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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed circa 1960
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A 12-BORE (2¾IN) BOXLOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY W.W. GREENER, NO. 78631
The treble-grip action-body with matt flattened breech top, full foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, figured stock (short crack at the hand) with semi-pistolgrip and butt-plate, the barrels with matt three-quarter raised rib and sighting-groove, the breech-ends engraved with a Blue Rock pigeon
Weight: 7lb. 11½oz., 15 1/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
The treble-grip action-body with matt flattened breech top, full foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, figured stock (short crack at the hand) with semi-pistolgrip and butt-plate, the barrels with matt three-quarter raised rib and sighting-groove, the breech-ends engraved with a Blue Rock pigeon
Weight: 7lb. 11½oz., 15 1/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof