First completed volume of the four volume set. "This publication describes early Sharps cartridge rifle and carbine development, beginning with the Models of 1867 and 1968. The development of the ...

Neither company makes the pre-cartridge 1863 any longer, but just as in 1874, both Shiloh and C. Sharps Arms offer a wide variety of options, including round, octagonal and half-round barrels of ...

News; Business; Replica rifles are on the mark Sun., June 25, 2006 Kirk Bryan, president of the Shiloh Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Co., poses with an 1874 model Creedmoor rifle. Bryan's company ...

Christian Sharps died in 1874 having left the company two decades prior, but the impact of his rifle was just becoming fully realized at his death with the advent of the Model 1874 version of the ...