Well, I think I got most of them. The big thing though is by compiling the list of about 300-400 extant Reilly's I was able to come up with a graph which would allow for dating pretty near all of them from the mid 1820's up to about 1903. If you can search that line with the name "Buffum" it should turn up most of them. As I mentioned in the chronology, I think that those two Reilly pistol "duelers" that Terry had, SN 176, are two of the earliest existing Reilly's anywhere. As I mentioned by about 1840's Reilly pistols were no longer numbered in the Reilly long-gun series but It's possible that early on they may have been.
However, if you could post some photos of the ones you bought, along with serial number snd the names/addresses on the ribs, it would benefit history. I recall that HWK from this board bought some of them too.
Gene Williams
edit: I just searched my draft and here are Terry's serial numbers in the chronology....you'll see in the line that Terry made some comments ...he also sent me a Reilly artifact he'd been holding. Haven't heard from him for awhile and hope he's ok. I could provide dates for these from the analysis if there is interest. I posted links on each of the recorded SN's and most still work if you want to see pics from the internet.
176 (pistols)
13033
14985
15283
15531
18550 - (from an addendum I'm still compiling)
20396
21761 - (from a subsequent list posted in the line)
21883
24354
24850 - (from an addendum not yet posted)
27570
30207
32667
32974
34221
34222
34247
35472
35493
Last edited by Argo44; 11/25/17 07:40 AM.
