If the Greener had belonged to my shooting grandfather I would spend the money on getting the bores cleaned out. No question.
Family legend says that he shot with a Purdey, but I never heard what type or where it went to. I just hope that it wasn’t buried with him, I have heard of that happening in the past.
My old quail hunting mentor and friend shot a well worn graded Parker 20 that his father had bought new for him at about age 14. He had been shooting it some 56 years when I got to know him. It had to be sent to Del Grego for repairs once, and he found another exactly like the original, to use while his beloved 20 ga. was away for repairs. He never shot it as well as the original.
When Tom died his son, and only child, buried him in his quail hunting clothes, with his first Parker by his side, in the casket. I assume his son kept the other one.
