Hello everyone, earlier I had posted about a neighbor wanting to sell me either his sharps or martini rifle. Well turns out the martini rifle was missing its firing pin and the sharps rifle blew hot gas into your face everytime you fired it. He bought the Sharps back and well I am back to wanting another rifle. I love my Snider Enfield to death but .577 Snider isnt exaclty cost effective to reload for en masse for hunting and ocassional target practice. So I figured .45 Government might be a better round to go with. That being said how many here are knowledgeable about the Trapdoor rifles ? More specifically the differences between an 1873 Model and an 1884 Model ? Also what is the minimum sight setting for these rifles ? My Snider is 100 yards minimum on the sights so I aim a bit low at 50 yards when taking a deer. I have seen some things online say the minimum sight setting is 250 yards ! That is just a tad too much for me . If anyone can let me know if one of the trapdoor models has a 100 or even 50 yard (highly doubted) minimum that would be great. I dont want one of the H&R repros or an Italian Stallion I am going for one of the original American Springfield rifles and load it up with holy black. Thanks to all who reply.