Holts is advertising a Reilly pin-fire, SN 10456, a Lefaucheux/Lang forward under-lever, center break 16 gauge shotgun. This gun would date to December 1857 and is one of the 5 earliest known extant Reilly break-action guns, the others being
-- 10054 (September 1856 and possibly the oldest datable UK center-break gun in existence),
-- 10128 (December 1856),
-- 10344 (August 1857), and
-- 10655 (May 1858).
This gun has been added to Chapter III, 27 & 28

Edit: Based on an exchange of correspondence with Holt's the auction house has change the date of origin to circa 1857

https://www.holtsauctioneers.com/as...725++++797+&refno=226474&image=8
REILLY, LONDON
A CASED 16-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 10456,
circa 1868, with faded brown damascus 30in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'REILLY, 302 NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON', London proofs, rounded border and scroll engraved action with forward facing under-lever, borderline and scroll engraved top-tang featuring a vignette of a standing gamebird, border, scroll and gamescene engraved back-action locks signed 'REILLY, LONDON', engraved hammers, walnut butt-stock with chequered wrist (rubbed, small loss at head), iron heel-plate with scroll and gamescene engraved spur, gamescene engraved trigger-guard bow and chequered walnut splinter fore-end with cross-key fastener, in its makers oak case lined and compartmented in green baize, darkly stained parchment Reilly trade label and a small number of accessories

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Last edited by Argo44; 07/10/25 07:20 PM.
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