Ranch, Yes, I'm well aware of the .45/75 Winchester, used in their Model 1876. What really made me ask the question about a .45/75 headstamp on the standard .45/70 case comes from two sketches I've seen. One, in Cartridges of the World, shows the .45/75 Sharps Straight loaded with a 400 grain paper patch bullet. In that sketch the cartridge is headstamped "W.R.A. Co." on the top and "45-75 S" on the bottom. Then in the 1916 Winchester catalog there is a .45/75/420 Sharps shown in a very good and detailed sketch but that cartridge's case is headstamped with ".45-70." Also, just because I was just looking at it, a .45-85 Bullard is shown which had the same 2.1" case and that is sketched with a ".45-85 BUL" headstamp. You know I have a particular (or peculiar) interest in the .45/75 Sharps so I wonder if that headstamp existed. And if it did exist or not, maybe we should make some new ones.
Last edited by 303mike; 01/31/13.
