This gun has appeared on Gunbroker.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1045183274
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I've been in contact with the seller. I believe this is the first Reilly percussion pigeon gun I've run across. I've suggested he modify the ad as follows:

E.M. Reilly 1868 11 Bore Percussion Live-Pigeon Shotgun

11 bore (the bores measure .755) percussion shotgun made by E.M. Reilly & Co., SN 15143 (which dates to summer 1868 per a Reilly historian). The barrels are 32” and the gun weigns 8 lbs xx oz. It is housed in an original case with accoutrements and has an original Reilly trade label in a design used by Reilly from 1861 to 1868. The barrels have a flat filed rib used only on Reilly shotguns meant for live pigeon competition and may be the only Reilly percussion pigeon gun in existence. Reilly began advertising pigeon guns in 1868 in the London newspapers; an ad in “The Field” from 1869 shows that Reilly was selling both center-fire breech loading pigeon guns and percussion pigeon guns (which at the time were preferred by certain shooters).

Ad is from 17 July 1869 "The Field"
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Last edited by Argo44; 04/09/24 05:16 PM.
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