Fox Collectors

Funny you should ask. I learned about pitch 20 years ago from a local stockfitter who had me shoulder my LC Smith field grade while aiming at his hand, held palm facing me next to his head. (He made sure the gun was empty, of course) He then came up and loosened the buttplate screws and put about 4 ...

Frank is right about the critical measurement being right in front of the chamber. I've seen American guns with as little as .077 wall thickness at 3" from the breech, but most go .100 or even substantially over. My personal preference is for at least .095, but I have no empirical evidence to s...

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Dave. Makes more sense now. My tag is one of the early post-war ones with pellet count only.

Were there standard patterning loads at the Philadelphia factory in the 1920's? My 1922 12 ga A grade has a hang tag that says only Right barrel 256 and Left barrel 321. Chokes measure 6 points right and 40 points left. This might work for No. 8 chilled Tatham but seems too many pellets for No. 7. I...