Pictures of a Greener forgery marked W.J.Greenen, The Strand, London in gothic script on the top rib. The action is a Bonehill/ Mathews patent top lever cocking action and almost certainly the work of C.G.Bonehills. Looks like someone bought the action and finished the job and added a spurious name to try to trade on the more famous W.W.Greener. I think that the gun was intended for the foreign market as it has sling swivels on the barrel and the one in the stock having been removed, something very rarely seen on an English game gun. The 'game scene' engraving is most odd in that it depicts cranes and palm trees! It is still of good quality so why pass it off as someone elses work is the mystery. It is a non-ejector having been built around 1881. The original stock would look good on any gun. Anyway, here goes: Lagopus.....
