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Serial numbers below the 13000 range are not reliable. The address is important. from 1872 to 1890 the numbers go from 1500 to 9000. From 1883 to 1922 they go from 11000 to 12000 the address being 126 Strand.

Sorry, didn't know you'd paid ! You aren't missing anything. Just enjoy the gun !

Hi Chris, We haven't had an email with photos but comment as follows: We normally only answer queries from members who have paid the weekly or annual membership fee. However, we can tell you that the serial number is much too high for a Greener or any English trade maker. You say the name Molden is ...

Gun history as known The gun was bought in Australia in 1968 by an uncle of the present owner. He then sold it to his brother in Cyprus in 1978 for 880 CY pounds. The owner now is the nephew of the original seller, he believes the make of the gun is a Greaney as he spelt it but he may mean "GRE...

Hi Danny,

You really need to pay the membership fee so that you can look at the
histories of both firms in our database.

John

I sorry if this reply is disappointing. I am not at all sure about this gun. Is it a Joseph Manton or John Manton? I suspect it is a John Manton, in their later years most of ths frim's guns were Birmingham made. I am certain Joseph would have never have used Rose barrels. Is there any address?? You...

Westley Richards did make guns for the trade but most were sold under their own name. Most of their guns were high quality and they claimed, rightfully, that they (and Birmingham makers in general) could make guns of equal quality to Purdey. A trip down south would be worthwhile. Look at the engravi...

Hi Jason, We don't have any other info, sorry. John

During the First World War there was a shortage of shotgun barrels. B S A were one of the only firms to have some, and they sold them to a number of gun makers. I had in my collection a R B Rodda & Co 12 bore the barrels of which were dated to 1920 and stamped with the B S A trade mark. It was h...

Hi Vernon, I can't help very much as regards date but I will email you the info we have on serial numbers. The long barrels seem to indicate that this was made as a duck and goose gun. It would be interesting to know if it was tightly choke bored. In 1926 Henry England retired and the firm was sold ...