I am re-stocking a Fox Sterlingworth 16 gauge. Gun currently has the standard Sterlingworth pistol grip, which I'm not overly fond of. Not bad condition but an very ugly piece of Utica wood.
I had originally planned to have it done in a straight grip but, having noticed the majority of my old SxS's are PoW, I thought I might ask here for comments and input. It seems as I get closer and closer to pulling the trigger (word play intended) the more I am second guessing myself. The gun I shoot best is a Citori PoW with a 14 1/2" LOP, 1 1/2" DAC and 2 1/2" DAH. This gun, which I also shoot well, has pistol grip, 14 3/4" LOP, 1 5/8" DAC and 2 3/4 DAH.
One question I had....was a straight grip available on a Sterlingworth? This gun is from 1935. Here's a description from the 1935 catalog:
Sterlingworth Skeet and Upland Game Gun. 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge. To meet the demand for a moderately priced skeet and upland game double gun we have produced the famous Fox-Sterlingworth gun in this new straight grip model with 26" barrels bored: right skeet, cylinder, left quarter choke.
Now mine has 28" barrels so it's not exact but they did do Sterlingworths with straight stocks and of course the graded guns could be had with a straight stock.
