Is This A Sharp' s Carbine Casing?

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Sasquatch39

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• May 9, 2018

• #1

Can anyone help me with this bullet Casing? Is it Civil War? Thanks.

 

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Voriax

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• May 10, 2018

• #2

Need some dimensions, rim diameter and total length?


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• May 10, 2018

• #3

Can you clean off the base of the shell at all? All the ones I have found like that were Henrys.

 

duggap

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• May 11, 2018

• #4

The Sharps were a paper cartridge until after the civil war. Take a look at this site for some examples of metal sharp's cartridges.



https://www.google.com/search?q=pos...X&ved=0ahUKEwiusJj-vP3aAhXp1IMKHa_OASkQsAQIPQ

 

Mick56

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• May 12, 2018

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Well, it's a rimfire. my guess is .44.