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Originally Posted by Gene Williams
Sirs, I believe the attached line below compiled by me on Doublegunshop has the most complete information on Reilly every compiled. It includes SN's of about 300 extant Reilly's which include "marker" SN's enabling most Reilly's to be dated fairly precisely.
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/...38&nt=9&page=1 |
Interesting to find this gun in that link. 15129 was purchased at auction 2015 August 29. I think it was then purchased by the guy who had it at the small town gun show. Now I purchased it. It would be interesting to know who consigned it to auction. Somewhere along the way somebody held on to it for many years. There are a few light external pits just under the forend. Other than that, the gun is near pristine. Quite happy to be the custodian for a while. Poor wife or kids will have to deal with all this when I'm gone. Not much seems to arrive here that doesn't stay. Some even get to shoot pheasants from time to time. I toy with the idea to use this one but then I also know how easy it is to blemish the wood or metal in the field. I don't think this gun really saw much use in its history. Cheers, Jack