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David R · March 26, 2020, 07:23 PM

I had a Sterling 22. I paid $50.00. It was a conventional blow back 6 or 7 shot. Safety, no firing pin block. It fit in an ankle holster. I liked that gun but moved on to center fire for SD.

Sterling was made in Lockport NY. I know people that worked there. They made more than the fugly one in the first post.

The company went under. A girl was baby sitting. her boyfriend came over. He found the sterling 22. He removed the magazine, pointed the gun at the little boy and pulled the trigger. Boy was crippled for life. In a court case the company lost because the gun did not have a magazine safety. Look it up.

My shop is in Lockport. They have not been making guns for a long time. There is still a machine shop.

Mine looked like this. My dad had one too. Groove for sight.

https://www.threegunnuts.com/products/765

David

March 26, 2020, 07:23 PM	#21
David R Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2015 Location: The swamps of WNY Posts: 753	I had a Sterling 22. I paid $50.00. It was a conventional blow back 6 or 7 shot. Safety, no firing pin block. It fit in an ankle holster. I liked that gun but moved on to center fire for SD. Sterling was made in Lockport NY. I know people that worked there. They made more than the fugly one in the first post. The company went under. A girl was baby sitting. her boyfriend came over. He found the sterling 22. He removed the magazine, pointed the gun at the little boy and pulled the trigger. Boy was crippled for life. In a court case the company lost because the gun did not have a magazine safety. Look it up. My shop is in Lockport. They have not been making guns for a long time. There is still a machine shop. Mine looked like this. My dad had one too. Groove for sight. https://www.threegunnuts.com/products/765 David