steve_b_wales Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 After reading a post on here about Greener shotguns, I contacted them to see if they could give a manufacture date on my S/B GP shotgun. After a few days, they contacted me and stated that with the serial number I provided them with, they have narrowed the year down to 1956. I'm pleased with this information, and my thanks go to the Greener family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Cool, I remember them advertised in the back of farmers weekly! The good old days of posted shotguns and simple licences :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Iv'e got a multi choke one of these. Will have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairman Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 First shotgun I ever shot when I was about 12 40 years later I own 4 a multi choke with all chokes a 36 inch goose gun a 28 inch mk1 and a 28 inch mk2 I also had a South African police issue but as it was 11 bore and needed braised cased ammo I could not use it so I sold it Love collecting them and using them Chairman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Always a favourite of mine, never really owned one but had my mate's on loan for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I shot a few rabbits for the ferrets tonight with mine,,,a perfect walkabout gun. Every time I reload I hear a sound like a train,,,in the distance,,,just audible but getting louder !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Love my GP MKII - it was my uncle's (long dead now) but he's with me everytime I take it into the field. Takes me right back to being a small boy playing with the spent paper cartridges he used to give me. Then I think of the first time he trusted me on the helm of the little boat he kept on the Thames. What are we but the sum of our experiences......... Edited July 30, 2015 by LeadWasp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Mine is now up for sale in Gun Watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romes Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Could I have a picture please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I shot a few rabbits for the ferrets tonight with mine,,,a perfect walkabout gun. Every time I reload I hear a sound like a train,,,in the distance,,,just audible but getting louder !! Yes, spot on - one of the best films and single barrelled shotgun ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Love my GP MKII - it was my uncle's (long dead now) but he's with me everytime I take it into the field. Takes me right back to being a small boy playing with the spent paper cartridges he used to give me. Then I think of the first time he trusted me on the helm of the little boat he kept on the Thames. What are we but the sum of our experiences......... exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) I shot a few rabbits for the ferrets tonight with mine,,,a perfect walkabout gun. Every time I reload I hear a sound like a train,,,in the distance,,,just audible but getting louder !! Velocette - can you remind me what the film is please? I may be being dense.......... Edited September 12, 2015 by LeadWasp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Velocette - can you remind me what the film is please? I may be being dense.......... The Scotish 😤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 The Scotish ?? Lost me there Daf.....Google and IMDB are letting me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 The Film Zulu a tale of the brave men of B Coy the 24th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 The Film Zulu a tale of the brave men of B Coy the 24th. One of my favourite films of all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 A classic without equal ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Oh yes - it was the 'Scotish' thing that threw me. Stanley Baker - made some great films. I always liked 'The Hell Drivers'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) Oh yes - it was the 'Scotish' thing that threw me. Stanley Baker - made some great films. I always liked 'The Hell Drivers'. Sorry I meant you wouldn't understand being Scotish, no electricity meaning no TV but don't worry the book will get over the boarder soon! 😛 Edited September 12, 2015 by welshwarrior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumph_Dave Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Lt John Chard ( Royal Engineers ) VC is buried in the Parish church yard at Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. There is a stained glass window in the church to commemorate him and the action at Rorkes Drift. The reason he is buried there is because his brother was the vicar. The Royal Engineers used to have a service every year ( 1960 -70's) in the church and play the last post over his grave. The church and manor house is about 1 mile from the village, I grew up in the old manor house right by the church and used to shoot over the land around it.. The service was always in the winter and it always brought goose bumps up on me when I was a kid and out in the woods pigeon shooting and you could hear the bugle call and not a soul else around.. Whew... What memories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Lt John Chard ( Royal Engineers ) VC is buried in the Parish church yard at Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. There is a stained glass window in the church to commemorate him and the action at Rorkes Drift. The reason he is buried there is because his brother was the vicar. The Royal Engineers used to have a service every year ( 1960 -70's) in the church and play the last post over his grave. The church and manor house is about 1 mile from the village, I grew up in the old manor house right by the church and used to shoot over the land around it.. The service was always in the winter and it always brought goose bumps up on me when I was a kid and out in the woods pigeon shooting and you could hear the bugle call and not a soul else around.. Whew... What memories... Very interesting - thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Sorry I meant you wouldn't understand being Scotish, no electricity meaning no TV but don't worry the book will get over the boarder soon! oi cheeky rapscallion! Or as one might say " yer bum's oot the windae" Edited September 13, 2015 by LeadWasp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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