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. . . . .*28g. Reilly provided 4 guns for the follow-on muzzle-loader/break-action breech-loader trial run by the "The Field" in July 1859, all allegedly built on the "lever under fore-arm" English standard single-bite "Lefaucheux/Lang" principle per a sketch in "The Field." *25
. . . . . . . . . .Results:
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. . . . . . . . . .sketch of one of the Reilly's at the 1859 trial:
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. . . . . . . . . .SN 14469 – hinged fore-end
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. . . . .28h 17 July 1859, "the Field" - Purdey, Boss, Haris Holland dodge the challenge:
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. . . . .28i However, at this time Reilly also was making guns with the under-lever located under the trigger guard Beringer-style per a late 1859 book sketch;
Book Reilly Beringer Here is an 1860 book which has a sketch of such a Reilly. Sketch was probably made in 1859.
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. . . . .28j whether one of these guns participated in the trials is unknown. (The gun pictured in the sketch could well be a center-break Beringer-style pin-fire SxS shotgun sold at a recent auction – serial number unknown).
U-L sold at auction: 1859-60 Beringer style Lefaucheaux center-break gun, and obviously a classy one made in 315 Oxford Street.
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