I'm new to this forum and to the American Classic SxS scene. I'm an avid upland hunter over a Shorthaired Pointer and fan of the sub-gauge 20ga platform. I acquired a CZ Bobwhite in 20ga to see if I could manage double triggers and this worked out so I decided to move into something with a little more soul. I now see that this can be a dangerous path of no return:-)
I acquired what I thought was a good shape 20ga Philly Sterlingworth at a fair price. It seems nice with 28 inch barrels, an uncut stock with the std larger drop dimension of the Philly Era and the 2 1/2 chambers. Barrels may have been opened, for the best I measure is Left at 0.614"to0.590" and Right at 0.614" to 0.609" with my equipment. The gun weighs in right at 6 pounds even. I've had her out on birds once this season and she can do her part if I do mine.
My question, concerns the buttplate, it seems to be none original, see picture below, and I was considering trying to fit a replacement original replica to it. However, when I measure the stock and current buttplate as shown in picture below I can not seem to match it to any dimension of the replicas I find online.
- Do most have to be sanded quite a bit to fit?
- Should I worry about the center-to-center of the hole spacing and overall height/width and then sand to fit?
- Are any plates better than others? Is there a source anyone would recommended?
- And ultimately, is it even worth it?
Thanks for you time. Brad in Colorado....
