WW Greener The Trap Gun. Any insights?

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I inherited an old double barrel shotgun. It's marked "WW Greener The Trap Gun"
Definitely has some wear, part of the stock seems to be eroded under the barrel and one of the two triggers has been snapped off.
Wondering if anyone had any insight into this piece as well of any sense of its value. Thanks in advance!

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They were a model made by Greener for the American market. Your gun with broken trigger, cracked stock, pitted bores, rough exterior and barrels off face is really a wall hanger status gun the way it is now with a value of about $100.00 to $150.00 give or take. These guns are only worth some money if they are in very nice original condition. From there the price drops drastically and it is a small market in Canada.
If you could find someone who needed parts you would get more parting it out, as a complete forearm, the hammers, the lock plates and any unbuggered screws will likely fetch you more than selling as a complete gun As they say, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole!.
 
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Wall hanger. $100 tops and a firm boot in the ass to whoever mistreated what was once a fine English shotgun from one of the better gun makers.
 
Claybuster said:
Wall hanger. $100 tops and a firm boot in the ass to whoever mistreated what was once a fine English shotgun from one of the better gun makers.
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Totally agree. Unfortunately you see this all too often which has rendered many a fine old double barrel useless. Wear and tear from age is expected and unavoidable if a gun is used but neglect is another thing entirely different.
 
I've owned a few Greener Trap guns in the past, one was a good piece, the others needed a pile of work to get them back in operating powder.
The problem with black powder cartridge guns and modern loads is that the metal may hold together, but the wood takes a beating from being soaked with oil, and having hairline cracks over time.
Modern smokeless ammo wrecks it with recoil, not pressure.
This one would need a pile of work to get it back, but if the barrels were good, it would be a worthwhile project if it could be had cheap enough

Cat
 
To add to my earlier post, after all those repairs, the gun would STILL NOT be a high dollar piece, but a decent working vintage gun worth substantially less than an untouched Greener in good shape.
It would be desirable only to some idjit like myself who likes to shoot those old guns with black powder!:p
Cat
 
catnthehatt said:
To add to my earlier post, after all those repairs, the gun would STILL NOT be a high dollar piece, but a decent working vintage gun worth substantially less than an untouched Greener in good shape.
It would be desirable only to some idjit like myself who likes to shoot those old guns with black powder!:p
Cat
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Cat, I think that gun is calling your name. Rumour has it you are a good shot......you don't need that second trigger.
 
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