I agree that fit and finish was superior the higher the grade and that you got better wood and more features for more money, but I'll stick by my assertion that the Sterlingworth is the same gun, part for part as the high grades. Same with the field grade Smiths, Ithacas, Remingtons and Lefevers. The Parker Trojan was a different gun, of course and the Ithaca Long Range and Lefever lines were to, but the A-1 was the same gun as the VH...Geo

Don't you wish there was a Purdey field grade!