Fox Collectors

Thanks Grouse Fan for posting. As I recall you’re in northwestern PA? I wasn’t able to hunt yesterday due to my friend’s annual Fall party and bash, but plan to get out on Monday. That’s with my 20g/28” Fox “Vixen”. We’ll see how it goes here in Northeast PA in some familiar covers off old timber ro...

Thanks Jeff for posting. How's your new knee working out while ducking? I owned a "C-HE" some years ago - although scoffed at by some here because it carded as a Heavy CE even though it was on the so-called Magnum frame and with 0-weight barrels. Kind of interesting, when I showed it F/S a...

The more definitive answer is NO. The AH Fox smallbore frame is much smaller in all dimensions than the 12g frame. For the same reason a regular 12g stock isn’t compatible with the so-called Magnum 12g frame. Remember that even within the same frame size there are subtleties in dimensions and machin...

Thanks Leon for posting. I have a question on the roof; is there any evidence of the shotgun choke testing "structure" that was on the roof of the building? Probably long gone, but is there anything usual about the roof that suggests it might have supported a tunnel or something similar? f...

I have the same question as Dave. Just a caution, if a hobbyist goes farther than the Disassembly Instructions for whatever reason and removes the hammers and mainsprings, even on an Extractor Fox, get ready for some fun trying to put them back in. frank

The cheek checkering doesn't look quite right to me; as Craig stated it looks to be too coarse (lines per inch) and the arcs of the forward part of the panel are a little too far back from the frame. Maybe it was done at the factory but without documentation it will always end with a question mark. ...

So, I had an AI model evaluate close up pics of the buttstock and here's what it came back with as regards the wood species. For those unfamiliar with AI models, they usually reply in the first tense, here "My" and "I", as a person would talk with you. frank My opinion: If I had ...

Jeff S wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 9:45 pm That’s a good looking gun, and in the pictures it appears to have more drop at comb than at heal. I’m very interested in reading your article.

Thanks Jeff and all. The Fox stock has a parallel comb at 1-5/8 by 1-5/8 to the MC dropoff at 2-1/4". frank

Jimmy, you're probably correct on the fiddleback walnut and I'll add it to my original post here. I'm not a wood expert by any means and my thought when I first posted is that it reminded me of flintlock long rifle stocks made of tiger striped hard maple. Thank you! From what I understand the Simmon...

Steve, a great looking Fox and a wise choice. Happy for you. As far as I'm concerned, 16's rule in the uplands. frank

Today I finally had a chance to shoot the Fox J Grade SBT gun I found in Alaska a few months ago. I had limited time this morning, shot 60 mixed reloads and did quite well on sporting clays singles on call = 55/60. I know this will give some of our purist collectors the jitters but she's been restoc...

The 3rd and 4th pics make it look like it has a lot of drop, if that's a yes/no consideration for you. Beyond that, imo that's a decent price assuming the bores are good and the crack isn't too bad and “isn't going anywhere”. frank

All of my manuscripts were prominently indicated "Copyright (Date) and my name" and in absence of a written Agreement otherwise, that granted the publisher the right to use that material for an upcoming issue. As regards reuse, there is reasonable basis for the author to expect additional ...

Craig, I'm not a subscriber and the video link doesn't work here. But as a former DGJ author myself this brings up the question of whether the copyright assignment(s) and author's stipend carries over to later presentation in another format? frank

Thank you for your responses! For some information on the ejector, the right side will extract the cartridge but not “spring” forward and eject the shell like the left barrel will. Should I be looking for anything in specific to narrow down my diagnosis? I'm not trying to be coy or mysterious here ...