Hey Ken, whether Reilly made his own guns has been an often asked question. This line addresses this, particularly on p.18, where there are a series of posted advertisements. The unmistakable conclusion is that Reilly indeed made his own guns in his two large buildings in London. He employed barrel borers, engravers, stockers, finishers; 300 persons per the 1880 census. He may have imported actions in the white from Birmingham but he did not serial number any gun he did not make. I can give a dozen examples (most posted above) but this advertisement from 1861 pretty well sums up the whole lot.

He could not offer gentlemen into his factories in London at 502 (16) New Oxford Street or 315 (277) Oxford Street to "superintend the progress of their orders" if he weren't making the guns there.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 14, 1861, "Bell's Life


Reilly did sell other's guns, Trantor, Adams, Colt, Remington, Sharps, etc, and he engraved them and put his names on them....but not a Serial Number.

I am going to be adding patents and use numbers to the above list as they are found.

Last edited by Argo44; 12/09/18 11:17 PM.
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