W.W. Greener

[Chris Hayes]

Does anyone have have any of these shotguns? My misses won it on an on-line auction for me for Christmas.

 

[Supercracker]

Just "WW Greener" covers a WIIIIIDDDEEEE range of guns over a WIIIIIDDE range of time.

Any more details?

 

[Chris Hayes]

This is a muzzleloading shotgun. With the sideplates having "W.W.Greener" I put this before 1890. That is the earliest documented lever opening shotgun by the son. And FWI- this is not a W.Greener or his two brothers.

 

[George]

I have a W. W. Greener SxS 10 ga. percussion muzzleloader ca. 1871. This link is to a slideshow of it.
http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac20/Spence_2010/Greener/?albumview=slideshow

Spence

 

[Chris Hayes]

My misses says if that ever comes up for adoption she would like to be the first one to know! I should her the pictures.

 

[Flintfan69]

This is a muzzleloading shotgun. With the sideplates having "W.W.Greener" I put this before 1890. That is the earliest documented lever opening shotgun by the son. And FWI- this is not a W.Greener or his two brothers.

I do not quite understand your statement. Is it a muzzleloader or a top lever cartridge gun? What is the serial #? That would help us date it. I have an identical gun to Spence's, with a serial # a few 1000 later than his. I contacted Graham Greener (W.W. Greener gun works is still in business, and still run by a Greener), and he dated it to about 1874, which is very late for a muzzleloading gun.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

That's a beauty Spence, is that where the "10" in your handle comes from? Could you tell us what it weighs?

 

[Chris Hayes]

This is a MUZZLELOADING SHOTGUN. It seems that the research I did mislead me. Thank you for telling me about yours. When I recieve it I will post serial number.

 

[F.G. Ford]

Very nice Greener.
Be sure to thank your wife!
Old Ford

 

[jlatz]

Recently I picked up a marked Greener 10 ga. with pre-1855 London proofs. It is just marked ""Greener" and nothing else. On the barrel rib is sys, "Greener London." There are faint stampings under the barrels saying "J. Turner." It seems a quality piece. I just wonder which Greener might have made it? I know W. Greener did make muzzle loaders. I think there was a mention here of brothers?

 

[Feltwad]

It could be William Greener who was father of William Wellington Greener who first began work in Newcastle Upon Tyne father William served his time under Gardner of Newcastle and later with John Manton . His shop was in Pilgrim Street Newcastle and then he moved to Birmingham where he built muzzle loading weapons his son was moving with the times and concentrated on the modern breech loader
Feltwad

 

[fleener]

My Greener ML is a W. Greener, father of WW. Love that shotgun.

Fleener

 

[Grenadier1758]

Everyone should know that while Samuel Colt made men equal, WW Greener made some of them superior.

 

[fleener]

Plus we all know that John Wayne was a Greener man.

Fleener

 

[Zonie]

Plus we all know that John Wayne was a Greener man.

Fleener

I think that's why John went to "lie down in Greener pastures".