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Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 6:20 pm
by fox-admin
I own one Starly 16ga 30". Show us your best condition example.

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 7:12 pm
by Jeff S
Not as good as yours, but I always thought that my 30” 16 ga. Sterlingworth looked good.
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Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 9:55 pm
by Researcher
My SP-Frame 28-inch gun --
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My "draw-bolt" frame gun --
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The story I got from David Condon about those numbers in the stock was that it was a gun that came out of the armory of an old recently defunct Shenandoah Valley military academy (high school).

I also have a high condition regular frame Fox Sterlingworth but I don't have any close-up pictures. I displayed the three frame styles at the Winter 2015 Las Vegas show --
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Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 10:26 pm
by CalebH
My 12 gauge sterly (top gun) is in pretty darn good shape I believe.
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Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:18 am
by Foxnut
Some very nice Sterlingworths with high condition!! Great guns!

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:55 am
by ROMAC
This is a crispy early 20 I have. It would be perfect if it did not have a scratch on the right barrel.

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Savage era 20 with early thumb lever in cyanide.

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Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 10:00 am
by fox-admin
Wow all great Sterlys. Let's keep it going!!

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 11:09 am
by Hunterlee
My original 12 gauge 30” gun. Also have a 16 with 30” but wood appears to be added incorrect finish or refinish

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2026 1:00 am
by jolly bill
There sure are some very nice Sterlingworth's pictured above and thanks for showing them.

I can add these two Sterlingworth 20's. Both 28" and one with ejectors. I've got another SW20 with ejectors and 26" barrels but can't find the pictures (darn).

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2026 8:36 am
by loggy
Lots of great Sterlingworth guns!

Re: Show us your best condition Sterly.

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2026 10:43 am
by Fin2Feather
12, 16 & 20, all Utica guns...

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Best condition? Probably the 12...

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