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McIntosh's book is more a biography of Ansley H. Fox and a history of the companies he founded. It is not a grade by grade discussion of the guns, though most all grades are pictured in there in one place or another. Just go to our home page and look at the sections on markings and the sections sho...

I guess my next move will to be to buy the book to determine the grade of the shotgun that my Dad left me. Thanks you all for pointing me in the right direction. I will post more as my knowledge increases. Would this, Michael McIntosh's book "A.H. Fox", be the best referance for me to dete...

I guess my next move will to be to buy the book to determine the grade of the shotgun that my Dad left me.
Thanks you all for pointing me in the right direction.
I will post more as my knowledge increases.

What do the different "Grades" in some of the posts and forums refer to.
Is it the quality of the gun or when it was made or what.
I'm new both here and to Fox Sterlingworths in general so please understand my ignorance.
Thank You!

Thanks to all for your replies. I intend to let a professional gunsmith look at in the future and then I will probably fire it a few times to bring me close to my Dad. After that it will spend it's days in a safe place waiting for me to decide who will be the next owner. I have no children so I don'...

I recently received my Dads Shotgun and am curious as to its history. This is the story. I was 15 years old in 1971 when my Dad passed away. At that time I was aware that my Dad had owned a shotgun but I didn't know where it was. I later found out that my Uncle had it and knowing that he was a hunte...