.45-100 Sharps Str. 2.6″, with “45-2.6” H/S, One Cartridge not a Box!

Description

Please note: in the above picture on the right,  left is 45-100 Sharps, right is Winchester 30-30 for size comparison .

One Cartridge not a Box: .45-100 Sharps Straight, 2 & 6/10″, custom loaded using then new, Starline cases with “45-2.6 *∩*∩*”  Head-Stamp and loaded with 405 grain lead projectiles.

History of the 45-100 Sharps, Straight, 2 & 6/10″ Cartridge:

The 45-100 Sharps cartridge was introduced around 1896 by the Sharps Rifle Company for the Sharps-Borchardt rifles in 4 verisions the 45- 90 Sharps Straight, the 45- 100 Sharps Straight, the  45- 110 Sharps Straight and the 45- Sharps Special.The company went out of business in 1981, and the cartridges had a short life.In the last few decades , companies have started to reproduce the rifles and cartridges, although the brass is hard to find at the time of this writing, 03/29/2019.