Which caliber

[mherth]

Get the 2 7/8 and a shotgun butt plate. No contest. The big 45 looks better, shoots better, especially at distance, and even the original Sharps factory said that it did better work at 1000 yards than the fifty did at 600. The shotgun butt plate is a lot more comfortable to shoot than the curved one. BTDT. Shoot straight, rdnck.

What rdnck said. I believe the standard load was a 500 grain bullet over 100 grains of powder. I shoot a Shiloh 45 2-7/8 with a PP chamber and love it but I’m getting old and use a slip-on recoil pad. But I think an even better choice is the 45-70 with a tight PP chamber. Load 80 grains or so of powder. Much easier on one’s body and wallet.