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I had a similar problem while trying to remove a fore end from one of my Sterlingworths. The fore end was unusually hard to remove and I did not force it. I was able to insert a tool I have under the fore end wood and gently wiggled the fore end off of the gun. I discovered that the pin that holds t...

Sorry vaturkey. I did not make it to the second page of replies before I posted my concerns of shooting the heavy loads. I agree with you completely.

My concern with using the high pressure/high velocity heavier loads would be the stress they would put on the 100+ year old oil soaked wood and not so much the metal. I have refinished several stocks on these older guns and have spent days getting the oil out of the wood near the receiver. The oil w...

I agree with all of the positive feedback. The new logo is classy indeed. Please put my name on a list for everything but the hub caps.

The 32 inch barrels are both full choke. The 28 inch set has a right barrel choked between skeet I and Cyl. The left barrel is improved modified. I know that it is unusual but I have found that I really liked that combination for grouse hunting. I suspect that the right barrel has been opened up som...

You are correct. I am extremely lucky. It has finally soaked in that I have a limited number of years left and I am trying to take advantage of what time the good Lord allows me. I am about to turn 60 and I can't go like I once did. I have a good friend who usually hunts with me who is facing knee r...

I used the 28 inch with the more open chokes. I carried the 32 inch barrels but didn't feel I needed the extra distance with so many leaves on the trees.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b521/tomyms/Bell2_zps91a167c8.jpg Belle and I found the same rock again this year. Both she and the new Philly Sterlingworth were flawless in their performances. The leaves were still on the trees and I did not get a good look at many of the birds. Three grouse i...

Ready for grouse season. I have completed my rescue project on this 1918 Sterlingworth. Time and neglect had taken it's toll. I removed an old pad that had been put on with a belt sander and had badly scratched the heel and toe of the stock. I glass bedded the receiver and sanded out the marks. Put ...

If I remember it was on Columbus Day which would make it the beginning of the second week in October. It snowed about an inch or two every morning but one during five days of hunting. It was usually gone by noon. The picture was made around 11:00 am.

Northeast corner of Georgia in the town of Clayton in Rabun County. We are bordered by North Carolina to the north and South Carolina to the east. I do most of my grouse hunting in North Carolina.

I was hunting in Itasca County near Lake Winnie. It was just one of those days when a plan comes together. I had a limit of five before I made the turn to head back to the truck. After shooting the fifth bird I unloaded and went in with an empty gun on several more points, pointed at the birds but d...

A good morning in Northern Minnesota with my Brittany "Oconee Belle" and my Utica 16 gauge Sterlingworth. What could be better?

I finally got an opportunity to make a few photographs of the barrels. The gun was in a period case. It spent most of it's life with a cabbie in Cincinatti, Ohio. There were about 30 years of chauffeur's license and hat pins dating from the early 1930's until the late 1950's in the case. There were ...

I borrowed a bore micrometer from a friend. He had a 12 gauge and a 20 gauge set. I had to use the 12 gauge set. It came with a .700 ring to calibrate. It would get approximately 12 inches down the barrels. I took several measurement from the breech and muzzle end to get an average for the inside di...