The History mentions Cape Guns as a sub-sub-chapter; however, it might merit more attention since Reilly was one of the first, perhaps the first, to advertise such a gun in London in 1858. Chapter VIII has been further delineated in the Table of Contents of the history on P.94 of this line to assist in searches.

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VIII. 1860 – 1867 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
. . .45. 1850’s-1895: Reilly Staff; Quality Young Employees
. . .46. 1861: Reilly Manufacturing and Sales
. . . . . . . .1861: Dougall “Lockfast” patent:
. . . . . . . .1861: “Double grip” - “Jones Underlever:
. . . . . . . .1859: Nuthall’s Patent:
. . . . . . . .1861: .451 Enfield target rifle
. . . . . . . .1861: .451 Enfield experimental rifling
. . . . . . . .1861: Capt. Scott's Patent Progressive Twist Rifling and bullet
. . . . . . . .1858: Cape Guns
. . . . . . . .1861: Bastin Lepage sliding action
. . .47. 1862: Reilly and the 1862 London Expos

Edit: Holt's was asked about the similarity of rifle gauge and shotgun bore - .25 and .500. Also which barrel is rifled (Reilly usually rifles the left barrel). Here is the response:

Dear Gene,
The cape gun appears to be authentic. I was wondering whether the right hand tube had been a rifle barrel as well originally but I don't think so. The '25-bore' is only a rough measurement with a carrot gauge and sadly the bores are not marked size-wise on the underside, so it could be taken as '24-bore' just as easily. Both bores seem to have had quite a lot of use, the rifled barrel is quite stained and frosted.
Robert

Last edited by Argo44; 11/04/25 02:19 PM.
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