Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 1731 - S2
W. W. GREENER A 12-BORE 'GRADE G' 1881 PATENT SELF-ACTING EJECTOR, serial no. 44727,

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W. W. GREENER
A 12-BORE 'GRADE G' 1881 PATENT SELF-ACTING EJECTOR, serial no. 44727,
29 1/2in. nitro reproved blacked damascus barrels with broad matt rib, banner engraved 'W.W. GREENER. 68 HAYMARKET. LONDON. & ST. MARY'S SQUARE. BIRMINGHAM. WINNER AT THE LONDON GUN TRIALS. 1875. 1877. 1878 & 1879. H. LEUE. BERLIN.' 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and full choke, Greener patent scroll-back action, patent no. 2003 of 9th May 1881, manual side-safety, border and scroll engraving, 13 3/4in. pistolgrip stock (cracked and repaired at hand) with sling swivels and horn pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch and horn finial, weight 6lb. 15oz.

Other Notes: Heinrich Leue was a gunmaker to the court of Berlin, nephew and apprentice to his uncle, Heinrich Barella. For a short period, between 1890 and his death in 1897, he formed an association with W.W. Greener as Greener's representative in Germany.

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Estimate £600-800

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