Strange things do happen. I was contacted by a gentleman in UK who has just joined this board "Papeman." He owns Reilly SN 26584, a BLNE in excellent condition (A&D use # 8072):




As chance would have it, in December 2015 I bought a case from a lady in UK who advertised it on eBay. It has an original Reilly label in it, one of the "outliers" which has been discussed before. On the label is hand written "26584" and "1886." Pretty amazing that the case is on this side of the Atlantic and the gun that belonged in it is still in UK. They lady who sold it to me said her husband got it out of a recycling location in Dorset.




My chart dates 26584 to around October 1884. I speculate it was numbered when ordered and not picked up until 1886.

After some very cursory reflections, decided the case belonged with the gun. Sent it back to UK to reunite it with the original. Here's the picture. It was worth it.

Last edited by Argo44; 06/13/20 11:21 PM.
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