Fox Collectors

A few more

Bird season unfortunately has come to an end, so that last two weeks I scraped and refinished my (new to me) 16 gauge sterlingworth. It had clearly been refinished by the previous owners with several dried drips and varnish on the metal parts. Anyways, I’m pretty happy with the results, I at least l...

The only two A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalogs that mention chamber lengths are the 1913 and 1914 big grey "A Fox Gets the Game" catalogs. They state that 16-gauge guns are chambered for the, then standard, 2 9/16-inch shells. With the policy of holding chambers 1/8-inch shorter than the intended...

My Utica Sterlingworth in 16 gauge mfg. in 1934 is chambered 2 3/4”. I could be wrong, but most all Philadelphia, pre savage sterlingworth’s I’ve seen for sale have shorter chamber length.

Anyone know why this Utica gun would have the older style safety slide? As mentioned by a user above, everything else seems pretty standard with it.

Thanks for all the helpful replies,

Gun arrived at the shop today. Seems to be in overall decent shape, less a pretty sloppy revarnish attempt. Some ran onto the action.

2 3/4 with nice clear bores.

A few more pics below. Excited to get it out and see how it shoots.

I’ve always loved the 16, been using a Stevens 311 in 16 (pictured) passed down from my dad, my whole time upland hunting. Tracking number says my recently purchased fox will arrive at my FFL on Wednesday so I’ll have more info on barrel markings etc. I’m holding my breath slightly because of the pr...

Thank you for the kind replies and information!

I’ve been looking at local shops and online for some time now. Just pulled the trigger on a 16 ga sterlingworth. I always remember hearing about my grandfather’s friend owning a 16 gauge fox and going up to NH looking for partridge back in the late 50s early 60s. Have been intrigued by the American ...