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Any pictures of the action, Bob? This should be a "slant breach" action if it started out shooting paper cartridges. Pretty darn cool.
Our ".45-100", originally referred to as the ".45-2.6" was one of the rarest of Sharps chamberings. They soon shortened the case to 2.4" (known today as the ".45-90"), while maintaining the same overall length. Both case lengths were loaded with 90 to 100 grains of powder.
When I was actively shooting long range matches, I settled on the .45-2.6 for use with grease groove bullets. The extra .2" of case would serve to cover all of the grease grooves when seating a 540-550 grain bullet over 90 grains of powder. The .45-2.4 would leave at least the forward, if not two of the grease grooves exposed. Some folks are comfortable with that, but I never did like it.
The shorter case is better with paper patched bullets. More bullet is exposed and, since they were patched to bore diameter, supported by and centered in the bore itself. Almost no one shoots paper patch these days, though. It's a real PIA...
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