This page contains W.W. Greener shotshell headstamp photos and production date ranges. The date ranges below are not exact but an estimation of production dates based on available information. If you are aware of evidence that proves a date range on a brand of
W. Greener started his gun-making business in 1829 and after his death, his son W.W. Greener amalgamated his own gun-making business with his fathers in Birmingham in 1869. They loaded and sold shotshells under the W.W. Greener name but these shells were manufactured for them by the larger companies such as Kynoch and Eley. The W.W. Greener company still exists today.
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Centre-fire Headstamps
W.W. Greener
London & Birmingham
Kynoch W.W. Greener Birmingham
W.W. Greener Police Gun
W.W. Greener | Gauge | Comments | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
 | No 10 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
 | No 12 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
 | No 12 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
London & Birmingham | Gauge | Comments | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
 | No 12 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
 | No 20 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jack Brown. | 1901 - 1920 |
 | No 24 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
 | No 32 | The date range is from adverts and is likely incorrect. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1901 - 1920 |
Kynoch W.W. Greener Birmingham | Gauge | Comments | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
 | No 16 | Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan | 1882 - 1898 |
W.W. Greener Police Gun | Gauge | Comments | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 12/14 | I believe this is a police gun shell for a Mk III shotgun. It might be possible to find more exact dates and I'm working on it. Photo courtesy of Jack brown. | 1930s - 1960s |