My neighbor is selling some of his older rifles out of his collection and he has set aside two that I am deciding on. One is a Martini action rifle in .45-70 and the other is a Sharps Rifle in .45-70. The Martini rifle is marked "EG Mk III" made in 1922. The Sharps is marked "Shiloh Sharps Buffalo Model C" made in the 1970s by his estimate. Both rifles are in great shape and the Sharps is higher than the Martini in price. Im trying to decide on which rifle I should buy and which I should let slide. More or less which rifle wont hurt as bad to say no to. I decided to get an easier to load for caliber as my last hunting rifle was an 1857 Snider-Enfield in .577 Snider and that is quite pricey to reload for and casting bullets for that rifle uses a good amount of lead as the bullets are .600" diameter and are about 530 grains. I want to step down to .45-70 and cast .459" bullets and use 405 grain bullets to save my supplies and have cheaper brass and more plentiful access to brass cases. Thanks to all who reply, this is my first forum post so if this is in the wrong sub-forum my apologies I just joined today.