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English stocked Fox?
#445553 05/31/16 07:40 AM
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Should a late Utica fox 16 Sterlingworth have a long trigger guard tang ?
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The straight-gripped version of the Fox-Sterlingworth that Savage offered from 1935 to 1940, known as the Fox-Sterlingworth Skeet & Upland Game Gun, normally used a straightened version of the regular trigger guard.





The earliest 12-gauge Fox-Sterlingworth S&UGGs, in the 1306xx serial number range, used the long back-strap trigger guards as found on straight-gripped graded guns. To date, I haven't recorded such a use on a smallbore Fox-Sterlingworth S&UGG.
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Thanks. I hope to share some interesting pics later this week !
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The only 16 fox, with straight grip, I came across had a short trigger tang as well. I was sure at he time it was original. When they were making a small run of guns I doubt they worried about the need for a long tang version or making extra parts when they were trying to use what they had on hand. Sales were few and times tough.
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I had a short tang straight grip 16 gauge skeet and upland Fox. Bobby

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