Nice gun and nice try. While your gun/example is very nicely embellished, it's not quite in the same league as the FH25. Look at the difference in the frame sculpting between your example and the FH25. The FH25 has hand filed frame bolsters, a elegantly sculpted top lever, a proprietary version of intercepting sears, horn insert in the forend, removable hinge pin, etc.
FH25, circa 1910, notice the sculpting of the frame, pay special attention to the quality of the filing of the bolsters.
Your example does not have intercepting sears, I do not believe it has a removable hing pin, almost zero sculpting/filing to the frame, fences, etc. These are just some of the differences between the two types of guns. I hope this helps to explain the difference between the two types of guns.
I wish I took pictures of the internal works before I sold my FH25....there was a lot of TLC given to the guts of that gun. Everything smooth and polished to mirrors. Absolutely fantastic.
By the way...if the pictured Clabrough was bought for $469 Can.......that is a freeeking steal :-)|
Dustin
No one is arguing that Greener didn't make good guns.
To begin with the thread had to clarify that it was a lower mid grade GREENER, not a lower mid grade Birmingham boxlock.
Secondly, I think gunsaholic's point wasn't that his gun was as good/better than the Greener FH25, but was pointing out the price it sold for inside of the last 6 months, relative to his suggestion the gun might reasonably fetch something in the $1500 range, while LeFusil was telling the OP to expect a minimum of $2500 and perhaps north of $3000.
Gunsaholic and I, and probably a few other Canadians following this thread, follow the CANADIAN market fairly closely, as well as the US market. We know they are different. I don't think either gunsaholic or I have any interest in this gun except answering his question on a Canadian gun forum of how much should he expect to get when he sells it. Telling him to hang on for $2500 plus is likely going to mean a long wait when he has already posted that he has a purpose for the money.
I hear lots of grips about people listing on Gun Broker and setting unrealistic minimums and thus the guns never sell. Lefusil, I believe you are advising the OP to do the same here.
BTW, both Guns and I know the Clabrough was a steal. When he got it, I guessed between $900 and $1200.
We were talking last week about prices on Foxes. I have a not bad 1909 A grade, 30" barrels etc that frankly I think would sit around for a while if I asked anything over $1000. I bought it 4 years ago for $500.
