.45-110 Sharps Str. 2&7/8″ JBA, One Cartridge not Box.

Description

Please note: in the above picture on the right, for size comparison; left is 45-110 Sharps, right is Winchester 30-30. 

One Cartridge not a Box: .45-110 Sharps Straight, 2 & 7/8″, custom loaded using then new, (now Obsolete) Jamison Brass cases with “45-110 SHARPS JBA” Head-Stamp and loaded with 405 grain lead projectiles.

History of the 45-110 Sharps, 3&7/8″ Straight  cartridge:                                      

The 45-120 Sharps cartridge was introduced around 1896 by the Sharps Rifle Company for the Sharps-Borchardt rifles in 4 versions 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.