Steve, all the revolvers have their makers' serial numbers to my knowledge and can probably be dated by them. It's just that they cannot be used to date a Reilly gun - except where they have a case with a label. The label might then be associated with a time period thanks to the serial number revolver.

Here is an example...I thought this Reilly outlier pistol-only, 315 Oxford Street label was late 1870's. I now believe it was late 1860's, early 1870's but will research the revolver more to make sure.
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A clearer look at this label.
--"'Breech Loading Gun and Rifle Manufacturers"
-- 315 Oxford Street. Principle establishment 502 New Oxford Street and 2, rue Scribe, Paris. (post Feb 1868 - pre November 1881
-- gun maker to Napoleon III (prior to the fall of Napoleon III at the battle of Sedan, 3 Sep 1870? Actually Reilly continued to use that recommendation in his labels and Empress Eugenie bought two Reilly's in the early 1870's after exile to England).
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Last edited by Argo44; 09/12/21 07:56 PM.

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