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Jan 5th, 2013 at 6:56pm
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(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)       (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)               Was leaving a gun show and this was blocking my way to the door.unknown caliber barreled action. WW Greener birmingham on one side and SACorp ridgeway N.J. on other. any info appreciated, barrel never finished looks like an abandoned project rifle .Any advice and suggestions welcome and any info on it too.
  
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Reply #1 - Jan 5th, 2013 at 9:24pm
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Lovely case hardening ! Any idea of the calibre ?
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 5th, 2013 at 11:38pm
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An internal mic and a chamber cast would seem to be called for.  Damn, what a find!  The only thing you see at gun shows out here anymore are endless racks of old military bolt guns and AR platforms up the wazoo.  I've stopped going I got so tired of the gun store commandos.  I mean, I used to be a professional people shooter.  These amateurs get on my last nerve.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 12:28pm
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Torpedoman,

If it has the original Greener barrel it should be proofmarked at the Birmingham Proof House, in England, and the calibre should be stated amongst the stampings. However, if it has been rebarreled in the USA there won't be any Proof Marks although I would still expect to find a calibre marking on it.

Greener was a mass volume producer of Martini Actions and made many variants based on the action from rifles to shotguns to harpoon projectors.

Harry
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Reply #4 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 12:42pm
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Greener had a lovely building in the gun quarter of birmingham city. it was pulled down to build a road , an absolute act of vandalism if ever there was one.
With a nice piece of walnut shaped in the classic british style and the lovely colour of the action, you could have a real keeper right there.
  
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Reply #5 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 12:45pm
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Actions like these were being imported back in the late 60s or so. I had one (with slight engraving) that I had plans to make a rifle out of. Got as far as having the firing pin hole welded and reduced (it was large for a shotgun - Greener trap comes to mind) but managed to trade it off before it got farther along. I'm thinking it was Navy Arms that was bringing them in. Weren't they out of New Jersey?
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 4:25pm
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SACorp is probably Sarco. I would say the barrel is not original, or it has been turned down considerably.
A nice find this side of the Altantic even if it was a surplus company import.
  
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Reply #7 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 4:28pm
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It would be a nice piece in a usable rimmed cartridge that doesn't make massive pressures , the .303 brit would be ideal imho.
  
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Reply #8 - Jan 6th, 2013 at 5:46pm
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SACorp was Service Armament Corp. = Navy Arms
  
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Reply #9 - Jan 7th, 2013 at 12:28am
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Yup. I just found this thread on them. You could get just the actions from Navy Arms.
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Reply #10 - Jan 8th, 2013 at 12:00am
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the bbl is unmarked and un finished looks lke a project someone started and put on back burner years ago will have to try to find out what caliber it is.
  
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