serial #200 000, 12 ga., 28'' barrels choked modified and full with bright excellent bores. This is an interesting 1967-made gun, purported to be one of only 27 such shotguns produced. The gun was manufactured by Webley & Scott after their purchase of W.W. Greener and marketed as the Webley-Greener Conquest 1100, supposedly in 1967 only. The barrels retain about 98-99% original blue and are maker marked on each tube, the rib nicely file cut with light engraved bands at the breeches. The frame and 9-pin lockplates retain nearly all their original vibrant color case-hardening and feature full coverage tight English scroll with some banknote bordering, each marked ''Webley-Greener'' along the bottom edge. The rolled edge triggerguard retains all its original blue as does the top lever and safety with ''Safe'' inlaid in gold. The straight grip English walnut stock and splinter forend rate excellent showing a few very very light handling marks; the 9 karat gold oval monogram plate along the toeline remains un-engraved. The length of pull to the checkered hard rubber buttplate is 14 5/8'' with drops of 1 7/16'' and 2 1/4''. Features double triggers, ejectors, automatic safety and tight lockup with dual under bites; the gun seems to function well mechanically. One would suggest that with this serial number, this certainly could have been the first such example here in the states, or perhaps some manner of presentation gun made for a company manager or important importer here in the states. Included with the arm is a small hang tag which mentions the Webley guarantee, cleaning and maintenance of the arm (of course always using Webley cleaning sets), the rear of the tag is serial numbered to the gun showing a 12 bore with a 28'' barrel, 2 3/4 inch chambers, full choke left and half choke right, the model listed as ''1100 Conquest''. A very interesting, high-quality, very short-production British true sidelock ejectorgun. (3C9750-1) {C&R} (3000/5000)
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