Abstract: An improved shuttle drive for a narrow ware loom which includes a batten which is moved vertically in a pattern to one of several positions, a warp shed and a vertical row of shuttles mounted on the batten for vertical movement therewith and positioned so that only one of the shuttles is in active position for each position of the batten, the shuttles being mounted on the batten for horizontal movement through the warp shed. The improvement includes means for detecting which side of the shed the active shuttle is on, first actuating means for moving the active shuttle from one side of the warp shed, second actuating means for moving the shuttle to the opposite side of the warp shed and control means operatively connected to the detecting means for activating the appropriate actuating means.