Thanks for the information, Sir! 31111 on the barrel might not be a Reilly SN. It should be the 4 digit number 7330? Reilly sold rook rifles for a long time; early on these were not serial numbered and were mostly Trantor products. Around 1880 Reilly expanded to selling ready-made guns off the rack. At this time likely his rook rifles like his boxlocks were made in Birmingham and finished in London. (Holt's did not mention proof marks).

There are a couple more Reilly rook rifles with 5 digit barrel SN’s on the barrels and 4 digit numbers on the tang. This has led to a reevaluation of several single barrel Rook rifles and there may need to be a chapter written about this. I’ll post this separately since thanks to Parabola there are now questions about these Reilly rook rifle serial numbers.

Last edited by Argo44; 04/14/25 09:19 PM.
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