Stephen Nash sent me a short e-mail; He was down with Lyme disease for months and is now in the hospital with Pancreatitis and can't post. Bummer; sent well wishes. He's obtained a really beautiful Blanch pin-fire converted to C-F.

I told him I've received a mystery letter from New Zealand yesterday with no return address. It contained a print out from a NZ web site dated 2007 (details no longer on-line) with descriptions and photos of a Reilly pin-fire SN 12776 (1863). I've corresponded with 3 NZ members of DGS BBS over the last 8 years but the latest one David Brailsford denies sending it to me. Right now it is one of those "rapture moments," a letter from beyond the pale, from an alternative space-time dimension. . .haven't a clue. Here are the details for the record: (The "Germanic" type trigger guard has been seen occasionally on Reilly's).

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Last edited by Argo44; 09/28/24 09:30 PM.
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