.40-50 Sharps Explained

The .40-50 Sharps, may reference two mutually incompatible black powder rifle cartridges, which were the smallest members in the Sharps family:^[1]

• .40-50 Sharps Straight or 40-1-inch Sharps, introduced in 1879^[2]
• .40-50 Sharps Necked (or Bottlenecked) or 40-1-inch Sharps, introduced in 1869^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Outlet. Rh Value Publishing. Guns of the World. 12 December 1988. Random House Value Publishing. 978-0-517-22518-9. 23.
2. Book: W. Todd Woodard. Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges. 1 December 2014. F+W Media. 978-1-4402-4274-8. 586–.