My Shiloh Sharps only took about a week to get. I bought it used on Guns International. It is a Business Rifle chambered for the 50 2-1/2 Sharps Straight cartridge. As an early Business Rifle it is very plain with a round 28 "barrel, CC frame, plain wood, with the military butt.
With a 470g soft cast bullet over 90g of 1.5F Olde Eynsford, it kicks so bad setting at a shooting bench I can't handle it. Much easier on the shoulder and face (smile) off-hand or over crossed sticks, my preferred way to shoot it.
I had a 10' gong built by a welder who said it would stand up to anything. The "Big Fifty" knocks it "arse over teakettle" out to 100 yards. Gonna have to find a really durable gong to take to the desert as the public range where I shoot only allows paper. Hearing a gong ring is so much more satisfying than looking through binoculars for a hole in a paper target.
Dave