1,000 yards. Also, in the western Billy Two Hats (1974), David Huddleston's character Copeland wounds Gregory Peck's character, Archie Deans, at a far distance. Firearms manufacturers such as Davide Pedersoli and Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company have credited these movies with an increase in demand for those rifles. As a result of the popularity of the film, a Sharps match is held annually in Forsyth, Montana, known as the "Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match". Originally, a target was placed at for each shooter, reminiscent of a scene from the movie. The match is billed as the "biggest rifle event shooting in Eastern Montana since the Custer Massacre" and has since developed into a two-day competition with eight shots for score on six steel silhouette targets at ranges from . See also .50-90 Sharps Billy Dixon, Medal of Honor recipient at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls Rifles in the American Civil War Notes References Coates, Earl J., and Thomas S. Dean. An Introduction to Civil War Small Arms. Gettysburg, Penn.: Thomas Publications, 1990. . Marcot, Roy - Marron, Edward - Paxton, Ron. "Sharps Firearms: The Percussion Era 1848 - 1865", April 2019 Sellers, Frank M. Sharps Firearms. North Hollywood, Calif: Beinfeld Pub, 1978. . Smith, Winston O. The Sharps Rifle, Its History, Development and Operation. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1943. External links Sharps Model 1874 - Background history Sharps Model 1874 - Shooting and reloading The Sharps Rifle, RifleShooter magazine http://shilohrifle.com/ American Civil War rifles Early rifles Rifles of the United States Guns of the American West Falling-block rifles Indian Rebellion of 1857 Hunting rifles