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Changing date of occupancy of 315 Oxford St. from January 1859 to 01 August 1858


In looking to try to determine when London gunmakers actually began to advertise center-break breech-loaders in the newspapers, some interesting data turned up. So far it looks like H.Holland and Reilly were the earliest, Sep-Oct 1856 (and the Holland advertisement might relate to a needle gun, making Reilly the earliest to actually advertise in "The Field" for a center-break breech loader). See Stephen Nash's separate pinfire line:

But in the process a search of the UK newspaper database - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk -was done again, after a couple of years of non-subscription, for Reilly in 1858-59. Millions of pages have been added and new advertisements have been posted. As a result, the date of occupancy of 315 Oxford Street (with the fifty yards shooting gallery) by Reilly has been moved back 6 months from mid-January 1859 to 01 August 1858.

Top: . . . . . . .24 July 1858, "The Field."
Bottom:. . . .07 Aug 1858, "The Field."



The history will be updated shortly. The Serial Number chronology may not need much modification; the new date for occupying 315 Oxford St. sure makes the Prince Patent SN 10811, with "Oxford Street" on the Rib, dated Fall 1858, now totally logical. And this even earlier occupancy of "The Manufactory" to surging orders for breech-loaders pushes back the date of systematic and sustained production of said. This change, however may effect the chronology of the case/trade labels - it's time to update that post in any event.

(Edit: History and Chronologies have been edited).

Last edited by Argo44; 07/16/20 11:12 PM.

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