Is this a 12g Skeet & Upland Game?

Obsessed with Doubles · Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:38 pm

Is this one at the latest Greg Martin Auction:

http://catalog.gregmartinauctions.com:8 ... 4684&-Find

And do these have short, stubby, 1-screw triggerguards on them?

Thanks

OWD

Researcher · Post by **Researcher** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:58 pm

Yes that is a Fox-Sterlingworth Skeet & Upland Game Gun. A couple of early ones I've recorded in the 1306xx serial number range have the long backstrap trigger guards just like straight grip graded guns. The others I've recorded are a batch in the 1356xx and 1357xx range, and then a bunch of 26-inch barrel guns from 160195 to 160818, all have the short backstrap.

Obsessed with Doubles · Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:00 am

I appreciate the info.

What's fair market price on that gun? Do Sterlingworth Skeet & Upland Games command a hefty premium? They're kind of rare, aren't they?

Thanks again.

Keep on rocking.

OWD

MARSHFELLOW · Post by **MARSHFELLOW** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:33 am

Yup, Skeet & Upland Game alright. They are relatively scarce and a real joy to find when they are "optioned-up" with ejectors, beavertail, and single selective Kautzky....and will bring "a hefty premium" with condition. Value???...well, on this particular one the pad and condition don't help but I'd be surprised if it didn't do 2X the estimate depending on the severity of the bbl dents and stock repair.

trkline · Post by **trkline** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:14 am

How do you recognize this gun as a Skeet and Upland gun? A straight grip and two beads? How about if it had the optional ejectors? What would differentiate it from a Sterlingworth Deluxe? Just the straight grip?

Just curious ... Thanks.

TRK

Researcher · Post by **Researcher** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:49 am

The straight grip is the only differentiation.

When the Fox-Sterlingworth Skeet & Upland Game Gun first appears in the 1935 catalogue it was only offered with 26-inch barrels with the special skeet boring of right barrel skeet cylinder and left barrel quarter choke, and the Ivory Bead Sights were an extra cost option. By the 1937 catalogue both 26- and 28-inch barrels were offered and the Ivory Bead Sights were standard.