Yesterday's Weapons Forums

Swapped for this with Tarawa. He wanted a couple of SxS's for his double rifle project & I've wanted one of these for some time. It's an oldie but a goody! A Greener MkIII Police gun chambered in 12/14 ga. It was made for issue to Egyptian colonial police forces & the weird bottleneck cartridge was supposed to prevent theft & use of conventional ammunition. The firing pin has 2 prongs which engage the annular groove in the bottom if the case head. I am still debating whether or not to have this converted to standard 12 ga. or to leave it as is.......................



Note that the ammo has 1950's headstamps!

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
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can it be converted safely ? id think reeming that bbl might reduce it to an unsafe condition , i like it - never seen one before , its one of those things id love to have but probably wouldnt spring for , congrats - it looks terrific

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

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"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
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I remember seeing those in shotgun news, they were offering either a 12 ga turkey gun, or left in the original config. Those are cool looking shells, might have to add one to my collection, another show coming up

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I never cease to be amazed at the variety of guns out there! I think you should leave it the way it is myself. But I always think that when I see something I've never seen before.

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UPDATE:

I won't be converting this on as I was able to find one already converted to 2-3/4" 12 ga. It had also been completely refinished. RustBlue, stocks etc. However I am stripping the finish & going to put on several coats of BLO. The tru-oil or whatever this is just doesn't look 'right'

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

I tried to get a full box of 25 original Greener shells at an auction a couple weeks ago,figuring Bruce might be interested,but quit bidding
at $40 since I wasn't sure how much I could soak Bruce for... -TR

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Thanks I'm good with what I have, I see them at $18 a pop at auction . I won't be shooting the original one as now the 12 ga. 2-3/4" one is around

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

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Rome fell because it had a Senate-what will become of us with both a Senate and a House-Will Rogers

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

So have you fired the converted & cleaned up one yet?

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Unfortunately no. I haven't been able to get to the range in quite some time. I'm always tied up with the kiddies. Trying to run the biz & play Mr. Mom makes Bruce a dull boy

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete