A.S. Nippes

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
A.S. Nippes		Mill Creek	Pennsylvania	1849?	1850

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for

Product
1849 contract for manufacturing the first Sharps firearm, patented in 1848. Less than 100 firearms were manufactured under this contract. 1849 a second contract for manufacuring the fist Sharps Sporting Rifles. The guns produced were the "wheel primer" model. These first rifles were plain, octagon barrel, sporting rifles in .36 and .44 caliber. Less than 100 firearms were manufactured under this contract.

Product

1849 contract for manufacturing the first Sharps firearm, patented in 1848. Less than 100 firearms were manufactured under this contract.

1849 a second contract for manufacuring the fist Sharps Sporting Rifles.
The guns produced were the "wheel primer" model. These first rifles were plain, octagon barrel, sporting rifles in .36 and .44 caliber. Less than 100 firearms were manufactured under this contract.