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by djs
Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:01 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Double Gun Journal
Replies: 9
Views: 5007

Re: Double Gun Journal

"have found 15 times as many graded regular frame 20-gauge Ansley H. Fox doubles ordered chambered for long shells than the 20-gauge Super Fox..." With that being said, assuming one found a 3" chambered, 20G non Super Fox, would the gun be able to accommodate modern 3" magnums? I...
by djs
Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Double Gun Journal
Replies: 9
Views: 5007

Re: Double Gun Journal

Thanks for the info! You are saying that 3" chambered "standard guns " were made? Were they capable to handle the pressure of the later magnum loads? Were there commercial contemporary 3" loads for the earlier Foxes, or only hand loads?
by djs
Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:43 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Double Gun Journal
Replies: 9
Views: 5007

Re: Double Gun Journal

Here's my question. Saw the DGJ article, but also some others describing the Win 21 as first gun in 20G with 3" chambers, and not until the 1950s (Randy Wakeman was source). Didn't Super Fox 20G have 3" chambers? If not, why bother with a 20G Super Fox?