I wouldn't have this Shiloh except a friend who buys expensive guns called one day and said "I have a Sharps and I do not like it it is too heavy"! I was thinking a Italian Sharps so I get some trade goods ready and go. Well when I got there I had to go get more, he wanted a "Assult" rifle in 308 and a 7.62 AK and some ammo. I had at that time a Saiga in 308, and a AK that I had built and a 500 rd case of 308 ammo. Well that wasn't quite enough so I pulled up my shirt and ask if he needed a nice CCW with holster 357 Taurus 2", the deal was done at a cost of all my modern simi-autos and a carry gun. Even at that it was a small price to pay for a Shiloh Sharps in 45/70 with a high dollar tang and a adjustable bubble front sight. It has a heavy hex 34" barrel shoots great but it is 13+ # at least.
Forgot to add he is about 5'3" and 125# or so, and the Saiga was in the AK configuration as I had converted it awhile back. Me I am a little larger 6'1" and 240# use to be 6'2.5" but blew out two disk in '93 and lost an inch with the removal of the disk the other half went with old age.