The gun: an E.M. Reilly 4 bore side-by-side, double barrel hammer shotgun. 36″ damascus bbls, Jones-under lever action. Probably circa 1870. Being sold with NO RESERVE.
E.M. Reilly & Co. London
Who has it: Brzostek’s Auction Service, 2052 Lamson Road, Phoenix, NY 13135 (a little northwest of Syracuse)
When’s the auction: Friday, January 1. 2010
The good news: A top-quality, London-made big-bore double, probably owned by a serious waterfowler. It looks pretty original and unmessed with. It’s in its original case. The auctioneer says it came out of a mid-Atlantic estate. Nice engraving.
The bad news: There’s a lot of rust on the outside of the barrels and on the forend iron. There doesn’t appear to be too much rust inside the bbls. The external rust may be superficial and it may clean up pretty easily. Or the bbls may be scrap. I don’t know.
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly Shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
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- E.M. Reilly & Co. London, 4 bore double barrel, side by side shotgun
OWD: Thanks for the “HEADS UP”.
Best Regards, George
I BOUGHT IT & I GOT IT TODAY, FEB 3, 2010. It is as you described and as I expected. I’m taking the old girl to Jim Kelly’s Darlington Gun Works tomorrow for estimates on restoration. I know that it won’t be cheap!
Best Regards, George
OWD: Could you let me know the name & address of that someone to restore the case for the Reilly?
Thanks, George