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Questions on Reilly as a "vertical" gun making concern (making all parts himself)
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This will go over some old posts summarizing them, and asking for opinions:

By 1860 EM Reilly, building on the expertise of his Father J.C. and his own business acumen had created an empire. With his partners (unknown), he was running two huge buildings at 502 New Oxford and 315 Oxford Streets. 315 included a 50 yard shooting range; a 300 yard private shooting range was located nearby at Shepard's bush. These two building included retail sales spaces, manufactories and EM Reilly's residence. 315 was located next to Purdy's located at 314 1/2, whose shop was dwarfed by the size of Reilly's building.
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In these two buildings Reilly created multiple streams of revenue for the company:

1) He made Serial Numbered bespoke long-guns at a rate of about 2 a day for every day of the year - shotguns, rifles, rook rifles, double, single, multiple barrels, hammer guns, muzzle loaders, center break guns, breech loaders, Jones underlevers, etc. He allegedly built every piece of these guns. He bored, honed, chambered and rifled the barrels, cut the stocks, made and filed the actions. By 1880 this bespoke gun production increased to 3 a day. Customers were allowed to watch the progress of their gun from day to day in the factories.

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...1862 article on a fight in Sarawak................... 1900 book
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2). He inspected, finished and engraved long guns made under contract from Birmingham which he sold off the rack with his name on the rib. To do this he juggled contacts with Birmingham gun makers and with other London gun makers.

Non-serial numbered gun contracted for and retailed by Reilly
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3). In the 1860's He made over 500 Green Brothers breech loaders and 6000 Reilly-Comblain breech loaders, to which he had exclusive manufacturing rights, probably contracted to a factory in Birmingham.

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4). Per at least one poster, he also manufactured guns for other prominent London gun makers.

Here is a non SN'd 12 bore he made about 1890 for Oaks & Co. Madras:
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5). He assembled high-quality revolvers shipped to him in parts from Liege, engraved them, had them proofed in England and retailed them with his name on the rib.

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6) He engraved revolvers and pistols from named manufacturers such as Colt, S&W, Trantor, Adams, Walker, etc. and put his name on the ribs and retailed them.

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7). He inspected engraved and retailed long-guns from named manufacturers such as Westley-Richards putting his name on the guns while retaining the names of the makers.

8). He made in their entirety air-cane guns with his name on them, but no SN.

Last edited by Argo44; 06/05/21 11:35 PM.

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