any one shoot 45-70 Sharps

[tacfoley]

Well, Sir, all I can say is the owner might just be mistaken. The image I showed you of the Sharps is what the Sharps looks like - although some have longer barrels.

But none of them described by any of the other posters are like the one you seem to have fired.

THIS is the Winchester Hi-Wall....also replicated by Browning as the model 1878, and by Uberti.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...linguy/hw3.jpg

For your information, an internal hammer cannot be seen, and THAT is why it is called an internal hammer. You cannot touch an internal hammer as it is all totally concealed inside the frame or receiver of the action. To tell the truth, I can't think of a single popular example of a black powder rifle in .45-70 that has an internal hammer, unless you count the Ruger #1 carbine - being used to shoot black powder ammunition.

Let us know when you've figured out which one it may have been.

It seems very odd to me that the owner doesn't seem to know what he has in his possession.

tac, puzzled.