There is no way to give you a brief answer. ONE of my reference books on cartridges is about 2 inches thick, and THAT does not have all of them. Rifle cartridges have been as small as .17 caliber, and as large as .200 caliber. There are thousands of different rifle cartridges.

No one answer, since there was no one Sharps Rifle. Some were single shot and used metalic cartridges, some used paper or cloth cartridges.

the 22 long rifle holds 11 cartridges

Stored in cool, dry areas, modern cartridges seem to have a shelf life of about 70 years.

Ddepends entirely on which rifle- there are thousands of different cartridges, and different bullet types. Sorry-