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27377 (1885), 27854 (early 1886)
EDIT: Dates changed due to change in 1st SN for rue Scribe and closure of rue Scribe in August 1885 vice 1886

I was asked by a member on the board for my opinion on the age of two EM Reilly's. I've received no pictures or heard nothing more but here is my response which might help others to date their Reilly SxS's.

27377 - Nov 1887
27854 - Aug 1888

Here's the reasoning. 26584 is the last SN I can find with both the Rue Sribe Paris address concurrent with one of the Oxford street addresses. He closed Rue Scribe in August 1886 I believe. I estimate that he was numbering about 600-640 guns a year at this point, say 50+ a month.

26584.................27200.....................27840
08/1886..............08/1887..v..............08/1888.v
.....................................27377..................27854
.....................................11/87...................08/88

If he closed Rue Scribe earlier in the year it'll pull those SN's back a few months. Both are so close to the marker number 26584 that you can be pretty sure both estimates are close.

Last edited by Argo44; 09/22/18 01:56 PM.
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