Ww Greener Shotguns Serial Numbers

SERIAL NUMBERS AND DATES OF MANUFACTURE FOR WW GREENER. Ludwig Bayerl 1910 Rifles & Shotguns Catalog; Adolf Frank Export Company. Single brass bead sight on a solid rib marked with the patent information inside an oval followed by 'WW GREENER 68. The lock plates are marked 'W.W. Browse all new and used Greener, W.W. Shotguns for sale and buy with confidence from Guns International. Serial #42382, 12 ga. (2 3/4' chamber) Full & Full Chokes, 30' barrels with excellent, bright bores. WW GREENER GRADE F 12GA 26' IC/IM, 90% BARREL BLUE, GRAY RECEIVER.

I sent a letter off to WW Greener and got back this response. Kind of interesting. Records are kept of every gun they make since 1829. Dear Mr Abissi, You have an unusual W W Greener shotgun serial number 30492.

The barrelled action 'in the white’ was bought in from Bentley & Plairfair, another Birmingham gunmaker, in October 1888, however, it was stocked and finished by our company on 1 st January 1889. It has an Anson & Deeley type action and is a 12 bore with 30 inch Damascus barrels. The shape of the action is unlike the A & D type we made in house since it has a narrow fence and a large distance between the fences and head of the stock.

The gun weighed 7 lbs and had modified chokes. It was ordered by a Mr Garlside. It was unusual for our company to buy in partially made guns from another gunmaker although I have noted a couple of other instances at different times and there may be more in our voluminous archives bearing in mind we made hundreds of thousands of guns between 1829 and the present day. The gun is old and has been refinished by another at some time between being made and today since we have no record of the gun having been returned to the company for any subsequent repairs/servicing since it left the factory in 1889. I attach some notes on condition which I hope will be helpful. If you want to know more about the history of our company or the guns we made there are two books available on line at Kind regards Graham N Greener Director W W Greener (Sporting Guns) Limited The Mews, Hagley Hall, Hagley, Stourbridge, DY9 9LG, United Kingdom.