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Possible indication that Reilly was making guns for other London makers in the 1830's.

Ivanhoe, sent the following advertisement from a 1977 Weller & Dufty catalogue for a Beattie percussion rifle from circa 1835:

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Per IGC, and TRW999: James Beattie was born in 1793 in Chilton, Buckinghamshire. In 1832 he was recorded as a gun maker and percussion cap maker at 43 Upper Marylebone Street. In 1836 he bought the business of Collinson Hall and moved to his premises at 52 Upper Marylebone Street.

The oldest Reilly long gun is a muzzle-loading Rifle SN 162 (1829). It has the same shape barrel as the above Beattie - Octagon shading to 16 sides then to round....and it has "Reilly" stamped on the hammer (something he discontinued doing later on). (See below advertisement and photo). Reilly, thus, may have made the above gun for Beattie - Beattie then finished it. That is a very good find and it may well be a solid indication that Reilly was early on making guns and gun parts for other makers in London as has been alleged.

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A 14-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, serial no 162, circa 1835, with re-browned twist-iron triple-stage 32in. barrel with carved bands at the intersection, the top-flat signed in gothic script 'J.C. REILLY, HOLBORN BARS LONDON', bead fore-sight, platinum line with a pheasant engraved at breech, platinum vented plug, scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and acanthus scroll engraved bar-action lock signed in script 'REILLY', highly figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron heel-plate, the long top-spur engraved with acanthus scrolls inhabited with a pheasant, border and scroll engraved trigger-guard bow, moulded iron fore-end cap with integral ramrod throat, plain iron thimbles and brass-tipped ebony ramrod 300-400

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Last edited by Argo44; 07/05/21 10:29 PM.
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