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Photos of these two percussion guns have been posted by the Auction house after some correspondence. These will be posted below because there are so few photos of Reilly's from this era. . .engraving, serial numbers, fonts, etc. that they can be helpful in understanding early Reilly's. In the case of SN 162. . .this is the sole existing long gun from the period 1828- to about 1838.

https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...ebruary-furniture-viewing-by-a-lot-1239/
14 bore SN 162, the oldest known Reilly long gun (in fact the only long gun with Holborn Bars on the rib) in existence previously sold at Holts 2008 and again by Holts via proxibid 2014 (Sold for £500): This SN would have been made in 1829. The engraving is quite crude. The Holborn Bars and J.C. Reilly font is in old "Black" English: Sold for £190.






https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...ebruary-furniture-viewing-by-a-lot-1237/
10 bore previously sold by Holtis via proxibid in 2014 (Sold for £800) No visible SN. With "Reilly" on the side-plates it may have been sold after 1840 though this is not a settled matter; it could be earlier. Without a SN it may have just been marketed. The engraving is consistent with the period but is crude: