Peter B. What a wonderful story about a true friend who, first of all appreciated a fine gun, a secondly left it to someone who he knew would appreciate it as well.
I too was given a Fox Sterlingworth 12 ga. with 30" barrels. It was my dad's gun & as far as I know the only one that he ever owned. He told me that he was given the gun by the owner of the auto dealership that he worked for sometime in the early 1920's. He sold Packards. The owner bought the gun for family protection because of the threat of a race riot. When everything cooled down he didn't want to keep the gun & gave it to my dad. My dad hunted everything with it: quail, deer, rabbits, squirrels, etc. It normally won the prize at the turkey shoots. Later he traveled in sales and carried the gun with him in the trunk of his car in a canvas case since his customers were always asking him to go hunting with them. Because of hard use & the case often getting wet because the trunk leaked the outside finish had gotten pretty terrible although the gun was tight & sound. Not long before he passed away I had the gun totally refinished and I will never forget the look on his face when I presented it back to him. That's the one gun that will always stay in my family. Treasure yours as well.
Best Regards, George Lander
Last edited by George L.; 12/06/07 01:40 AM.
