Thanks Mike. I saw those. I already had four of them; one was new.

There are now 715 Reilly guns whose parameters are known in the database on p.57. Presuming Reilly numbered around 33,700 guns from 1828 to 1912, that represents about 2.1% of the total, a good sample. We're now down to about 20 or so new numbers appearing each year - and there are also about 30 guns which have been auctioned off but whose numbers were not published which sooner or later will turn up. The new numbers haven't forced a change in the dating chart in about three years.

The chart really needs a few more guns from 1835-1847 to provide more clarity on that time period. There is a Maharajah in India who has 15 or so antique Reilly's. I've tried to correspond with his son using some old contacts from India days but to no avail.

"The maharajas were great collectors of empire's bric-a-brac. The tomblike salons exuded a Dickensian squalor and were crammed with sambar heads and taxidermic elephants in full regalia, horse racing trophies, and stuffed fantail snipes. There were lamps with deer hooves for stands, electrically illuminated peacocks, glasses with boar-tusk handles, and beautiful English guns from the London firm of E. M. Reilly.
http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2007-04-16/karma-express


Gene Williams

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