Fox Collectors

This Sterlingworth was my great grandfathers and last weekend was my first time shooting it. I had so much fun and now I must know more about it!
Im going to send away for factory info but untill then can you guys help me out with some info?

s/n 50394
says Sterlingworth co on the side
on the barrels it reads: Sterlingworth fluid compressed steel made by the Sterlingworth company - Philadelphia pa USA

Thanks for any info

You have a very nice and extremely clean and appears original Stelingworth from the beginning of production in 1910.
Check out this link and it should answer most of your questions. http://www.foxcollectors.com/ah_fox/con ... worth.html
Very nice gun and welcome. Craig

Wow!! Nice early Sterlingworth. It is an interesting gun, in that it is the lowest serial number I've recorded with what I call the Fox Profile frame. Previous to seeing this gun, all the guns I've recorded from 50044 to 50471 all have frames with the rounded profile --



For my table of observed specimens I'm keep ing, could you tell us what style of forearm fastening your gun has? Many of the early The Sterlingworth Co. guns came originally with a Baker J-Spring type forearm fastening --





But, the company seems to have had a problem with them and replaced them with their F.T. Russell Patent No. 1,029,229 style forearm fastening which used a spring-loaded roller in the forearm iron bearing against the back of a fixed forearm loop on the barrels.

To Researcher,
As I am new to the gun and its history, I will post a picture and hope it has the answer to your question.

Thanks. That is the Baker J-Spring forearm. Hope you don't mind if I save your picture out for future reference. One other question for the records -- what is the barrel length of your gun?

Nice thread boys........thanks.

tjw

The barrels measure in at 30 inches. Feel free to use the pictures and thanks for the info.

I posted another question I had(hard to open after a few rounds?) in the "Technicana" and Restoration Forum, any help over there would be appreciated as well

Fox guns have firing pins integral with the hammers, and if the hammers don't begin to retract the instant one begins to open the gun the firing pins can stick in the primers. Often the first thing to do is try Remington ammo. For some reason their primers don't seem to stick asmuch as Winchesters and some others.

Are you shooting 2 3/4" shells in it? My guess would be that your gun has 2 1/2" or 2 5/8" chambers so my guess would be the longer shells are binding up as you open it.

Interesting, I was using remington 2 3/4" shells and they dropped right in without any resistance. I'll look into low pressure ones for next time. Is there another possible causes other then the pins?

Take a look at the fired shells----if it is the firing pins they will show a distinct drag mark across the primer.

update: posted on the "Technicana forum”