Any idea what I need for this pin gun

[vaturkey]

Purchased a pin gun as a project gun and it was received and my smith advised the forearm lug is messed up (which he can fix). However he said the forearm latch has been messed up and needs to be replaced. Anyone know what type of latch/iron I would need. The gun is marked Sterlingworth Co. but it is the second version with the pointed frame. Thanks much.

[vaturkey]

For 12 gauge Sterlingworth, Style A, B and C. Any ideas on which one is the correct one would be appreciated? Thanks

[deweyvicknair]

Why doesn't your gunsmith repair the iron and make the needed parts?

[vaturkey]

Will probably be Monday. I need to lay my own eyes on it first. Our conversation yesterday was quite brief. He as a rule is a custom long gun fellow and builds 1,000 bench rest rifles. This may be outside of his comfort zone.

[eightbore]

Are you sure there's a Chrysler dealer in town? You might have a better chance finding a Packard dealer.

[vaturkey]

This week and called with the problems. I can always return the gun, but there's not a whole lot of "pin" guns out there marked "Sterlingworth Co." Thus I want to see if it's worth fixing before I send it back. I'll have a better feel Monday for sure. Also, he works on 1,000 yard bench rest rifles and has done very well in various matches building and then shooting his own rigs. There is indeed a special science in that as well.

[Researcher]

I have tried to post a response here several times over the past 7 hours and would get dumped each time. I pasted in over on gunshop.com and it worked fine?!?

Now I tried adding it here in edit and got dumped again?!? I now seem to have gotten 7/8 of my response to take.

The Sterlingworth Co. guns normally started life with a Baker J-Spring style forearm fastening.





They apparently had some trouble with these as you will often find these guns fitted with the later J.C. Kremer & A.H. Fox Patent No. 1,029,374 style forearm fastening which was used on the extractor Model 1911 Sterlingworths. My March 1910 The Sterlingworth Co. gun is and has the Fox Proof stamp on the barrel flat! They used a third style fastening, the F.T. Russell Patent No. 1,029,229 on the ejector guns, and eventually went to using the Russell style on all Sterlingworths extractor and ejector.