Allen, I don't remember seeing the gun post on the Fox site and if I missed it this could be redundant. The serial number you cited is certainly a Sterlingworth number but the factory was doing some funky things to survive in the late 1930's. Fox SP/SPE Grade guns were made with blued frames and somewhat different barrel breech dimensions and are quite rare. The blued frame on the gun you're looking at, with everything else looking original, sounds odd and intriguing to me. It's also know that Savage execs had some leeway to get special features done on production guns. You might check the frame bar (water table) to see if "SP" is stamped anywhere. This is a very very long shot but if it turns out you'll want to go buy a megalotto ticket too. Frank
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