began in 1976
New York, Montana
- 1848-1881 32-year run of original Sharps rifle production
- March 12, 1874 Sharps died (64)
Modern Sharps
- 1976 started as Shiloh Products, Inc
– in Farmingdale, New York
– founded by Len Mulé & Wolfgang Droege - Len Mulé
– manufactured high quality bullet moulds for blackpowder shooters
– four-cavity design
– sold as the “Shiloh IV” moulds - 1975 the premiered New Model 1863 Rifle & New Model 1863 Carbine
– worked with Pinetree Casting (a division of Ruger)
– used original Civil War salvage parts from Dixie Gun Works - 1976 percussion rifles and carbines produced at Farmingdale, New York plant
- 1976 Len Mulé began researching and working on the blueprints of the cartridge models Shiloh Model 1874
- 1977 Model 1874 metallic cartridge rifle models went into production
- 1983 Shiloh Sharps Rifle Company
– moved to Big Timber, Montana
– Merged with C. Sharps Arms
– 180/acre shooting range - 1986 Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company split from C. Sharps Arms
- 1990 Quigley Down Under – Shiloh manufactured the Sharps rifle
- 1991 purchased by the Bryant brothers
- 1996 started in house Foundry
Shiloh Rifle
201 Centennial Dr
Big Timber, Montana 59011
shilohrifle.com
