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*19 Reilly in the early 1850's: Custom Guns and Munitions

. . . . .*19a 1854, edited 1874: The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon, by Sir Samuel Baker: Reilly was building explosive bullets for Baker in 1854 and made rifles for him for 30 years.

. . . . . . . . . .Excerpt from 1874 edition of The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon:
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. . . . . . . . . .Sir Samuel Baker
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. . . . .*19b 1880 Bradshaw travel guide advertisement:
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. . . . .*19c 1855: Col. John Jacob’s gun: Reilly also made explosive bullets for Col. John Jacob, legendary British leader of Pashtun cavalry "Jacob's Horse" in the 1840's-50's (Jacobabad in Pakistan is named after him) in the mid-1850's for his double barreled rifle which allegedly could reach out 2,000 yards. His cavalry (he was still in Persia) made a historic march to relieve the siege of Delhi in the 1857 mutiny. His grave is maintained in Jacobabad with almost cult-like status.

. . . . . . . . . .Gen Jacob
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. . . . . . . . . .1857 Anglo-Indian Almanac
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. . . . . . . . . .Illustrated London News
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. . . . . . . . . .Jacob’s Gun
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. . . . .*19d 1869: Reilly Exploding Bullet Patent:
REILLY, EDWARD MICHAEL 1259 23/04/1869 Improvements in explosive bullets and in the apparatus for making them.

. . . . . . . . . .Reilly 1869 Exploding bullet tools:
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