Originally Posted By: Geo. Newbern
["Sort of beating a dead horse since it's now well established that Reilly made guns, and some the most articulate and experienced posters on this board, who originally had doubts, have conceded most of the conclusions in this line"]

No not all of us are convinced, but you're making a good case...Geo


I’m definitely in agreement with Mr. Newbern on this one. I still haven’t seen anything definitive, most specifically after the percussion era. Still not one gun making machine that was owned by Reilly. Not 1 photograph of gunmaking at Reilly’s in progress. Not 1 article describing gunmaking in progress. No names of lead gunmakers from each department (stockers, actioners, barrel makers, machinist, etc).
Cogswell & Harrison definitely made guns, there’s machines, names, pictures , articles to prove it too. All of the above is well documented with other manufacturers, even with the smaller ones. Keep digging. Still waiting proof of anything being made in the Reilly “factory” during the breech loading era.
Keep searching, hopefully you’ll come up with some empirical evidence proving definitively that actual gunmaking operations took place at Reilly’s in the breech loading era.