That is not factory wood is it? Just joking. As nice a pair of stocks as you will see anywhere.
So both have the roller type fore-end. Mine has the j type spring latch that I am afraid is not going to be as strong as your type. I was trying to figure out if they changed to the roller type because it was easier to fit at the factory or if it saved them money to make. I suspect that they did not have to have an exact fit to get the fore-end to stay on with the roller-end and that saved them time and money. The Sterlingworth was a bare bones model and if changes were made the bottom line had to figure into it at some point.
Sterlingworth fore-end metal I have. Need to find some one to remove my J hook loop and replace it with a Sterlingworth roller cam loop if I go that direction. Not the end of the world, but more than I am set up to do at my home. And I am getting tired of buying $500.00 of tools to do a $50.00 job that I might do twice in the next five years. the rising price of lead and gas is starting to cut into my project money. If gas gets to $10.00 a gallon I have to stop all of my hobbies. But then so will everyone else.
