Fox Collectors

Upland Hunter; Using Classic Doubles #2s. I'm not sure that they sell 2's any more? I've only been able to find 4's now, but the 4s should do the job over decoys.

Last day of our Maryland waterfowl season.

Sounds like it might be an after-market forearm. Without a serial number and pictures, I certainly can't tell much. I have a 12-gauge, 1941 version, with solid rib that has all the features of a Model 31 Skeet Gun, but improved cylinder choke. 52215 02.JPG My gun has ordnance markings, and since I ...

Researcher; My first shotgun was a Model 31 20 ga. It had a plain barrel and a checkered beavertail forend. What vintage/Model designation would such a gun have been? I have been watching Gunbroker etc for a similar one, but the vast majority have the smaller, grooved forends. I have a 12 ga with a ...

It's possible to swap/fit a 16 gauge barrel to a Fox frame made for 20 gauge, by striking off the barrel breeches to match the breech balls. On the other hand trying to swap a 20 gauge barrel onto a 16 gauge frame can be fraught with problems. Yeah I know all the hype about the Fox 20 and 16 gauge ...

Thank you for the information.

TJW; So, matching serial number 2-gauge sets could have been original factory orders, or the second set was ordered later and given a matching number?

Thanks Researcher. I'm wondering if someone had a non-matching pair of 16 or 20 Ga barrels fitted to the gun. I guess the serial numbers will answer that question.

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Does anyone know if A.H. Fox made any two gauge (16 and 20) guns. I am going to look at an A grade with a pair of 20 and 16 ga barrel sets. Of course, I will check to see if the serial numbers correspond.

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My Savage-era 20 ga Sterlingworth will occasionally give me light right barrel strikes with reloads. While grouse hunting in Maine last week, I had two right barrel light strikes on the first afternoon with RST 2 1/2" shells. Of course, both situations were wide open opportunities! Dan Rossiter...

Thanks for the reply Brian. That seems to be the consensus.

Hello, I am examining an A Grade Philadelphia 12 Ga for purchase that I like very much. It locks up tightly with the lever slightly to the right of center. With the action closed, and the forend off, there is no movement of the barrels and they appear to be on face. However, with the gun open, there...

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Hello,

Most, but not all of the A Grade photos I've seen show a rounded knob pistol grip. Were some of them stoked with grips finished off with a plastic cap?

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