Dewey- Is the frame of the Sterlingworth the same as the graded Foxes rather than the different shape of the Parker Trojan to the graded Parkers. I have seen a few nice Foxes in the John Barsness book on shotguns, "Shotguns for Wingshooting" 1999 Krause pub. Co.Barsnie did a goof- on page 116-117 the ils. of a Fox "Pin Hinged" Sterlingworth, he describes it as being made in 1905. But whenever a see a closed break-action gun, with our without the indicators, I assume it is "Locked, cocked and ready to rock" and treat it accordingly. My compliments on your artisanship- wood to metal fit and finish makes an old rifleman like me recall Jerry Fischer, Tom Schellhammer, Al Biesen,the two Leonards: Mews and Brownell- like Jack O'Connor said in "The Shotgun Book" 'I'd much rather have fine grained walnut, well checkered against finely blued and fitted steel than all the engraving that would fit-. Is the Victor animal trap co. still in your town? One of my sisters used to live in Lancaster-Do you work only on A.H. Fox guns, or also on other quality doubles? I did the recoil pad re-work on my HE 12 years ago- former owner had put black spacers and an Ithaca red "Sunburst" pad on for more LOP-I would guess the HE Foxes had pads as standard issue-what period pad would have been used in the 1920's- Silvers, Hawkins, No-Shoc?? My HE looks to me like a Sterlingworth with the larger frame, and with ejectors-!!
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