .44s; 44/100-2 1/4" and the 44/100-2 5/8". We must guess that the .45 caliber listings were either complete mistakes or they were actually meant for the .45-2 1/10" and the .45-2 7/8". In another catalog Sharps is quoted as listing the .45/70 as their .45-2 1/12" and that might have been shown on cartridge boxes as well. Like Mark Twain said, when following a written diet be sure you don't die from a misprint. And I didn't think the .45-2 7/8" cartridge was available in 1875 but then, I wasn't there.