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Originally Posted by Stan Hillis
They are sweet little bird guns. Some years ago I acquired a nice, tight Fox Sterlingworth Ejector 20 with 28" barrels. I determined to make it into my go to quail and woodcock gun. I sent it to Dean Harris and had him lengthen the chambers to 2 3/4" and open the chokes to .006" R and .016" L. I needed more LOP so I added a Silvers type pad and faced it with leather from my Grandad's old leather duck hunting coat, that had deteriorated from age. First time I walked into a covey rise it took two birds with the right barrel (accidentally) and one with the left. We bonded that day.
I hope you find one you enjoy as much as I do mine.
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Stan, I also have a bird-gettin’ Sterlingworth. Mine is a 16 and is a real feather weight. It took a bluff-side Iowa grouse in deep winter on its first shot. It does not get out enough anymore.
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