I just saw this film yesterday and I was paying close attention to how they decided to show the shooting scenes and anything to do with rifles and cartridges. I am interested if anyone else saw the movie and what y'all thought.
What I observed - Nicolas Cage is the buffalo shooter and has what looks to be an 1874 Sharps. You can see the base for a vernier sight but he shoots it with open sights and I never saw him use the ladder sights. Also, he does use cross sticks but more often than not he is shooting off-hand or prone. I think what I found the most interesting and inaccurate is when he is building cartridges. They show Cage using a powder measure to quickly pour powder in a case and then he seems to push in an ungreased GG bullet into the case and then tap the bullet down with a small wooden hammer.
I think they had the right ideas for the most part but from what i have read, it would be an inaccurate portrayal of how they shot and how they reloaded. I'm sure some folks did not use vernier sights but would have used the ladder sight. And the pouring of powder was not accurate and I believe paper patch was the main method.
What I observed - Nicolas Cage is the buffalo shooter and has what looks to be an 1874 Sharps. You can see the base for a vernier sight but he shoots it with open sights and I never saw him use the ladder sights. Also, he does use cross sticks but more often than not he is shooting off-hand or prone. I think what I found the most interesting and inaccurate is when he is building cartridges. They show Cage using a powder measure to quickly pour powder in a case and then he seems to push in an ungreased GG bullet into the case and then tap the bullet down with a small wooden hammer.
I think they had the right ideas for the most part but from what i have read, it would be an inaccurate portrayal of how they shot and how they reloaded. I'm sure some folks did not use vernier sights but would have used the ladder sight. And the pouring of powder was not accurate and I believe paper patch was the main method.