W.W. GREENER (London) 12/76 calibre rifle, 76.5 cm side-by-side barrels, 36 cm stock, weight: 3.62kg. Total length 117 cm, 3/4 chokes and 4/4 chokes. N°45121. Category C. The history of the W.W. GREENER Company begins in 1829, when William GREENER, who had been working in London for Joe MANTON, an important gunmaker and top English gunsmith in the early 1800s, returned to his home town of Newcastle and founded the W. GREENER in 1829. He set up on his own to manufacture hunting, sporting and military rifles. W. GREENER was an inventor. He invented the expanding bullet in 1835, an electric light in 1846, ... After William GREENER's death in 1869, his second son, William Wellington GREENER, continued the family tradition of manufacturing high-quality hunting, sporting and military guns. William Wellington GREENER registered numerous patents. It was his inventions that made the company famous. In 1910, W.W. Greener's 2 sons, Harry Greener and Charles Greener, took over the company from their father. In 1951, Harry's son Leyton Greener (fourth generation) took over as chairman and today the company has a fifth generation, Graham Greener, as one of its directors. FOR ANY PURCHASE OF CATEGORY B or C WEAPONS: The purchaser MUST present their identity card and valid French hunting licence only (2025/2026) or valid French shooting licence only. Category C weapons will only be issued after consultation of the FINIADA file. Holders of a hunting licence must have created their SIA account. If the purchaser of a category C firearm is registered in the FINIADA file, the sale will automatically be null and void. Foreigners who do not have these documents must be represented by a French arms dealer for the purchase. (additional cost of 30 euros/weapon to be borne by the purchaser).