#18 • Authentic Reproduction.52/.54 Sharps Shear Off Paper Cartridge

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Authentic reproduction .52/.54 caliber Sharps shear off paper cartridge in the American style, featuring a large conical black-coated lead projectile with a pronounced cannelure seated in a clean off-white cartridge paper body secured with a period-correct string tie, with a neatly folded square tail at the powder end designed to be sheared off by the breechblock of the Sharps rifle upon closing. The paper body presents a crisp clean off-white finish with a tightly formed cylindrical form and the black-coated conical projectile firmly seated and intact at the bullet end. Overall condition is excellent, with the paper wrapping clean and sound, the string tie secure, the folded tail crisp, and the black-coated projectile showing only minor surface texture with no tears or deterioration.