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Originally Posted By: Hammergun
They are tough guns and prior generations sure didn't baby them.


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Tom,

I'm pretty sure our 16's were eating these things when you and I were still in diapers.

If your shoulder can take it, your gun can take it.



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Researcher posted this 1914 Fox load recomendation. What year did things change? 1 oz. 2 1/2 dram would be 1165 fps.



dt/cc doing a staple repair on a cracked down the middle A grade






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Guess all those SD pheasants I shot with 1oz 20ga standard velocity loads of 5s and 6s from my Parker 20ga must have been just an accident. If I were going to tinker with different loads for the second barrel it would be to use 6s in the more open barrel and 5s for the longer shots. When using my 16ga 100 year old light wt German made gun RST 7/8oz loads seemed to be just fine for them as well.

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FWIW; I've put about 8 boxes of Fiocchi Golden Pheasant loads (1-1/8 oz, 1310 fps) through my 16ga Sterlingworth over the last few hunting seasons with no ill effects. #6 shot in the right barrel and #5 shot in the left barrel.

As long as it doesn't hurt the gun, I appreciate the extra 5 or so yards the extra oomph adds.

BTW, my Sterly was restocked by the previous owner, so no old oil soaked wood here.

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Curious as to how much difference there is in the load bearing area of the stock between a 12ga & 16ga Sterllingworth. In many doubles the stock is just about as interchangable between different gauge guns as between two guns of the same gauge. If this be the case with a Sterly, if it will stand up to a 3Ľ-1 1/8 load in 12 why would it not do so in a 16??


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The receiver of a Fox 12ga is larger than the receiver of a Fox 16ga. I am not sure how much of a difference in load bearing surface between the two, though.

The 16ga and the 20ga are on the same size receiver.

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That cracked web is not an uncommon occurrence with Foxes. The example in the pic above has more serious damage than the just the split. A substantial and very important chunk of wood is completely missing, perhaps as a consequence of continuous shooting after the crack occurred. A good illustration of why not to shoot one that has the slightest play in wood/metal fit.

That somewhat routine repair has been made for decades; in fact, likely while the guns were still being made. At some time during production the factory began to add a metal reinforcement in the form of a "corrugated" joint fastener.

Were I planning on feeding one a steady diet of heavy loads, I'd add reinforcement as a preventive measure...akin to glass bedding the side plates of an LC Smith before cracks develop.


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Originally Posted By: shinbone
BTW, my Sterly was restocked by the previous owner, so no old oil soaked wood here.


The previous owner had probably had to restock stock your Fox because he had been using those ounce and a quarter thumpers ment for model 12s, Auto 5s and other repeaters.

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BTW, my Sterly was restocked by the previous owner, so no old oil soaked wood here.


The previous owner had probably had to restock stock your Fox because he had been using those ounce and a quarter thumpers ment for model 12s, Auto 5s and other repeaters.


Nope. The previous owner is an amature stock maker and he restocked the gun with a stock he dialed in to his somewhat unique dimensions for a perfect fit. It turned out great, too.

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Choke Choke choke for wild birds unless early over dogs.

It doesn't take heavy loads.

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Jerry

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