While hunting in Arizona for Mearns quail and a trip I made to Newfoundland to hunt we had a number of conversations about building a custom SXS. We decided on using a Fox Sterlingworth 20 gauge with 28” barrel and ejectors.
I am posting some pictures of the work completed so far. Chris has built a number of beautiful custom Doubles and I had particularly liked the Foxes that he and Lemieux Armuriers have teamed up on.
A little over a year ago I purchased a 20 gauge Sterlingworth and started the process of exporting it to Canada.
This was followed by selecting a blank from Cecil Fredi in Las Vegas, Chris custom crafted the metal, carved a stock and forend, and then sent the metal off to Paul at LEMIEUX Armuriers.
The engraving of the metal has been completed and is now on its way back to Chris. Chris will have the metal case hardened, complete the metal French gray process and checker the wood.
So far ever step in the process as far exceeded my expectations.
I will post additional pictures along the way as the project nears completion.
