[Mac Attack]

I would like to start loading blackpowder cartridges for my 1874 Sharps. I was looking at the various dies for the rifle and noticed there are 45-70 Sharps, 45-70 WCF and 45-70 Government. Which ones do I need?

[Dean Williams]

What does the barrel on your rifle say, and what caliber is marked on the head stamp of the brass?

[FredT]

The WCF and the GOV'T are the same. Can't swear to the Sharps with out looking at my manuals.

[rcmodel]

+1
The 45-70 Gov & 45-70 WCF are one & the same.

There is, or was no 45-70 Sharps.
They had what was called a 45-75 Sharps Straight, or Sharps 45-2 1/16" in 1876. It was sometimes called the 45-70 Sharps.

But it too was identical to the 45-70 Gov / 45-70 WCF.

You want plain ordinary 45-70 reloading dies.

rc

[Mac Attack]

Thanks Guys!