rifles industry firearms headquarters montana big timber united states products old west rifles website shiloh sharps rifles shiloh rifle manufacturing company is a firearms manufacturer located in big timber montana united states . the company produces a line of reproductions of various historical black powder rifles including the legendary 1874 sharps rifle featured in the 1990 western film quigley down under starring tom selleck . 1 2 3 shiloh sharps rifle began production in 1983 . previously the sharps rifle reproductions were manufactured by shiloh products inc. founded by len mul pronounce mull a of garfield new jersey in partnership with wolfgang droge who owned drovel tool company of farmingdale new york from 1976 to 1983 . len mul was responsible for all early drawings and mechanical drawings and prototype work on the model 1863 and truly deserves the full credit for as the second founder of sharps and its re introducing into the modern era . products edit shiloh sharps model 1874 hartford rifle in .50 90 sharps shiloh produces two basic models of rifle the sharps 1863 which is a percussion rifle and the sharps 1874 which is a black powder cartridge rifle bpcr . both rifles are produced in several variants such as single or double trigger upgraded wood finish etc. various barrel lengths and shapes round octagonal half round etc. . rifles chambered in standard factory rounds are warranted for shooting factory smokeless powder ammunition as well such as the 30 40k .38 55 and .45 70 . 4 the model 1863 comes in 50 caliber and 54 caliber . the model 1874 comes in .30 40 krag .38 55 winchester .40 50 11 16 bn .40 65 .40 65 win .40 70 2 1 4 bn .40 70 2 1 2 st .40 90 2 5 8 bn .40 90 3 1 4 st .44 77 bn .44 90 bn .45 70 .45 70 2 1 10 st .45 90 2 4 10 st .45 100 2 6 10 st .45 110 2 7 8 st .45 120 3 1 4 st .50 70 .50 70 1 3 4 st .50 90 2 1 2 st notes edit sharp eric . shooting star antique black powder rifle still scene stealer . detroit free press . june 18 2006 . names and faces on target . orlando sentinel . august 6 1989 . taffin john 1995 . the sharps 1874 . guns magazine . harris . 41 5 60 63 . retrieved september 2 2009 . shiloh sharps rifles web site external links edit official page this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shiloh rifle manufacturing company & oldid 743089508 categories companies based in montanafirearm manufacturers of the united statescompanies established in 1983united states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 19 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view