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Stainless Barrel?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:04 pm
by 123gunner456
This gun is listed as having a stainless barrel with all numbers matching.
http://www.gunsamerica.com/958433204/Gu ... x_1913.htm
Joe
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:19 pm
by MARSHFELLOW
Wow, sounds like a beaut!!!!....original case t'boot.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:00 am
by Silvers
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. One of a kinder, very rare collector piece. Well Tom ya got first dibs. I wonder if the barrels are 300 or 400 series stainless?
When you get the gun pls check with a magnet. Frank
stainless barrel
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:09 am
by cargie32
Very interesting, $7500 sterlingworth, no pictures, no return, I'm waiting to see what Dave has to say about this!
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:20 am
by mc15426378
Maybe he's selling one of bbman's "specials"?
Bobby, give us the inside scoop on this gun.
Mike
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:54 am
by Researcher
I'm at our place in Kodiak, AK, away from all my research materials and my tables of observed Sterlingworths. However, I'm pretty sure the only two types of barrels I've ever recorded on Sterlingworths are "Sterlingworth Fluid Compressed Steel" and "Special Alloy -- Forged Steel."
stainless
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:09 pm
by Brian
I stuck my neck out and requested photos. will see what he sends
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:07 pm
by Silvers
I'm betting the barrels have been satin/nickel plated. A gent "Harry" I see once in a while at sporting clays tournaments has a Browning 425 o/u with barrels that were done over by a firm in FL. They look like satin finished SS. Frank
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:51 pm
by George Lander
I have an early AE Grade Fox that has had the barrels parkerized. SN 8498.
Best Regards, George
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:37 pm
by AmarilloMike
There is an Ithaca NID for sale on one of the dealer websites. The action and barrels have been nickel plated. The seller claims that it was made for shooting trap off the the back of a cruise ship. I suppose after nickel plating the barrels and the action that there has to be some refitting.
Best,
Mike
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:44 pm
by bbman3
He meant liquid steel barrels.
Bobby
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:58 pm
by Twice Barrel
Oh the infamus "Liquid Steel" as opposed to steel in it's solid state Hmmm.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:22 pm
by bamboozler
The seller sent me some pics, it appears that it is nothing more than an old well-worn Sterlingworth with little barrel blue remaining, no case colors, checkering all but gone, a wood screw pinned stock and a run-of-the-mill leg-o-mutton leather case.
Seller says he had it appraised a little over a year ago for $10,000 with a replacement cost of around $12,000...better hurry before it's too late!
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:51 pm
by birdawg
Sounds like a case of a misplaced decimal.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:31 pm
by AmarilloMike
bamboozler wrote:The seller sent me some pics, it appears that it is nothing more than an old well-worn Sterlingworth with little barrel blue remaining, no case colors, checkering all but gone, a wood screw pinned stock and a run-of-the-mill leg-o-mutton leather case.
Seller says he had it appraised a little over a year ago for $10,000 with a replacement cost of around $12,000...better hurry before it's too late!
Well I guess if he has it insured for $12,000 he can always pray for a fire.
Sure will take the insurance adjuster a long time to find a comparable one with factory stainless steel barrels to verify the value.
Mike