Back in the hayday of the Spanish shotgun makers, Victor Sarasqueta (VS) was a name with which to conjure. His guns were of the highest mechanical quality, and were offered with embellishments at every price point at which a market existed.
Stoeger imported both box lock and side lock guns made by VS from roughly the late 1950s to the early 1970s. The American market at that time was for guns with American pattern stocks (pistol grip and big beaver tail fore ends) and that's largely how Stoeger ordered the guns to be made.
One can find just about anything in the Stoeger guns.
This is a Stoeger Arms Sterlingworth's 20 gauge gun. The stock was originally an American style stock, but has been altered to English style. While it was built as a medium game gun, the stock alteration has pretty much converted it to a light game gun::
This is a Stoeger Zephyr Uplander 16 gauge gun, built as a heavy live pigeon gun:
This is a Stoeger Zephyr Vandalia trap gun:
Stoeger also had VS make up some 10 gauge goose guns, both box lock and side lock versions.
The Stoeger guns are, IMO, some of the best values on the market in terms of gun-for-the-money.
