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j0e, did you say you were a brain surgeon, or had brain surgery?
...and if you can't remember!
I'm not comparing a Boss to a Sterlingworth - what I'm saying, there has been most likely failures with 'em too.
Kinda like a sleeved gun - maybe a barrel cut loose, or something...but we know it failed somewhere, hence the sleeve job.

A sleeved gun and an action failure....I fail to see the similarity....

Do you blame it on gun failure if a guy chops off the barrels on SxS with a hacksaw ?

My "guess" is the Sterlingworths are cracking because of a design failure or a case hardening failure.

Maybe Pete has the answer in his post..."never saw a recased Sterlingworth crack"

Lowell, my good Spanish double was bought for 800 bucks, a Victor Sarasqueta SLE 20 bore imported by Stoeger in the 50's.
It sold then for $144, so I guess it has appreciated quite a little over the original purchase price. I have turned down $1000 for it and I've only had it for 2 years.By all standards, it is a finely built gun. And JOe, for once I quite agree with your summation of Sterlingworth failures. Either a case hardening flaw or more likely a design flaw. I'll take a pass on the Foxes, thanks. I just see too many cracked frames to spend a lot of money on a field grade gun. Chopperlump