Fox Collectors

Is the rotary bolt in the Philadelphia Arms Fox 12 ga the same as in the Early A 12ga?????....Thank you,.....DEN

Am interested in how many early A 16's were made. Looked through McIntosh and couldn't find it or missed it. Have one with 30" barrels.........DEN

Yes,Never noticed any markings in the rib....Will get pix if I get gun....Thank You, DEN

Found a 12ga with 30" bbls......marked FOX on side of receiver...Serial# is 511....Barrels have no markings other than 511......no grade indication...1904 patent on water table...no pictures of it in McIntosh.....Wondering if some other manufacturer also made a FOX side by side??.....DEN

One favorite Fox leads to another.......Doesn't matter how long you've been at it.....DEN

I am looking for a paragraph or so by Michael McIntosh that I should have saved when I read it...Just went through all the Shotguns and Shooting books....not there...Not in AH Fox either.......The subject was/is his own personal side by side favorite which he stated was a 16ga Fox with 30" barr...

Thanks Guys...........Was good to see what it looked like back in '39.............DEN

Have a 1939 Utica SW that has what looks like a varnish finish........Did it leave factory that way???.......DEN

Would like to know the serial # of the last 16 ga Utica SW. Anybody know?........DEN

Talked to Mark Beasland this afternoon. He sees more doubles than most. He could only remember one C grade that blew-near the forend- with a factory load. The barrel wall was 15 thousandth at the site......DEN

Thats one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me........Thank You.....DEN

Forgive me. I'm a bit snow crazy and thinking of the old days. Reading about caution and wondering if I'm lucky to be alive..... I got my first Fox in '63 or '64; an early A 12ga. Immediately I took it to a gunsmith and had it rechambered for 3" shells.If less is worse then more is B-E-T-T-E-R....

Thank You...........DEN

Could you request an oil finish from factory?........Was it standard on any guns?.......DEN

Mark.....Page 137 of McIntosh......"an entirely new steel, known as Chromox High Pressure Fluid Steel, which will be used exclusively by us in both 16 and 20 gauge barrels and frames"......from the early small bore brochure....DEN