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*4 1831: Reilly "Gun Maker"

As mentioned above the first Reilly advertisement so far found with "Gun-Maker" appeared in April 1831.*4a However, the report on the early January theft of jewelry from his shop identified J.C. as both “gun maker” and “silversmith” indicating that he was alreadly established in the gun trade at that time.*4b A Jul 1830 advertisement specifically mentioned guns of Reilly’s own make.*4c From 1831 forward Reilly identified himself solely as "Gun-Maker.” The fact that Reilly was making guns in London was widely reported in the British press at the time, an 1835 book on guns and shooting being an example.*4d.

His gun advertisements in 1831 targeted “gentlemen going abroad” and offered special rates to “country dealers” ordering his guns.*4e There are indications that during the early 1830's he was making guns "in the white" for the London trades as well. (A Reilly hammer found on an 1835 James Beattie gun, and the similarity of that gun to known Reilly long guns leads to this possible conclusion).*4f For an entreprenuer who had began making guns only three years earlier, this is an impressive expansion of his manufacturing capability and his marketing/retailing.

Note: Reilly continued to deal in jewelry for awhile. In London directories he is mentioned as a jeweler up to 1835.*4g He apparently continued to make “jewelry” of a type afterwards which included miniature cannons and guns; J.C. Reilly exhibited small brass mortar models at an exhibition in 1845.*4h

Note: 70 years later as Reilly fortunes began to wane, J.C. Reilly's grandson advertised the firm as "established 1835." This history knows more than the grandson did.*4i

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Last edited by Argo44; 06/04/22 10:51 PM.
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