I've had a lot of discussions with David Trevallion about Reilly numbering systems for their parts. Most gun makers seem to have numbered their various bits...especially hammers....for specific guns, seeing as how they were pretty well hand made by templates. I've never seen a serial numbered Reilly hammer...or any other bit except forearm, action, barrels, and trigger tang.. (edit: 10655 hs serial numbered on the inside of the action plates...not sure anybody else has ever checked).
Reilly's business model emphasized cheapness, speed of delivery but quality. I'm wondering if this "grabbing parts out of a bin" without sweating the extensive numbering systems, was part of his economization of production.
Last edited by Argo44; 10/24/19 11:02 PM.
