Here are a couple of pics of a Fox Sterlingworth butt, this gun left the factory in April of 1913. As you can see, it is obvious that there is a curve in the wood. The factory letter says the gun left the factory with a 14" LOP and makes no mention that it originally was furnished with a pad. The gun now has a 14 3/8" LOP with the pad, without the pad and with a hard rubber buttplate it would have a 13 5/8" LOP.
In your opinion, was the stock cut to have a pad installed?




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