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These rook rifles with the Reilly name on them likely do not have a Reilly SN.

Needle fire rook rilfes: in the 1860’s Trantor was making a very popular small calibur rook-rifle that was retailed by many firm including Reilly. Reilly sold these but did not serial number them or claim to make them.

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http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Odd%...%20Rifle%20E.M.%20Reilly%2040%20Cal..htm
Trantor NeedlefireTarget Rifle E.M. Reilly 40 Cal.
E.M. Reilly & Co, 502 Oxford St. London


. . . . .http://www.jcmilitaria.com/antique_weapons_rifles.asp?Start=60
.40 Calibre Break Action Needle Fire Rook Rifle By E.M Reilly & Co, London. This is a good quality .40 Calibre Needle Fire Rook Rifle By E.M Reilly & Co, London.. It has a 25 1/2" octagonal barrel and measures 42" overall. The barrel's bore is clean and has crisp rifling. The top of the barrel is engraved 'E.M. Reilly & Co 502 New Oxford Street, London'.


17939
https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-39664.html.
https://www.stroudauctions.co.uk/lots/5fda1f9a1a00632f4e439f80
E M Reilly .380 hammer action rook rifle with chequered semi-pistol grip and forend, carved horn butt cap, line engraved lock named 'E M Reilly & Co 277 Oxford Street London', pop-up sights, sling suspension loops, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, side thumb lever and 24 inch octagonal barrel, overall length 101.5cm, serial number 17939.


18865
EM Reilly .380LR Break barrel rook rifle (1861 to 1869) RHS side lever, external hammer with angled (ex percussion?) strike, 24” octagonal barrel, semi-pistol grip, shallow bead-on-post foresight on dovetail, empty rearsight dovetail, PH Sportarget folding aperture rearsight on tang. Blank silver escutcheon under butt, semi pistol grip, steel butt plate. Markings: On barrel flat “E..M.Reilly & Co. 502 New Oxford St, London”. Under splinter “2361” “10.5” “317” “18865”.


19124
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...th-jones-underlever.cfm?gun_id=103014717
EM Reilly stalking rifle with a Jones underlever action. The serial number of this rifle shows it was made in 1874. The rifle appears to be in caliber 360EX (360 BPE, 9.3x57/360). 28" barrel.



23012
https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lot...Y-and-CO/442-360_obsolete-30.3.22-antony
A .360 OBSOLETE CALIBRE HAMMER ROOK RIFLE BY REILLY & CO, 27.75inch sighted blued barrel fitted with rear leaf sights and engraved E. M. REILLY & CO. OXFORD ST. LONDON. signed back action lock, rotary under lever mechanism, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, serial no. 23012.


27515
http://gavingardiner.com/BidCat/detail.asp?SaleRef=0032&LotRef=264
.410 single barrel hammer gun, No. 27515 converted from a rook rilfe: 26-inch octagonal barrel; file-cut top surface, 2 ½-inch chamber, true cyllnder, automatic ejector. Rounded frame with central hammer and side levr; fine scroll engraving. Figured stock with pistol grip, 4lb. 14 oz. Nitro proof.


30284
https://www.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=S0717+++2804+&refno=++113350
E.M. REILLY CONVERTED .410 (SMOOTHBORE) SINGLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 30284, 25 1/4in. octagonal nitro barrel with matt top-flat, engraved 'E.M. REILLY & CO. OXFORD ST. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chamber, scoop-back action, cocking indicator stud, triggerplate-mounted manual safety, 14 1/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock (some marking), weight 4lb. 8oz.


31130
https://www.holtsauctioneers.com/as...24+++2018+&refno=220668&image=2A
.380 (L/R ROOK) TRANTER'S PATENT ROOK & RABBIT
RIFLE SIGNED E.M REILLY & CO. serial no. 31130, circa 1900, with octagonal 21in. sighted barrel, the Oxford street address heavily rubbed, Tranter patent action with push-button barrel lock and manual extraction, central hammer and chequered walnut butt-stock with no provision for fore-end, cleaned.


35249
https://www.antonycribb.com/auction...k-rifle-by-e-m-reilly/?lot=2173&sd=1
A .380 OBSOLETE CALIBRE ROOK RIFLE BY E. M. REILLY - 26inch sighted octagonal barrel fitted with rear leaf sights, engraved with the manufacturer's details, border and foliate engraved push button action, the left side stamped TRANTER'S PATENT S5249, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, the wooden butt with chequered wrist, cracked and restored.