I am all for upgrades provided they are done well. I am currently working on a 16-ga. Sterlingworth. I am doing all of the metal work except like the beading and scalloping of the frame myself. I am also making a straight grip trigger guard for it. With new wood and engraving it should be quite beautiful. After I saw J.B. Patton's gun shown above I bought mine not a month later. The whole project will cost 10K or more but it will be as nice or nicer than anything else that 10K buys and I will have some personal effort invested in it. When JB first posted his gun I don't recall any negative comments. I recall mostly envy.

Bill G.