Steve, nice observation and you do own
14672 - the last extant Reilly before the opening of rue Scribe. George L's
15625, the 4 bore pictured above, was a pin-fire conversion. I believe this one
15964 was also. As for rebounding hammers, here are the patents.
1867, 09 Feb - Stanton patent 367 - rebounding hammers
1869, 30 Dec - Stanton patent 3774 - rebounding hammer modificationI really think both George L's 4 bore and this one had rebounding hammers added when modified. There is a long line on DBS on George L's 4 bore...worth reading if you can ignore the verbal abuse from the usual suspect.
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...2532#Post172532I tried to keep track of when was the first Reilly I saw with original rebounding hammers but a lot of these guns were brought back to the maker and converted...there's even a muzzle loader converted to a center break gun. But according to my records here is the earliest so far:
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16341 (1870 per my chart) began life as a Snider double.https://books.google.com/books?id=OoBq0q...ase&f=false(text)
"Began life as a .double rifle, a 577 Snider double made in 1874 (wrong - 1870).
It was proofed for blackpowder and marked 26. indicating a 26-bore, or .577 caliber. It has Stantons rebounding hammers, and the only fully snap Jones underleaver I have ever seen. ......."============================================================From p.22 on the Reilly line; 1867: 14461 - 14910. - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45014580 - E.M. Reilly & Co., London. 12 ga. Shotgun SxS; hammer gun, Muzzle loader.
14672 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London; 12ga Shotgun SxS. Back action, hammer gun. (Steve Nash's gun).
1868: 14911 - 15510. - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600. .*9 14983 - E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford Street, London & 2 rue Scribe, Paris; 8 bore. Shotgun SxS; U-L, hammer gun. (
First Rue Scribe, Paris address)(12bore's gun)
14985 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London. 16 ga. Shotgun SxS; Sidelock, U-L hammer gun, (Buffum)(SXS40).
..3402 (outlier) - E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford Street, London & rue Scribe Paris; .577 cal, Rifle SxS; hammer gun, Muzzle Loader (Buffum).
15021 - E.M. Reilly, New Oxford St, London. .577 Enfield. Volunteer Snider 3 band rifle. German silver rearsight cover stamped "Snider"
15129 - E.M. Reilly & Co., 502 Oxford St. London. 12 bore. Shotgun SxS; pinfire, hammer gun, muzzle loader.
15143 - E.M. Reilly & Co., 502 Oxford St. London, 12ga. Shotgun SxS; U-L, hammer gun.
15227 - E.M. Reilly & Co., (address not mentioned). .577. Rifle, Snider Enfield conversion.
15239 - E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford St., London. .577. Rifle, Snider-Enfield 2-band; Birmingham proof.
15270 - E.M. Reilly & Company, Oxford Street London & Rue Scribe Paris. .577. Rifle SxS; U-L. BPE. Non-rebounding hammers.
15262 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London. 12ga. Rifle SxS. Black Powder proof for 13 bore.U-L, hammer gun.
15283 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London. 12ga. Shotgun SxS; U-L, hammer gun. (Buffum).
15287 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London. 12ga. Shotgun SxS'. U-L, hammer gun. (Buffum)(SXS40)
15318 - E.M. Reilly & Co., (address not mentioned). 12ga. Shotgun SxS; U-L, hammer gun
15346 - E.M. Reilly (no further info). 12ga. Shotgun SxS; U-L, hammer gun.
1869: 15511 - 16110. - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60015531 - Reilly & Co., (no address mentioned). .50cal. Rifle Single barrel. Enfield type. Hammer gun. Muzzle loader. (Buffum).
15625 - E.M. Reilly & Co., 502 New Oxford Street, London, 2 Rue Scribe Paris. 4bore. Shotgun SxS. U-L. Orig pinfire converted to centerfire. (George L.'s gun)
15857 - E.M. Reilly & Co., 502 New Oxford Street, London. 12ga. Shotgun SxS. Centerbreak, U-L. Non-rebounding hammers. (JBLondon's gun)
15961 - E.M. Reilly (no further descriptions). 12bore. Rifle SxS; U-L, hammer gun.
15964 - E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford St., London. 4 bore SxS rifle. U-L, Hammergun.
1870: 16111 - 16710. - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60016139 - E.M. Reilly & Co., London and Paris. 12 bore. rifle. U-L, hammer gun, rebounding bar-locks. Gold washed presentation-1994 DGJ article (Douglas Tate)
16257 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London. 12 bore. Shotgun SxS. U-L, hammer gun.
16341 - E.M. Reilly (No further descriptions). .577cal. Rifle, Snider SxS. U-L, hammer gun(Weiland).
First rebounding hammers (1867 patent);
Thomas brains ejector pat use #1048716533 - Reilly, London (address/name not stated); 16 ga. side lever, hammer gun; steel re-barrells.
16583 - E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford Street London. 8mm. Shotgun SxS. Smoothbore. U-L, hammer gun.
16585 - E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford Street, London and Rue Scribe Paris. 10ga. Rifle SxS. U-L, hammer gun.
16607 - E.M. Reilly (no address/no photo). .577. Rifle; Single barrel. Snider Enfleld.