Sterlingworth
 

Came across this cap. Owner has had it stored for 30 years and got it from his grandfather. He believes the cap is original. Was there ever such a cap installed at manufacture. My thoughts are no, but as Dean says, "never say never"... I had a quick look at the Fox site. Do they have a SN lookup like we do? I can't find it if they do. The gentleman says it is a 1921 gun. SN is 930xx as best I can make out on one pic.

Dates about right-maybe 1922. However, no to the grip cap!!
Bob Jurewicz

Agree with Bob, nice grip cap but no not factory.

Thanks gents.
Bob: Where do you find year of manufacture from the SN? Is there anything on-line or is it from a reference book?
Cheers,
Jack

some more pics. sports 32" tubes

Jack, go to Connecticut Shotgun and they have firearm date of manufacture. When you get to the home page, click RESOURCES and a pull down menu appears. Choose Firearm dates and terminology and it brings you to several gun manufactures to pick from.

Gentlemen,

Our friends at Doublegunshop.com provide this Dates of Production reference:

http://www.doublegunshop.com/dgsnos.htm

Mark

Jack, Is this Fox living in your house?.......:rolleyes:

No, but thanks to you guys, I look and then get tempted and then........ From what I can understand, the Sterlingworth was built by Fox in order to compete with the low budget gun world of the day. Did I get that right? If so, how come nobody thinks they are low budget any more? North of the border, guns tend to be a little cheaper but asking prices keep escalating. We just had an election up here (anybody notice?). The Conservatives obtained a long sought after majority. They will be scrapping our Long Gun Registry, so one less bureaucratic hurdle to gun ownership here. Unfortunately, many wonderful guns were voluntarily turned in for destruction :crying: over the past dozen years because nobody wanted the hassle that granpa's gun entailed in order to keep it legal. Many never did register and there has been one amnesty after another since the inception of the registry. There are likely as many or more unregistered firearms than registered. When that many people refuse to obey a law, examination is in order but it took more than a decade to deal with it and that could only happen with a majority Conservative government. Well, we got one now but I'm not holding my breath yet. I'm sure the registry will be scrapped in the fullness of political time. Well, that went a little off topic.

How much would a sane person pay for a Sterlingworth, complete with wooden pistol grip cap? Okay, even less than sane :)

Cheers,
Jack

jack a gun like that here would fetch between 1200 and 1500 hundred...thats my guess...nice looking gun and i like the 32 inch barrels.. charlie

Jack,

The main difference between the Sterlingworths and the "Graded" A.H. Fox Guns was the name. Mr. Fox didn't want his name associated with a low cost gun. The Sterlingworth action is the same as the Graded guns. FYI, the 16's and 20's were built on the same 20 gauge-size frame. Those small bore Sterlys are ideal for your Partridge!

PS: A 32" Sterlingworth is somewhat rare.

Mark