I totally get what Jon is telling me and he for sure is correct that the barrels were beyond proof - there's no way a .410 SxS Side-lever hammer gun with intact Damascus barrels could have sold for that price. But here's where it became confusing over this gun - nowhere in the advertisement is it mentioned that this is a "stock, action, fore-end" gun.

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Past Holt's advertisements would make this clear. Here is an example from a 2023 Holt's auction, SN 24701:

https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.c...++8056+&refno=++177789&saletype=
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Oh well....it's all hypothetical since someone got the gun and will do something with it. A few years ago I missed out on a similar .410 side-lever hammer gun that was in good condition, SN 25851 - same year, same generation - just two serial numbers lower than the Holt's gun; wonder if Reilly built them as a "batch?"
https://www.guntrader.uk/guns/shotguns/reilly-em/hammer/410-gauge/side-lever-180723174108286
Beautifully scaled little 410 hammer-gun ( collectors piece ) , reproofed 2007 and very rarely fired since ! bores in particularly good condition , unusual to find a 410 with Damascus barrels -- top rib reads E M Reilly & Co 16 New Oxford Street, London & RUE SCRIBE PARIS . metric bore measurement 10.50mm in both tubes and estimated chokes LH 1/4 RH 1/8 with the chambers being 2 1/2" as seen in photos attached .

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Last edited by Argo44; 03/28/24 07:59 PM.
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