Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 1810
E.M. REILLY & CO. A 12-BORE 1866 PATENT ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 16443,

Product Details

E.M. REILLY & CO.
A 12-BORE 1866 PATENT ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 16443,
circa 1868, 29 1/8in. nitro reproved bold damascus barrels, the rib engraved 'E.M. REILLY & CO. NEW OXFORD STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, wall thicknesses at 15- and 17, Jones patent rotary underlever, carved percussion fences, action incorporating J. Cole and G.S. Melland patent extractors, patent no. 1339 of 10th May 1866, rebounding sidelocks with faceted flat side hammers, bold acanthus scroll engraving with ropework bordering and naive game scene vignettes of partridge, pheasant and grouse, 14 1/2in. figured stock including horn buttplate, fore-end with crosspin release and horn finial, weight 6lb. 10oz.



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Estimate £300-500

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act