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#324721 05/13/13 10:53 PM
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Currently working on a restoring a 1913 fox sterlingworth that was pretty beat up, but I can't tell how the forend iron and trigger guard were originally finished. Case color or blued?

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http://www.foxcollectors.com/ah_fox/content/sterlingworth_4.html


On the forend irons, some were blued and some were case colored , trigger guards were all blued. Triggers themselves were always in the white, never blued.

After about 1910-11 only Cyanide Case Colors were used, not bone and charcoal CCH like you see on some "didn't know any better" Sterly & Fox restorations.


1929 Philadelphia made Fox Sterlingworth non-ejector with factory cyanide colors and blueing...



Fred Heinzleman & Sons did all the original cyanide colors on Fox guns up through the end of production. Stan tried to contact them a while back, with no luck..?.. I do know up until a few years ago they were still cyanide case coloring guns. Their cyanide colors are NOT of the "tiger stripe" variety and are very nice BTW.

http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=315736



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More often than not, the forend was blued.


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The forend iron on my 1913 vintage Sterlingworth is blue if that helps.

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Thanks so much for all the help. Looking forward to getting started on my next project.


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