Ansley H. Fox Gun Co. graded guns A- to FE-grade had a smooth profile from the beginning in 1905. Here is an early 2-digit serial number gun from the Wayne & Bristol Streets days (1905-06) --
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Only the first 12000 or so 12-gauge Sterlingworths had the recessed hinge pin. In 1910 they were marketed under the name The Sterlingworth Co.
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To further distance them from the Ansley H. Fox double the early guns were marked Wayne Junction instead of Philadelphia.
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and they even issued their own The Sterlingworth Co, catalog for 1910. By 1911, this entry-level gun was included in the A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalog --
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Ansley's earlier companies, Fox Gun Co., Balto., MD. U.S.A. (1898-99) --
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and the Philadelphia Arms Co. (1902 t0 1906) --
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Hybrid Mode