Ww Greener Shotguns Serial Numbers
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.
Might Help While researching this I came across this bit of info on the GP. GP is is for Gaffer or General purpose shotgun. According to Greeners book the exact number of GP shotguns made is impossible to be determined as the serial numbers of these shotguns were not recorded until 1968. If your gun is a Police gun then the serial number look up I did for you is correct. If your gun is a GP then it's not possible to determine the date made by serial number. Two models of GP are referenced. Standard model has no checkering and a barrel band.
The second model had a better finish, checkering and looked more like a sporting weapon, The Greener Story by Graham Greener has a lot more on this gun and other Greener arms. The book is a bit spendy but I have found it quite useful in my Martini hobby. There are contradictions in the book.
The text makes no mention of a MK designation in GP's. It refers to the checkered version as Model number 2. You should be able to look at the side of the action and see what it says to determine if you have GP or a police gun. Dec 09, 2017 . According to i-Boats, 'Nothing in the Mercury Mariner Outboard engine model numbers or serial numbers provides year information directly. The first serial number sold in a year becomes the beginning serial number. Serial numbers between that year's beginning serial number and the next fall into the same year.
Search for your engine horsepower on the to find the beginning serial number for the range that includes your engine.' Your other option is to take the serial number to an authorized Merc marine eager and they can look it up for you. Sep 27, 2014 .
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.