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| < 16ga. Guns ~ Finally Brought her home yesterday.. |
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Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:24 pm
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I handled two 16 Sterlies yesterday and each had 30" barrels, but the furniture on yours is three times as nice. What are the dimensions of yours?
Reno |
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Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:25 am
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I have a 16ga Fox Sterlingworth made in 1926 with 28" barrels. When I held it for the first time could not believe how nice it felt in my hands. I just got it back from having the stock refinished, and can't wait to try it out.
Have a case of RST 2.5" 7.5's for it.
Congrats, they point as nice as any shotgun I have ever held. |
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Fox sterlingworth 16ga (1927)
Ithaca NID Grade II 16ga (1938)
LC Smith FWT 16ga (1940)
Lefever Nitro 16ga (1946) |
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Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:28 am
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I finally got a chance to shoot it for the first time yesterday.. Had a box of clay pigeons I wanted to shoot but unfortunately it rained all day so I shot it off the porch to my 25yrd target the barrels measure right to 26 inches and here's the results I got with some Rst 7.5's.. I taped the targets onto some cardboard afterwards to compare.
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I'm guessing improved cylinder and modified??? |
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Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:23 am
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Great,
Now also turn the target around for us to see the back side
Thanks for sharing
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Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:10 pm
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Im guessing the pattern will tighten up a bit when I pattern it again in better weather. It was off hand in a heavy crosswind shots. But I'm liking what I see so far |
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 3:53 am
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| Two Pipe Shoot wrote: |
I handled two 16 Sterlies yesterday and each had 30" barrels, but the furniture on yours is three times as nice. What are the dimensions of yours?
Reno
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Reno, the WOOD looks fantastic but near as I can tell, the furniture is just normal.  |
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1921 Pieper 29" 6 lbs 10 oz
2003 Citori White Lightning 26" 6 lbs 10 oz
1932 Husqvarna 310AS 29.5" 6 lbs 7 oz
1925 Ferlach 29" 6 lbs 7 oz
1923 Greifelt 29" 6 lbs 1 oz
1928 Simson 29.5" 6 lbs
1893 Lindner Daly FW 28” 5 lb 11oz |
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:30 am
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Calling the trigger guard and forend metal "furniture" always seemed odd to me, but that's what it's called.
Nice Fox BTW. |
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:00 am
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| RST are quality loads and shot very good in most of my guns and A5 barrels . Haven't bought any in long time but the loads I did use, used the SG16 wads , 3/4 - 1 oz . I now load a short 1 oz load that shoot just as good . |
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:08 am
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| Dave Erickson wrote: |
Calling the trigger guard and forend metal "furniture" always seemed odd to me, but that's what it's called.
Nice Fox BTW.
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Dave, I couldn't agree more. But no stranger than a "bonnet" or a "boot". |
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1921 Pieper 29" 6 lbs 10 oz
2003 Citori White Lightning 26" 6 lbs 10 oz
1932 Husqvarna 310AS 29.5" 6 lbs 7 oz
1925 Ferlach 29" 6 lbs 7 oz
1923 Greifelt 29" 6 lbs 1 oz
1928 Simson 29.5" 6 lbs
1893 Lindner Daly FW 28” 5 lb 11oz |
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