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Reilly .577 rifles 1850 - 1858;

Ivanhoe sent an interesting advertisement from a 1977 Wallis & Wallis catalog for a Reilly, New Oxford Street, single barrel, .577 percussion hammer gun SN 8877...which per my chart would be spring 1850. It is very similar to two other Reilly 577 single barrel rifles in my database 10619 (early 1858) and a gun from a Polish site that had no SN mentioned. Note the "scroll guard" trigger guard extension. ("scroll guard" - terminology supplied by Stephen Helsley...thanks - tried to figure it out for a couple of years).

It's interesting that Reilly's style on muzzle loader single barrel .577 rifles was so consistent for such a long time period. Clearly it was a popular choice for shooters of the time. In addition, the patch box from 8877 certainly matches those on Reilly SxS percussion guns from that time period about 1840-1857.

From top: 8877, SN unk, 10619:
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Last edited by Argo44; 07/06/21 04:29 PM.
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