Greener GP itch...
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Smellydog
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He was more crazy than me though...
Smellydog
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That looks very smart
Martiniblack577
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Webley made?
kevtherev
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1976 made so quite possible
kevtherev
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Suppose you could harpoon squirrels but will they stay down with 3 barrels on them
Overlay
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Very nice example SD, I had one the same many years ago, took it apart and had to take to a gunsmith to get it put to together again
fantastic gun , excluding the cooey with the 6” nail as a hinge pin with a skeleton stock my first proper duck shooter full choke as well 
. Enjoy mate
enfieldspares
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Do you have the official take down tool? I joke note! The method on the madness is that at that time everyone had a 1d (or a ha'penny) and being, then copper, you couldn't overtighten the thing when putting it back together as the penny or 1/2d would start to deform.
enfieldspares
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G T Garwood praised the Greener GP as it followed his "ideal" that fully one half the weight of the gun should be within the space occupied by the one quarter of its length that was either side of its balance point (which should, he said, be between the two hands as it was being fired. The diagram below I've done shows his idea.
enfieldspares
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Yes but maybe no!
This maybe the first "official" British made combat shotgun?
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun. Shotgun (in parts), case, cleaning loop, cleaning brush, snap capuses a plain case hardened Webley & Scott '500' pigeon gun boxlock action. Straight hand stock with rubber recoil pad (later addition) with vacant escutcheon, Anson fore-end catch.
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Smellydog
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I like a little weight forward. This GP does feel neutral in this regard.
enfieldspares
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Birmingham Proof Date codes. See my "sticky" at the top of the SD Rifles and Calibres thread action. That will tell you when the barrel was at proof.
Martiniblack577
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Yes but maybe no!
This maybe the first "official" British made combat shotgun?
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun. Shotgun (in parts), case, cleaning loop, cleaning brush, snap capuses a plain case hardened Webley & Scott '500' pigeon gun boxlock action. Straight hand stock with rubber recoil pad (later addition) with vacant escutcheon, Anson fore-end catch.www.iwm.org.uk
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Oh to go back to 2014!!!!
but, you could argue they had the patent in 1911- 3 years before it kicked off? I do wonder what the gun is worth now though.I knew G T Garwood (Gough Thomas) quite well and spent some time with him. He was a real gentleman of the old school. As an engineer, he developed what was possibly the first pigeon flapping decoy that was operated with a long cord on a ratchet system. I remember him enthusing over the Greener GP, saying it was probably the best single-barreled 12 available.
enfieldspares
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I think that there are, at least anyway to those of us born before 1960 or so, a number of iconic shotguns that we all have likely owned, used, and maybe still own or re-purchased to replace that we've sold.
My list of the top three would be: Greener GP, Webley .410" single shot bolt action, Browning Auto-5. After that would be a Webley 700 and a Browning B25.
I can tick all the boxes of "owned" and "used". I presently own a Webley de-luxe single shot .410" bought from Melbourne Gun for £80 early this month and am delighted to say that it actually does still eject the fired cases like it should! Many now are worn and do not! Plus two Browning Auto-5. One a Light 12 and the other a Standard 16.
I suppose there wasn't the choice back then like there is today. I, too, had the GP, a Webley 410 and the Browning 5-shot auto. My first hammerless 12 was a Cogswell Markor non-ejector, not one of their top products, but an excellent gun that served me well. A Luigi Franchi semi-auto replaced the rather heavy Browning; it was a very light semi-auto 5-shot, and I shot considerable numbers of foxes with it. It could easily be used one-handed with a lamp in the other. Sadly, someone broke in a stole it. It was an excellent gun.
enfieldspares
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Yes. Avoiding becoming like a Monty Python sketch of the five Yorkshiremen there was still back then a market for single shot 12 bore guns AND side by side boxlock non-ejectors. I've only owned a Browning B25 since mid last year to tick it off my list of guns I've used. Back in the 1970s I could never have afforded one had I wanted one. How things change.
Martiniblack577
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Yes but maybe no!
This maybe the first "official" British made combat shotgun?
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun
Holland & Holland Aero or 'Zeppelin' shotgun. Shotgun (in parts), case, cleaning loop, cleaning brush, snap capuses a plain case hardened Webley & Scott '500' pigeon gun boxlock action. Straight hand stock with rubber recoil pad (later addition) with vacant escutcheon, Anson fore-end catch.
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I actually wish you hadn’t shown me this.
Holts Nov 2025: sold for £700. I’m gutted!!
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