Ww Greener Shotguns Serial Numbers

Thank you much, I was not real clear in my last post. There is a diamond with a 12 and a C on both barrel flats. What choke my this indicate.

My first thought was cylinder but not sure. The diamond with a 12 and a C indicates that it is a 12 gauge with choke. The British do not mark the degree of choke, only that there is choke in the barrel. The only way to know the amount of choke is to use a bore gauge to determine the amount of constriction from the bore diameter to the choke diameter. As for the serial number I'll bet the gun is s/n 54422 and the barrel stamps are light on the first '4'.

SERIAL NUMBERS AND DATES OF MANUFACTURE FOR WW GREENER. Drunk quest print and play. 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. W W Greener was a member of the second-generation family which had been involved with gunmaking from 1829 to the present day. Today the company still makes the finest sporting shotguns and rifles in its Midlands workshops.William Greener was the first to make guns.

The chance of a guard being engraved different from the barrels by only the second digit would be very small. Assuming the gun is in proof I would still limit my loads to RST 2 1/2' low pressure loads or equivalent reloads. I have a Joseph Lang from 1866 with recent nitro proof and I shoot only RST's and tested low pressure reloads with no component substitutions in it. It might be able to handle current standard ammo but why would I want to take the chance of damage if it can't?

Hi guys I have an old WW Greener that i need some help identifying and finding out sme info about it. Sorry I dont know how to attach photos It has stampings on it as follows on barrels: 729',BNP with crown above, 12 in triangle, 2 3/4, 3 1/4, tons square inch,triangle with what looks like 12c, the barrels also have the word sleeved stamped on both. The rifle has: scroll engravery WW Greener, bnp, elephant, England stamp with crown stamps and others i cant identify, serial 33934 once again i appoligise but dont know how to upload pics but can email them.

I just want to know if it would be safe to fire modern day ammo including buckshot, and any other relevant info like when it was made etc thankyou George. George, The address Ned gave you is the admin. Centre of what's left of the once great Greener enterprise of Birmingham. Graham Greener is a helpful and obliging chap and has the old company records; from the serial number he'll be able to tell you when the gun was made, what the quality grade was, what the original dimensions were, and how much it cost.

They probability is he will also have the name of the original purchaser. He makes a small charge for blowing the dust off the old books and sharpening up the quill pen but it isn't much. You refer to the gun as a rifle, but from the rest of your information it sounds very much like a shotgun and I'm taking it as one. The term 'sleeved' means that the original barrels have been replaced, and the other Proof markings indicate that this was done in Birmingham within the modern era, certainly post WWII. I doubt Graham will have a handle on who did the job, there were (and are) lots of people who did such things. On the face of it she should be perfectly safe to shoot with modern CIP 70 mm loads.

Greeners guns were always soundly designed, very strongly made and well put together; however you must take the old girl to a competent gunsmith who can give a professional assessment. He can measure the bores against what they were at Proof, check for dinks and dents that amateurs miss, and examine all the other relevant bits on the gun. If he does give you the green light.

Have a lot of fun! Eug PS If you email some good clear pics to me at I'll paste them up for you. Sharpness of image is a must in these cases, some very significant info can be gained from some very wee markings! _________________ For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.' Doctor Johnson quoted by Boswell.