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1862 - Reilly making his own guns (continued) - workshop location
Where were his workshops? 1862 at 502 New Oxford Street. Well take a look at his two buildings at 16 (originally 502) New Oxford Street and 277 (originally 315) Oxford Street. 16 Oxford Street is HUGE….It must have 20,000 sq feet of floor space. 277 Oxford Street is almost as big. And since he had a 50 yard shooting gallery at 277 Oxford Street it had to be behind the building in some fashion. (The Quonset hut in the photo is the old Salvation Army hall which gave rise to the name "Amoury House" for 277 and was there throughout the 44 year stay of Reilly at the address). There gentlemen are the Reilly workshops.

.................16 (502) Oxford Street Today........................................................277 (315) Oxford Street Today


...........................502 Oxford Street on Reilly Labels 1858-59


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1882 - Reilly making his own guns (continued)
Also as an aside in addition to the many articles providing evidence that Reilly made his own guns.
..........1882 Grace's Guide Advert:


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1863 - Reilly makes guns for British Royalty

Reilly for a brief moment tried to claim to be a gun maker for the Prince of Wales. Well, it turned out he made a gun for future Edward VII but others apparently were to be given away as presents; apparently the royals wouldn't let him put that on his ads:

..........11 Mar 1863 "London Daily News" - lights put up by Reilly to celebrate the Prince's wedding


..........10 Nov 1863 "London Evening Post" - on the Prince's birthday


Prince Alfred seemed to like to give away Reilly's. Another article shows him giving a Reilly gun as a gift to an Indian Rajah,
..........24 Apr 1863 "Morning Advertiser" and repeated in many other papers


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1820-1912 - Reilly making his own guns (continued) - Both off the rack and bespoke

As long suspected, Reilly sold his own EM Reily named guns both ready-made/off the rack and bespoke/made to order. This may explain some of the SN differences. Though we'll never know for sure unless additional information turns up, Reilly probably SN'd his guns when sold or when ordered and paid for. This may explain Terry Lubinski's 303xx - SN'd in 1888-89 but with "Not for Ball" on the barrel (1887) or my case label 26584 (1884) with "1886" written on the label. This may also be a later development beginning about 1880 with a marketing decision to sell off the rack. And it might explain the spurt to over 1000 SN guns being made per year in the early 1880's. This may merit a new post. Here is an 1888 advertisement in Turner which seems to confirm this:


Last edited by Argo44; 12/06/18 11:07 PM.
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