The .40-50 Sharps, may reference two mutually incompatible

black powder Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon), and potassium nitrate, potassium ni ...

rifle cartridges, which were the smallest members in the Sharps family: *.40-50 Sharps Straight or 40-1-inch Sharps, introduced in 1879 *.40-50 Sharps Necked (or Bottlenecked) or 40-1-inch Sharps, introduced in 1869

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