Howdy yall! I am doing a research of the guns used for Buffalo and their cartridges. The guns seem to be fairly easy finding info for but the cartridges tend to be harder. I am primarily looking for a little history, load data, bullet options, brass conversion options, differences in the bottleneck vs. straight wall cartridges if cartridges share a cartridge & powder load, possibly modern smokeless loads for modern reference, and a little more understanding. Also, if there is a place to also gain more info as well, I am all ears! Here is the list of absurdity.
.40-50 Sharps Bottleneck (SBN)
.40-50 Sharps Straight (SS)
.40-65 Winchester
.40-70 SBN
.40-70 SS
.40-82 Shiloh (Is this a new cartridge or just as old as the rest?)
.40-90 SBN
.40-90 SS
.44-70 Remington
.44-90 Remington
.44-100 Remington
.44-77 SBN
.44-90 SBN
This a small section of cartridges I am studying so I will have more questions with a different list but it is better if I take this research in chunks. None the less, I appreciate everyone's input for this! Thank you so much in advance!