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SW Wildfowl?
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:33 pm
by 123gunner456
GA has a gun listed as 32" barrel Phila gun. Being sold by Wildwood.
Item #917617363
How can you tell if it is a Wildfowl model?
Thanks
Joe
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:08 pm
by birdawg
There are no Philly wildfowl guns. They were all past that era although many of the parts for them could have been made pre Savage.
That one looks interesting.
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:00 pm
by eightbore
Yup, those guys don't make a lot of mistakes on the low side, but this may be one of them. We'll see.
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:38 pm
by NJdblgun
tempting gun. if i didnt just pick up a couple of fine foxes, and a new (to me) car, i would be calling them, 32" barrels, tight chokes, oh well...
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:23 pm
by Researcher
The Fox-Sterlingworth Wildfowl was mentioned on and off in the Savage-Era retail cataloguea and wholesale price sheets from 1934 to 1940. A Fox-Sterlingworth Wildfowl is essentally a Super-Fox finished up in Sterlingworth livery, so it would have 0-weight barrels and frame, selective automatic ejectors and a Deeley forearm lever. The gun they have is just a Sterlingworth Trap (32-inch barrels).
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:55 am
by 123gunner456
Thanks for the information.
Joe