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W.W.GREENER Model Quality 6, A&D Ejector, 12 ga., 30", 2 3/4" Excellent Plus
Guns International #: 100857611 Seller's Inventory #: 49-2017
Category: Greener, WW Shotguns - Shotguns - English Double
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Seller: rcrwin70
Member Since: 9/26/07
First Name: Roger
State: Hawaii
Country: United States
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: cashiers check or money order or pay pal plus 3%
Description:
SOLD ** W.W. GREENER Model “Quality 6” A & D Boxlock Ejector, 12 gauge, 30”, 2 ¾”, Excellent, VERY NICE WOOD - 7 Lbs. 14 Oz. - Great Dimensions - 14 5/8" LOP - .030" & .031" Wall Thickness - Excellent Bores – Cased in its original leather trunk case.
W.W. Greener, Maker, 29 Pall Mall, London, S.W. Works, St. Mary’s Square, Birmingham: A Greener Boxlock 12 Bore Ejector Game Gun built Turn-of-Century with modern steel barrels, the “Quality 6” is the predecessor to the Model FH 70 with scalloped boxlock and slightly less engraving coverage. Dovetail Lump barrels are 30” in Greener’s great “Sterling Steel” at .734, .039 & .039" (Full & Full), with rib extension cross bolt, fitted with an ivory bead front sight. Chambers are 2 3/4" (not 2 ½”), Original Proof at 1 1/4 ounce, (not 1 1/8 ounce); Minimum Wall thicknesses: Right barrel at .030" Left barrel at .031" The bores are excellent and free of any pits, It is tight on face and locks up like a bank vault. The automatic ejectors are well-timed, manual safety (preferred for trap shooting and live-pigeon events).
Metal features include a scalloped fancy-back action with an inlaid pointed upper tang, a curved pistol-grip lower tang, and beaded fences. It has double triggers, Greener’s proprietary side safety, and a nicely inlaid Deeley & Edge forend release. The barrel blue is redone with excellent striking & now at 95%. The case colors are faded with some original colors showing; with nice scroll and floral engraving and a banner carrying the W.W. Greener name-style on both sides of the receiver.
The hand-filed concave rib is inscribed: W.W.Greener Haymarket London of St.Mary’s Square, Birmingham England, Winner at the London Gun Trials…
QUALITY 6. “STERLING STEEL”
The stock is shaped with an open round-knob Prince-of-Wales pistol grip stock, and the splinter forend is meticulously inlaid with at horn tip. The wood is simply beautiful, a deep rich brown with black contrasting streaks, matching on both stock and forearm, in excellent plus condition. The checkering remains at 98%, the patterns are well designed and generous at 22 lpi -- still sharp with no missing diamonds. Dimensions are 14 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/4" over original grooved wood butt. Cast-off, for the right hand; weight, 7 Lbs. 14 Oz. With these dimensions and proper cast-off, it comes to the hand with ease and points like a dream.
This is a handmade shotgun. Greener boxlocks had the reputation of being the strongest English side by sides, similar to the reputation of the Winchester 21 in the USA.
This handsome side by side is from an era when English gunmaking craft and skill were at their peak, with Greener’s version of the Anson and Deeley action and their world renowned Greener crossbolt and Greener safety, both copied today by nearly every German maker for drillings and vierlings. This gun was built at a time when Parker and Fox guns were at the peak in quality, but this Greener sold for three times as much as the American-made guns.
The maker’s original leather case, now over one-hundred years old, has had some professional restoration, brought back with its interior now very much matching the condition of the fine shotgun it has housed during field use over the years. These cases get much wear, being traipsed off in the field and then sitting idyll when its fine old shotgun is removed to the gunrack. The case includes two Winchester 12 ga. snap caps.
This is an example of a great English boxlock that would rival any English sidelock made.
About WW Greener guns: In The Great Guns by Harold L. Peterson and Robert Elman, in their one chapter on shotguns, “The Classic Smoothbores,” the authors make many references to the guns made by W.W. Greener. On page 124 of the first edition, “…by the 1870’s hammerless models with top release levers and snap-closing latches, perfected by such great British makers and designers as Anson & Deeley, W.W. Greener, and Rigby, were being offered…both in Europe and America. In 1897 an American customer could buy a serviceable double-barreled shotgun from Sears, Roebuck for $5.35 but he could also order a fine English W.W. Greener model from the same company for $187.50!
Greener shotguns were the envy of all. In the movie, Big Jake, 1971, John Wayne uses a pair of Greener double barreled shotguns to thwart the kidnappers and bring back his young grandson. We often hear Winchester’s and Colt’s names in movies, but we rarely hear the maker’s name of a shotgun. Wayne simply called them, his “Greeners”.
Use your Bluebook free and you’ll find the Bluebook for a W.W.Greener FH 70, the successor to this Turn-of-the-Century version, in this condition is valued at $12,000.00
This gun built at the Turn-of-the-Century is from the era of the best-made English boxlocks at W.W.Greener and the Quality 6, especially at that time, shows enough of that best English engraving, making it a perfect example for a “best-made” Greener boxlock for any collection.
I acquired this gun from a collection, so my price here is set at an amazing discount, priced to sell at $5,950. Shipping $55 to any of the lower 48 states.
$5,950.00
Seller is the author of The Rifleman’s Rifle (Winchester pre-64 Model 70s) and will furnish a Letter of Provenance that this gun is from his collection. Please check out author’s feedback on ebay under rcrwin70roger. 3-day non-firing inspection for full refund, shipping is $50 to buyer’s FFL, payment by MO, certified check , wire transfer or personal check with delay for validation. For questions, call (678) 971-4173 and ask for Roger.
SOLD