Actually, Selleck used a Sharps 45-110 rifle in that movie, like this replica:
https://shilohrifle.com/rifles/1874-sharps-rifle/1874-hartford-clone-en/
Did he? Thanks, I thought I remember the barrel of his gun being octagonal. I thought there was something about the barrel that caught my attention as making it unusual.
That’s what I thought. It was a Sharps. With a peephole tang sight, if I remember correctly.