John Boy mentioned the .45-90 1876 WInchester in a previous post. There was a .45-90 cartridge made for the '76 Winchester but it was not the .45-90 cartridge made for the '86.
Stu Miller, who wrote the "Cartridge Corner" section in the early days of "Shooting Times", said this:
"There is one other cartridge in this .45-75 caliber that is even more sought after. In the 1878 Winchester catalog they showed the Winchester 1876 Long Range with a powder load of 90 grs. and a 450 gr. paper patched bullet.This was the regular .45-75 cartridge case, but because of the longer overall cartridge dimensions of the loaded round, it was impossible to load it from the magazine. The catalog stated that these cartridges appeared in only one edition of WInchester's catalog, so it must have proved unpopular."
Interesting.
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