December 17, 2026 The Estate Of Whitefoord Cole II: Firearms & Militaria
The live portion of this session begins on Thursday, December 17, 2026.
Lot #1229:
(A) E.M. REILLY 4 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLE
Circa 1883. An early big bore Damascus hammer rifle with 23 – 1/2" barrel. Barrel with integrated filed quarter rib. Rib with blacked fixed steel standing sight, ladder sight, and brass blade front sight. Case colored hammer action is nicely scroll engraved and built with a single non-rebounding hammer trigger. Lock plate is engraved “E.M. REILLY & CO.”. Stock and forend built as one piece with pistol grip, case colored trap door, oval and with duck tail steel butt plate. Pistol grip with full length bottom strap and steel grip cap. Bottom strap with rifle serial number “26686”. Forend with push pin release for barrel and ebony tip. Weight 12 lbs 8 oz. CONDITION: Excellent. Barrel with mostly all of its Damascus copper brown. Rifling is excellent. Action is sound. Stock and forend is very good with some older handling marks.