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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen
The early style snap-on/-off forearms on A-/AE-Grades had the same checkering pattern as Sterlingworth forearms. My A-Grade 20-gauge 200158 --
But that escutchin shown does appear to have Sterlingworth engraving.
My 1936 vintage Savage-era A-Grade 16-gauge got a quite similar piece of wood --
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My brain is getting old. I have an early A grade 16 gauge with snap on forearm and it does indeed have the same checkering as the Sterlingworths. I hate mental cramps.