Sterlingworth straight-grip CLONE

Silvers · Post by **Silvers** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:38 pm

Pics of a Sterlingworth straight-grip clone are now posted in the "Custom Fox" pictures section. Frank

http://www.pgsguns.com/

gunut · Post by **gunut** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:53 pm

silvers,
very nice...

fullchoke16 · Post by **fullchoke16** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:07 pm

Frank,Very well done work on the Sterlingworth. I like the high cheeks.Why is it that every time I find one with a junk stock, the rest of the gun is equally junk too? Nice find for a "parts gun". Fred

eightbore · Post by **eightbore** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:57 am

Fullchoke, you are so right about the futility of finding a good project gun that only needs wood. I was lucky and found an immaculate early A at the Chantilly VA show a while back. It has been poorly restocked and the wood was loose at the head and was priced less than $600. The barrels required no work and the metal to metal fit is better than any later gun. It is now a long term custom Becker project in progress. I was tempted to restore it to original, but the custom project just called out to me.

eightbore · Post by **eightbore** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:10 am

Frank, the competition Sterly gun that is in the shop on your visit belongs to my friend who travelled to the Northeast Shoot with me. We worked ourselves to death on the design and construction of that bondo stock and may make more than one stock from the model. I am hoping that our friends can help me with a crossover stock for a future Fox project.

Silvers · Post by **Silvers** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:14 am

Thanks for the comments guys. Fred, I like stock cheeks that stand out distinctly, and it's not like I'm going to fool anyone this is a real SW S&U Game gun. Maybe I'll get the cheeks checkered later? Bill, again you are correct about getting lucky once in a while. My own criteria for a good Fox project gun are: 1. good barrels, 2. good barrels, 3. good frame (no heavy pitting, no hammer marks from someone who tried to disassemble it with set screw in place, etc.). Anything else can be fixed or replaced at nominal cost. I didn't know it is your friend who's having the high stock SW Trap gun made. All that bondo brought back memories of my '57 Chevy. Dan was telling me the new stock will be influenced by your friend's Kreighoff. That SW Ejector will turn some heads on the trap field. I'm not a stocker but I would think some carpentry and more bondo can come up with a good crossover stock model for the duplicating machine. See you at Pintail. Frank

Silvers · Post by **Silvers** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:16 pm

Some of you know I decided to get the stock cheeks checkered as an afterthought. For those interested I've posted pics of the updated gun on my SW S&U Clone thread in the Custom Fox section of the site. Frank

fullchoke16 · Post by **fullchoke16** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:26 pm

Very nice pattern on the cheeks Frank. Best of luck to you in the grouse woods. They're almost an endangered species at this end of the state.

mc15426378 · Post by **mc15426378** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:44 pm

Looks great Frank. Dan certainly does excellent work. What made you go with a varnished stock and not oil?

Regards
Mike

Silvers · Post by **Silvers** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:07 am

Thanks guys for your comments. Mike, I just prefer varnish on hunting guns. Holds up better in rain and snow. Frank

GSP · Post by **GSP** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:14 pm

Frank,

Very neat gun! The cheek checkering pattern looks great, nice pictures too. Good luck on the birds & let us know how she handles in the woods!

-Tom