George 15625 was likely made in in Sep-Oct 1868. It's the only Reilly 4 bore in the chronological list of Serial Numbers.

George: your gun was one of the first I ran across when I started looking at Reilly. I posted this in the Chronological list of SN's in the long EM Reilly History Chronology, Serial Number line:

15625 - (1868)
Name: E.M. REILLY 502 NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON Branch Establishment 2 Rue Scribe Paris
Descriptions: 4 bore SxS cased hammer gun SN 15625 converted by the company in the eighteen hundreds from the original pinfire to centerfire.
Comment: George’s gun and George himself was subject to some painful back and forth-ing on DBS when he first posted the gun, typical of the internet. I firmly dated as being numbered sometime in Sep-Oct 1868.
http://www.mylandco.com/index.php?pageid=4

And I posted the analysis on the long EM Reilly line. I dated it as having been numbered in Fall 1868, possibly September or October.
-- Reilly opened Rue Scribe Feb 1868
-- First SN I've found with Rue Scribe on the Rib is 15270
-- He was numbering about 50 guns a month at the time.
-- Your gun SN is 355 numbers higher than 15270
-- 50 a month after Feb 1868 = 7 months
-- Voila Sep-Oct 1868

1st Rue Scribe gun................................................................................................ 1st Reilly Martini
Febv1868..............Janv1869..............Janv1870...............Janv1871...............Janv1872.......1872
..15270..........v.....15750.................16250...................16750...................17250..........17644 - (at 500/year).
...................15625
...............Sep.Oct 1868

By the way, it's the only 4 bore in the chronological database. But Reilly numbered over 35,000 guns before the firm dwindled away in he early 1900's. I've only collected SN's and info on about 200.

Last edited by Argo44; 12/04/17 03:55 PM.
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