The .45-90 Winchester Special was another of the cartridges mentioned in Fosters Winchester’s “Forgotten” Cartridges, 1866-1900 and was featured in the 1878 Winchester catalogue as a target cartridge made for long-range shooting in the Model 76. It was based on the .45-75 WCF case loaded with 90 grains of powder and a 500-grain paper patched bullet.
