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I agree..........the checkering(worn) doesn't match up with the case color(not worn).
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Tell your friend, I would love to own that gun, if he does not want to pour alot of money in it.
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There is nothing amiss here. What you are looking at is backyard refinish job. You didn't really think this was an original factory finish, did you?  Well, usually the failure occurs in right (more often shot) tube, or perhaps our nimrod only took long/tall birds?  Actually I do believe that this is the original finish. This is a Savage Fox of 1932 vintage and my guess is that it was cyanide color hardened. The bluing on the trigger guard shows wear appropriate to the case color - not perfect but very nice. The checkering on the butt stock is exactly what I would expect on a Fox sterlingworth in this condition. The forend on this gun IS NOT original to this gun. It is a 1917 vintage Sterlingworth ejector forend. I told the owner that the forend is worth what he paid for the whole gun. 
Doug Mann
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I stand corrected. For some reason, I had assumed it was an A H Fox gun. Had I simply opened these old eyes a bit and looked, I would have seen the Fox Sterlingworth on the action. ME BAD!!!!
Knowing this now, I would put it on the wall and think of some likely tall tales to tell about the reason for the barrel split.
Something about having to fire the only shell I had at an attacking bear. Maybe some sort of super magnum hand load. Killed the bear, by the way.
Best to tell this to the young folk, though. Sort of like having taps on the heals of your shoes. They make sparks fly when you walk on concrete and thusly makes you a super hero to kids. LOL
Best,
John
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The only way that this Sterlingworth is that original is - it was busted-up in '33 with a horrid charged shell of powerful stuff, and put away in the mudroom closet for all those years there after.
A lesson for dear ol' gramps and his kinfolk to follow.
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... My SW had a serrated staple across the inside of the stock. Is the pin in the cheeks of the stock a result of the stock splitting at the head?
... The corrugated hardware nail is original. Apparently at one point or another the stockers at Fox used them a lot. The pin was done later. It was a common approach to prevent splitting. Lefever built some guns with an ivory pin. Pete
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Ah, something fun. Need more pictures, please. Metal looks proud to wood. Case colors are funny in some spots (torch over real case?) or no. Impressive split by the way! Thanks for posting, Mr. Mann. Yep, need more pics.
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Classic obstruction burst.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Here's an LC with the same burst pattern. Happened about 25 years ago. 2.5 chambers with a 2.75 shell. No obstruction, no injury, thankfully. 
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I was pretty sure this was a Savage Fox gun from the square corner in the upper tang to frame area. But, I don't have enough experience to be absolutly certain. Doug, is this square corner a giveaway? All the A.H. guns I've seen have a generous radius in this area.
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