#84 • Antique 40-90 370 Sharps by UMC Paper Patch Cartridge

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

High bid $30.00

Status: Sold

Antique 40-90 Sharps centerfire cartridge produced by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, bearing the S U.M.C. H 40-3 1/4 headstamp on a long straight brass centerfire case topped with a large oxidized black lead bullet wrapped in its original aged paper patch, displaying exceptional honest patina and surface character throughout. The 40-90 Sharps was one of the premier long range buffalo hunting and Creedmoor target cartridges of the 1870s and 1880s, chambered in Sharps single shot rifles and prized by professional hide hunters and competitive marksmen alike for its flat trajectory and accuracy at extreme distances. UMC produced these paper patch loads at their Bridgeport, Connecticut factory to exacting standards, and the S H headstamp denoting the Sharps chambering alongside the 40-3 1/4 case length designation makes this a precisely identifiable and historically significant example. Cartridge measurements are OAL 4.01in CL 3.24in MW.42in