So have had this old barrel for awhile. It is a "ol Reliable" by C Sharps on top flat along with 40 cal. Under the forearm area is stamped a wolfs head and stamped "Shilo Sharps co"
My conundrum is the chamber. It is very close to a 40-70 Sharps bottle neck but a little off.
I lubed and pounded a 45-70 into the chamber to get a likeness but it was just a bit short. Next I cut down a 45 basic cartridge ( picture ) and messured it out. Here is the basic messurements from the pounded 45 basic cut to 1.150 which could be a bit short yet.
Length ... 2.150 , could be as long as 2.250.
Neck length ... .475
Body length ... .1.560 ish
Neck taper length ... .100 ish
Neck OD ... .442
So as you can tell, it is close to the 40-70SBN.
Next question ... wonder why those loading dies are so very expensive.
Would like to have a no powder or primer reloaded ( or at least sized ) case in 40-70 sbn to try to chamber and see how it chambers.