I have owned and loved a lot of 1874 Sharps rifles made by C Sharps, Shilo Sharps and Pedersoli Sharps rifles over the last 45 years , in several calibers,45-90 ,45-110, 40-65, and 45-70. they all shot VERY well, always black powder and always hand crafted lead bullets. I have done very well in competition with them but I have settled on one rifle that I shoot exclusively now, the Pedersoli 1874 Sharps Quigley, heavy 34” barrel. In 45-70. If you plan on shooting out to 1000 yards I highly recommend this rifle and this caliber. PM me for the loads I use and if you can find one I highly recommend this rifle.