======== *39 1828-1900; Reilly Barrels: FOOTNOTEES ========

*39 1828-1900; Reilly Barrels:

. .. .London proofed:

. . . . .*39a London Proof example:
. . . . . . . . . .10054, 12628, 12532, 30446
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. . . . .*39b Re-proof example:
. . . . . . . . . .23898, 32658
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.. . .Bored and finished by Reilly, 1836-47:

. . . . .**39c Reilly boring barrels 1846-47:
. . . . . . . . . . 07 Aug 1837. 07 Aug 1837. “Morning Chronicle”
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. . . . . . . . . . 1843
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. . . . .*39d Testament: 1894 book called "Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel," 1894, by Colonel Pollok.
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. . . . .**39e Machinery: Ltc. P.Hawker on Lancaster barrel boring machinery.
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. . Barrel Lengths:. See extant gun chart.

. . Damascus:

Note: Dr. Hause identified the Damascus in the below collages as follows:
88, 5580, 10619, 7869 and 10782 - Stub Twist
.7023 - can't tell
.8556 - An early Laminated Steel ("angularly laminated")
18593 - Laminated Steel - (Stripe had larger scrolls; Iron had smaller more symmetric scrolls)
15964 - 2 Iron
18808 - 3 Iron ("Oxford")
20249 - 3 Iron
23153 - Laminated Steel
27570 - 3 Iron British Best ("Turkish")
30166 - Plain Twist/Skelp
34723 - 2 Iron
34247 - 2 Str

. . . . .*39f Damas 1: Variations of English twist. [Linked Image from jpgbox.com]
. . . . . . . . . .25 Sep 1861, "Tracker's Overlsmf News", Calcutta reporting arrival of guns for sale from UK:
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. . . . .*39g Damas 2: Crolle paterns – variations of Large scroll, Symmetric, or Annular Crolle
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. . . . .*39h Damas 2: Other Patterns. “Damas Mouchette,” and “Assymetric or Annular Crolle.”
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