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Originally posted by FrayAdjacent911
Yep, it's cartridge. .45-70. And it's a Pedersoli, not a Shiloh.
It's still a great rifle. Very accurate, very pleasant recoil even with 530gr lead bullets over 68gr of FFg.
Shiloh does manufacture breechloading percussion guns, as does Pedersoli and a few other manufacturers.
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Looks like the bullet in your photo is the old Saeco 745. I shot that one for awhile in a couple .45-70's, one an original Ballard Pacific and the other a C. Sharps '75. I've been using a Jones Creedmoor for just over ten years now as my match bullet, in both of those rifles and a C. Sharps '74 in .45-2.6". Do you compete at all? We are fortunate here in the Pacific Northwest to have a pretty busy match schedule, with everything from silhouette to paper target matches, all the way out to 1,000 yard.