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re the nid...wonderful guns...like other ithacas, come in two varieties...early guns with cocking indicators and post 1935 guns, without cocking indicators...
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That is the same old tired picture of a Sterlingworth cracked through the hammer axle that's been posted here multiple times.
I've been reading this board since 2001, and I believe it's the only photo. It's been posted so many times the impression is that this is some kind of endemic problem.
It's not.
There may have been others, but such a failure is uncommon.
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and then there is the whole parker thing...so many varieties, you need to read at least one book... https://www.amazon.com/Parker-Guns-Old-R...ooks&sr=1-1it would be hard to beat a trojan or vh, for your purposes...
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Yep- mine is the first series NID- with the "snail titty" cocking indicators- no biggie-- RWTF
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SMAW weld- 3/32' dia 6013 as judged by the bead shape- NOT 6011 that's for sure- looks like a big old pimple on Brittany Spears' cheek- Butt ugly-- RWTF
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Out of curiosity can a Stirlingworth be fitted with that sexy forend of the A Grade and other higher grade guns? I'm referring to the splinter forends with the visible bottom metal for the removal of the forend. I found a nice stirlingworth with a missing forend for cheap cheap.
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not a good idea...different latching system... here is possible source for sw forends... https://www.ahfoxparts.com/save your graded forend for a graded gun. what is serial number...
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ebay often has fox parts for sale...
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Are we correct to say for the non-ejector guns, like most Fox Sterlingworths, theres nothing wrong with a snap on forearm (e.g., Hackett forearm), its plenty secure? Ejector guns, however, need a bit more security like a Deeley latch mechanism.
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Are we correct to say for the non-ejector guns, like most Fox Sterlingworths, theres nothing wrong with a snap on forearm (e.g., Hackett forearm), its plenty secure? Ejector guns, however, need a bit more security like a Deeley latch mechanism. Usually, not a problem. Until you hook a branch going through the woods... then it would be a big problem. An Anson latch could do that too. I had one come off shooting skeet, so stuff does happen. One of our local shooters here lost a lock plate in the woods off an AyA #1. Never found it, and it took years to have one made and the gun took not one but two trips to Spain before they got it semi-right. No reason to pass up a nice example Sterlingworth. This was an economy model Fox.
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