Fore End Replacement Needed

[jimwinnick]

It's with great sorrow that I reach out to this group for help. I returned home to upstate New York to hunt roughed grouse this last weekend. I was very excited to use a newly acquired Sterlingworth 20 gauge that I found in a local gunshop last fall. My trip was ruined by the fact that I lost the fore end in a heavy area of blackberry brambles during a flush. Three of us searched and searched, but could not find the fore end. My stomach still has knots in it. Can anyone help me with suggestions of where I can find a replacement or have a reproduction manufactured. The value of the gun is obviously lost with the original. However, I'd like to keep this gun as a shooter to match the other Sterlingworths that I own and enjoy. If I need to manufacture a new fore end, I'd like to entertain having a beavertail made, instead of the original splinter design. Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[ASavageFox]

boy, finding the metal for a small bore forearm is going to be the hard part for sure... if you know pretty darn close to where you lost it, I would go back with hedge clippers and a metal detector... it would likely be less costly, take less time, and add more value than any other option. Hope it is not far from home...


and, as an FYI, you are not the first to have this happen... surprised how many times I have read about a very similar experience...

[MARSHFELLOW]

jimwinnick,

send me an email, I can help you.

Tom tjw@foxriversporting.com