E.C. Green/Hayden
I have recently inherited an E.C. Green double 10 ga. with hammers. All the numbers match and are 3866. Just wondering if there is some information somewhere to tell me what year the gun actually is?
The coolest part is I know that Hayden in Jacksonville IL was the only importer and that is my home town!! [:D]
From the little info I can find, 1890's roughly is what I can come up with as far as dating the gun. Some help or just a point in the right!! direction would be great. would like to put the history together on this old beaut!!
The coolest part is I know that Hayden in Jacksonville IL was the only importer and that is my home town!! [:D]
From the little info I can find, 1890's roughly is what I can come up with as far as dating the gun. Some help or just a point in the right!! direction would be great. would like to put the history together on this old beaut!!
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According to Boothroyd's Directory of British Gunmakers, Edwinson Charles Green commenced business in Cheltenham in 1863, and became "and Son" in 1894, so your guess is probably as close as you'll get.
If it's marked with Hayden as retailer and you know when they were in business, that might narrow the time span. (How could you know that Hayden was the only importer?)0 -
As far as the hayden part, read that there was only one importer.
And I've been able to find all the info on when Green was making guns, the info about "and son" but I can find the records or info that relates numbers to time frames.0 -
E.C. Green was important to Webley collectors, because he claimed Webley stole his idea of a stirrup lock for their break top revolvers. 0 -
That's something I didn't know there. 0 -
A few pictures of the water table and the bottom of the barrel should tell the story. I have a C. Green that is a Belgian double. There are many Belgian copies of English guns that have the name spelled slightly differnet to confuse buyers. 0 -
Will post up some pics tonite then. I know there are several marks there along with matching numbers. 0 -
So here are the barrel markings and a look at the overall build of the gun. Seems to me(and I have been wrong before) that the snake/thumb release is not so common versus the thumb release on the top of the more traditional doubles.
So, anyone fluent in barrel markings?0 -
Markings look English not Belgian to me. [^] 0 -
The barrels are Birmingham proofed. Side lever doubles were common 1880s-90s. 0
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