Fox Collectors

Yes, that's George and Paul in the one pic. The Flues SxS and SBT are well known for problems with breakage of the cocking lug or whatever its proper name is. To paraphrase a Packard automobile advert: “ask the man who owns one and tries to shoot it a lot”. Hopefully Emil corrected that in this side...

One of our long time members, George Lander - now deceased - brought a Sterlingworth "Cape Gun" conversion to the 2012 Southern for show and tell. !2 gauge X 45/70 Gov't. It was well done but IMO its weight was excessive and balance way off. More of a curiosity but I suppose it would be OK...

A replacement insert for a Lyman or Marbles front sight can be made on a small metal lathe from mammoth ivory or off-white/almond colored plastic; its shank is sized for the ferrule that’s usually still in the barrel rib. I prefer a 1/8" diameter bead for all around use rather than the common L...

Thank you Dave. Just to clarify, what I referred to as the metal ferrule is the sleeve/holder mentioned in the text. One and the same. frank

Jason, I assumed you were posting about a press-in Lyman or Marbles ivory bead as most Fox users don't know the original metal front bead was also a press fit. Yes if not damaged when removed you can just tap it back in using a piece of softwood. frank

Assuming the barrel rib had a Lyman or Marbles press-in bead that’s been lost or broken off ..... be sure its old metal ferrule is removed, clean out the hole and try the new bead with your fingers to insure it’s within about 1/16” of full seating. If not, you’ll need a bead reamer to VERY slightly ...

Here are some real life weights of many 12 gauge Sterlies I've owned or worked on, all were weighed using a digital postal scale: Most of the 28" and 30" guns were 7-4 to 7-7 Low weight was a 28" Utica SW extractor gun at 6 - 15.4 High weight was a 30" Utica SW extractor gun at 7...

Oh, how I would love to kill a limit of greenhaeds with those 3 3/4 - 1 1/4 lead loads one more time. This isn’t an endorsement or suggestion to do anything illegal but I've heard that some avid gunners will still hunt waterfowl with lead shot, depending on the location and whether the blind allows...

I'm set for a while. I don't know if the factories still offer High Brass 2's in 2-3/4" 12 gauge but I see relatively new old stock boxes occasionally at Gun Shows. Just an aside, when I was a kid I’d ride my bike two towns up the line to get Super-X or preferably Peters High Brass 2’s for fox ...

Caleb, good deal. I found the Super Pheasants advertised at 1450 as well and 1300. I wonder if one or the other is Winchester’s current loading? frank

Thanks for sharing your findings. One question, are you concerned about the pressure in those loads? Or do you feel pressure is less of a concern in the Super? Great information and good luck out there.🤠 Pressure has nothing to do with it. All US factory loads were loaded to acceptable pressure lev...

Easily done by a good man with an oxyacetylene torch, a medium sized brazing tip, a heavy vice and some scrap steel for heat sinks. The brazing outfit is a MUST for quick/concentrated high temp to melt the braze in just a few seconds, and before cooling just as quickly with wet shop rags on standby....

Superbly done and overall a great Fox. I certainly understand and value "to each his own" but if that were my Fox I'd be shooting and hunting with it as soon as completed. It's not like it's an original high condition historical piece. A safe sitter investment? No, I'd get way more return ...

Just some additional info on Winchester Model 97's. Winchester author George Madis reported that in 1943 at the height of WW2, Winchester ran an advert on its Model '97 to include one named "Old Reliable" that was then testing shotshells for the Army Air Corps after firing 1,247,000 rounds...

I had a friend email that in In Michael McIntosh's book A.H. Fox: The Finest Gun in the World, there is a discussion that the "JS" in a circle is attributed to an inspector at Savage, Mr. Joseph Santoro and is found on page 127 (in the 1994 Revised Edition). I do not have the book so if a...