Rifle
.40-50 Sharps Straight
Straight-cased .40-50 Sharps — a black-powder .40-caliber Sharps cartridge for medium game and target work, distinct from the more common necked (bottleneck) .40-50..
- Caliber
- 0.403″ · 10.24 mm
- Introduced
- 1879
- Case
- Straight
- Status
- Obsolete
- Introduced
- 1879
- Type
- Rifle
- Status
- Obsolete
- Case type
- Straight
- Eff. range
- 200 yd
Ballistics
Velocity only, no drag model: no published ballistic coefficient is on file for .40-50 Sharps Straight, so this is the shape gravity alone gives the advertised velocity. Drag would steepen it. The tool below solves real loads through their published G1 or G7 model.
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Representative trajectory — modeled from a single velocity input (no published BC for this cartridge yet).
Dimensionscase measurements · scale drawing · size vs familiar rounds
Case dimensions — the scale drawing at the top of the page is built from these.
Dimensions · approximate| Measure | mm | in | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet ⌀ | 10.24 | 0.403 | · |
| Neck ⌀ | — | — | |
| Shoulder ⌀ | n/a | ||
| Shoulder angle | n/a | ||
| Base ⌀ | — | — | |
| Rim ⌀ | — | — | |
| Belt ⌀ | n/a | ||
| Rim thickness | — | — | |
| Neck length | n/a | ||
| Case length | — | — | |
| Overall length | — | — | |
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History
Straight-cased .40-50 Sharps — a black-powder .40-caliber Sharps cartridge for medium game and target work, distinct from the more common necked (bottleneck) .40-50.
FAQs
- What bullet diameter is .40-50 Sharps Straight?
- .40-50 Sharps Straight uses a 0.403″ (10.24 mm) diameter bullet.
- Is .40-50 Sharps Straight still in production?
- .40-50 Sharps Straight is obsolete.
Sources & provenance
- Manufacturer Buffalo Arms Co. — 40-50 Sharps Straight Black Powder Ammunition (.403" 330 gr, for originals) · bullet ⌀ archived
- Reference F+W Media (W. Todd Woodard) — Cartridges of the World, 14th ed. — W. Todd Woodard, pp. 586 · velocity, grain weights
- Secondary Wikipedia (pointer to Woodard & Guns of the World) — .40-50 Sharps · year archived
Data & sources. Specs compiled from the Lindcott Armory reference; the trajectory is modeled (point-mass), not measured. See methodology. Spotted an error? Report it →