AaronN has posted three Reilly ads and accruements on the Pin Fire line that may push the date of the first Reilly center-break pin-fire back to 1855, probably shortly after the awarding of medals at the 1855 Paris Exposition Universelle. Based on this I will alter the history back to my original speculation, that Reilly changed his labels shortly after the Paris Fair and at around that time offered Center-Break guns for sale. This may change yet again as more information comes to light. Thanks Aaron.

-- interesting that the earliest advertisements use "Fusils Bascule" leaving out the "�".

16 Aug 1856, "Law Times." - advertisement for "Fusils Bascule."
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1856 Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland; "Fusil � Bascule." The volume was printed in 1856 (month not indicated); the forward written by Dod was dated 1856 (month not indicated) (unknown if it were the beginning or end of the year).
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1855 headstamp on a Reilly, London pin-fire cartridge - made in UK or imported?
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