Correct recoil pad for 1910 Sterlingworth pin gun

[44whiskey]

frank, your post about pitch prompted me to research pitch and its effects. i was not schooled in this aspect of stock fit and did not reply because of lack of knowledge.fred

Whiskey, “Pitch” would probably be a great subject for a thread. If memory is correct, two very good shooters (Silvers and Mike of the Mountain) have mentioned that too much pitch can be an issue for some shooters. I find that a little disturbing because a well known gunsmith increased the pitch on one of my guns (maybe that was a mistake). I have never been “schooled” in proper gun. Maybe I should add that to my bucket list.

thanks for that reply jeff,i am finding coming from IHMSA background that shotgunning is way more of an art than single projectile science of rifled firearms ,am enjoying learning these nuances and how one effects the other.thanks to all who share the knowledge.577boxer sorry to get off on tangent on your thread

[577Boxer]

That's weird--there were a couple other posts here that seem to have disappeared. Were they deleted accidentally?

Mystery solved. On Monday I deleted my reply dated last Friday. I do that in the public forums after three days if no acknowledgment of my time by the poster or by others who've read the reply. Apparently my info was of no value and thus I delete it. That's the way I do it. frank

I'm puzzled by this reply. In 20 years of sharing info on forums, I have never seen a reply like this. It's definitely a strange welcome for a newcomer to the world of Fox guns. If you review my posts, you'll see that I expressed thanks not once but several times, and my posts were in a spirit of gratitude and genuine enquiry. Was there some hidden forum rule that I missed, requiring me to reply within 72 hours or else I would be deemed ungrateful? If you have the kind of work/family life that allows you to check and reply to online forums daily, more power to you, but I don't have that luxury. I check in and reply as soon as I can, and try to do so politely. If anyone has taken offense, please realize none was intended. All the info posted here was valuable, and again, thank you.

But if there's some unwritten rule on the Fox Collectors Forum or the Fox Collectors Association that says I must snap to attention and reply within x number of hours, then maybe this isn't a world I want to step into. On most forums, people leave their posts up in the interest of sharing knowledge in a semi-permanent way, not restricted to the current conversation. It is a forum, not a chat room. People search for answers sometimes years later, and thus the forum builds knowledge and becomes a repository of expert information with benefits that last over time. And newcomers eventually become contributors. If your clubhouse plays by different rules, please advise.

[Silvers]

(snip) If your clubhouse plays by different rules, please advise.

I'm not an AHFCA officer and I don’t set policy for the site. I'm just a guy trying to help and if my reply adds value as intended, I’m looking to see some acknowledgment of my time/effort by the poster and/or the readers here. But if my reply was of no perceived value then I delete it; no sense in leaving it here for posterity. That's my prerogative and again that's the way I do it. Others who reply to questions here (or on other cyber forums) may not care about a response, and that's OK for them. frank