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Is this a 12g Skeet & Upland Game?
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:38 pm
by Obsessed with Doubles
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
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:58 pm
by Researcher
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.
Thanks
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:00 am
by Obsessed with Doubles
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
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:33 am
by MARSHFELLOW
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.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:14 am
by trkline
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
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:49 am
by Researcher
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.