Lot 226S2
A 12-bore self-acting ejector gun by W.W. Greener, no. 36173
8 December 2010, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£800 - £1,200
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Find your local specialistA 12-bore self-acting ejector gun by W.W. Greener, no. 36173
Hold-open toplever, carved serpentine fences, the sides of the scallopped-backed treble-grip action-body with the makers name engraved in a scrolling banner, manual side-safety with 'Safe' inlaid in gold, well-figured stock with inlaid horn diamonds and horn butt-plate, horn-tipped forend, the browned damascus barrels (slightly loose on action) with game-rib engraved W.W. Greener, 68 Haymarket, London Winner of the London Gun Trials 1875 1877 1878 & 1879, the breech-end engraved Patent No. 3084 Wedge Fast
Weight 7lb., 14¾in. pull (14 3/8in. stock), 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & I.C. choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Weight 7lb., 14¾in. pull (14 3/8in. stock), 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & I.C. choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1897 and exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1898