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The Dark Story of Britain’s Shotgun Empire: The Greener Factory

The Dark Story of Britain’s Shotgun Empire: The Greener Factory W.W. Greener was the king of Birmingham gunmakers, famous for the "Greener Police Gun"—a brutal riot shotgun used across the British Empire to suppress colonial uprisings (Egypt, India, etc.). Founded in 1829, the St. Mary’s Row factory was a Victorian marvel. The dark story is the utilization of their weapons for colonial oppression and the brutal "Martini" action shotguns designed to stop riots. The collapse tracks the death of the Birmingham Gun Quarter itself. Post-WWII, cheap imports and strict UK gun laws choked the life out of the company. The factory, once employing hundreds of master craftsmen, was sold. The building still stands as a ghost, a reminder of the era when Birmingham supplied the brute force for the Empire's police.