26 to 32 inches. Any thing shorter has been cut no matter what the gauge.
Your Serial number indicates that your Fox Sterlingworth shotgun was made in the year 1919.It was one of the first 268 shotguns made that year out of a total production of 800 for the year 1919.I hope that you find this informative.
Your Sterlingworth was made in 1923.
The markings on the receiver and barrel will tell.
1880s to 1940s
Turn of the century + a few decades.
1920
100-1000 USD
The guns Hercules guns made by Stevens and sold by Wards were made around 1910 to 1940
You can have one made.
Which Model? don't know for sure, number x24836 on barrel What kind of gun is it? SXS, O/U, pump, single barrel? O/U's were made by Marlin.
You have one of only 2,000 model 335 savage shotguns made.These shotguns were made from 1926-1935.
A handgun is made to be fired with one hand. Rifles and shotguns, from the shoulder, with two hands. Shotguns are smoothbores- the inside of the barrel is a smooth tube. Rifles have spiral lines cut on the inside of the barrel. These lines (rifling) cause the bullet to spin in flight, improving the accuracy.