good evening Dave. Per the above, I rapidly concluded that Reilly quit serial numbering pistols circa 1837. He afterwards put his name on and engraved thousands of pistols and later revolvers - duelers, derringers, Howdah's, revolvers, etc. Unfortunately, these cannot be used to date Reilly guns...except for extant labels left in their cases which helped build and date a huge database of Reilly trade labels. Thus, I would not bother looking at pistols unless they have a pre-1200 Serial Number and a J.C. Reilly address.

For any gun in the above list, I most likely have the original auction house ad (in some case several auction houses) and pictures going back to about 2002 when the internet became ubiquitous. You are going the extra mile for this research and it's really really appreciated...I'd love to be there with you...just trying to save you some labor. In any case, Thanks so much again. History is created by small steps. Gene

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