[\quote]As an aside, I shoot two .45-2.4" (erroneously AKA 45-90 Winchester) Shiloh-Sharps since 1987. If you are not going to load black powder, purchase a .45-70, which can be loaded to the .45-90 velocities in a Shloh-Sharps. If you load with black powder, utilizing FFFg black powder will increase/improve the .45-70 performance. [/quote/

FFFG? Isn't that a little fine? I have an original Sharps 1859 in .45-2.6 or .45-100.
Are you using a drop tube or compressing it? Are you filling it all the way or using some sort of filler? Thanks.

I may be wrong but perhaps PVT's mention of Lever is the falling block actuating lever, aka levering the action down and open to eject and reload a cartridge as he saw in Quigly...

Here's a pic of my Sharps lever down with the falling block action open.
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This might be more clear:[Linked Image]
And the same lever now up:
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Last edited by Lowpower; 06/20/15.