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Thank you both for your responses, I have patterned the gun and while the barrels don’t measure exact cyl/ modified chokes, they shoot pretty spot on for those. The cyl has a 32” pattern or even slightly more at 20 yards and the mod has a 20” pattern at 20 yards. I was shooting RST loads (2 1/2” 7/8...

Hi, I am hoping to get some opinions on back boring a 16 ga Sterlingworth that I recently purchased. The gun has a .002 choked barrel and the other is closer to modified. The serial number (350173) dates the gun back to early production (1912-13) but the barrels are not original as they are marked s...

There is no #2 under the serial number on the barrels. I am wondering if this barrel swap along with the potential for a stock change makes a big difference in value? What would the estimated value be?

Thanks for the info Jason,

The Barrels are marked Savage Arms Utica NY. "special Alloy Forged Steel". I thought that the company was transferred to Savage later on in the 30s. Does it make sense that the barrels are marked Utica NY instead of Philadelphia?

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I am brand new to the forum, but I recently purchase a 16 Ga Fox Sterlingworth. The guns Serial number is 350173. Is there an estimate of its production year? The gun also does not have the traditional grip that i have seen on most Sterlingwoths. It is more rounded which is a shape that I have seen ...