Fox Collectors

saw a decent 20 guage Savage era Sterlingworth with a Monte Carlo stock at a gun show today. Was this ever an option during the later Savage years? I don't think I've ever seen another Fox with that style butstock before and assume someone restocked it at some point.

A Monte Carlo stock was an option on graded guns, but such a thing was never offered on a Sterlingworth. Part of the way they could sell the Sterlingworth at a much lower price was that in was made to "stock" specifications, without a lot of customer choices available. 1911 --





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1941 --



Note that the text doesn't change much over the 31 or so years the Sterlingworth was offered. Note by 1941 it appears they were selling out of inventory, and some barrel lengths were no longer available.

Thanks for the reply, makes sense there would be no stock options on the Sterlingworth, I always assumed they were available in straight, full, or half pistol grip like the graded guns. Didn't know they only came with full pistol grip only.

I have a Monte Carlo buttstock that came with my HE Fox. It is stamped with the appropriate ser. no. at the head, but I have no way of knowing for sure if it was made by Savage and fitted to the Super, or if it was done by an independent stocker and numbered to match. Probably for a trap shooter. Has an aftermarket pad, now. Very well made.





Stan

All the the catalogs say "special order at extra cost." While it might be argued that the phrase refers to the listed options ...drop and LOP....at specified cost, the 1911 catalog seems to imply much more for a much higher cost:

"Any change of stock deviating from standard length, drop, or style , additional .....$10."

Seems if round knobs, and/or MC's were offered on contemporary graded guns, a MC SW would be an option.

And I wonder what "Restocking" for $10 entailed.

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Wow, that sounds like a fascinating gun...a shining example of "never say never."

If I owned the pictured Monte Carlo HE grade stock, it would be on the gun and the other stock would be in a drawer. Great stock.

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eightbore wrote:If I owned the pictured Monte Carlo HE grade stock, it would be on the gun and the other stock would be in a drawer. Great stock.

I agree ,much nicer stock than the one currently on my HE

eightbore,

If I kept that Monte Carlo on my Super I would have to let all the decoyed ducks light and then shoot them rising, like pigeons! That thing is really high when it is on the gun. Pretty as it is, I like the original with the black Hawkins on it. Even though a poor job was done mounting it.



SRH

You've never seen a bad job of installing a recoil pad.