#67 • Antique .40-90 Sharps Necked Cartridge

Part of Antique Ammunition Online Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $8.00

Status: Sold

Antique .40-90 Sharps Necked cartridge with no headstamp, featuring a brass case, paper patched lead projectile, and rimfire primer. The .40-90 Sharps was a powerful long-range cartridge developed in the 1870s and chambered in Sharps rifles, widely favored by buffalo hunters and long-range target shooters on the American frontier. Known for its flat trajectory and hard-hitting performance at distance, it played a notable role in the era of commercial buffalo hunting that defined the post-Civil War western plains. This antique example displays honest age patina on the brass case with the lead bullet in good condition. Cartridge measurements are OAL 3.50in CL 2.61in MW .42in