Fox Collectors

The average citizen can come up with $659. today much more easily than $36.50 by a working man in 1925. Methinks there are factors in there besides money inflation. frank

I’ve never had any work done by Chris Dawe but do understand he’s an excellent ‘smith and well respected. I see positive references to him quite often on the Parker site. Canuck, when you talk with him I’d be interested in knowing more about the “roll joint” he put in your Fox. I ask that because Pa...

Canuck, you can tell your gunsmith friend that what he called the “Klotz” trigger is a Kautzky trigger and is one of the most reliable vintage single selective triggers as long as people didn’t fool with them. Regarding that modified safety spring setup in the pic you posted I don’t understand your ...

Thank you Randy. I’ll let you know as it gets closer if I can make the Southern. Or I’ll ask Mike to get it for me. Otherwise I’ll see you at Hausmann’s or at Mike’s Northern SxS. frank (the other guy).

Yes Randy I’d like to get the 101 sign and I’d be happy to buy it. Please bring to the next shoot we’re both at. I hope to make the Southern this year but definitely to the Northeast SxS (Hausmann’s) and to the Northern SxS at Rock Mtn. I’ll let you know if the Southern comes to be. Just by coincide...

The card shoot sponsor/club typically provides a particular shotshell to every competitor, and that keeps unscrupulous guys from using heavy payloads and/or small diameter shot. Of course that might give jitters to vintage SxS guys who’ve been indoctrinated to only use so-called "low pressure&q...

An alternate fix is to put a thin shim washer(s) over the shank/under the head of the rear tang screw that’s located under the trigger guard. Most anyone with some mechanical ability can make one or more shim washers from thin metal stock. Add more washers until the end of the screw, when tightened,...

Here's a Utica era 16 bore AE that came to me new in the box with the factory wrapping paper. I don't see any evidence of a coating, and interestingly the CC is faded despite (apparently) not having been exposed to sunlight as many think is detrimental to the colors. frank
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Are we talking a Fox-Sterlingworth Wildfowl or an L.C. Smith Wildfowl? I know Allen replied that it was a SW Wildfowl, a cool rarely seen Fox The very few I've measured had more/less standard 3-inch chambers along with .729" bores and relatively short tapered chokes with Full choke constrictio...

As promised I've reviewed/edited the Instructions and added some detail that wasn't included by "Rabbit" and then re-posted earlier here by Stan. Now posted on the Members Forum for additional review before adding to the Home Page or wherever. frank

I seem to recall there was a specific Brownnell screw driver bit that was recommended to remove the bottom floorplate screw. I know I bought one at the time. If I can find it I'll post it. Pretty sure it is a 340-3. Just a quick note here before someone orders the bit cited by Tom. That Brownells M...

Just some thoughts here. if Stan or another member doesn't have our site's previous instructions, possibly the AHFCA would commission one of our members to write them up in detail to include good pics? That leads to a bit of a dilemma. Last I heard we have about 400 members but it seems most of them...

Just some thoughts here: Burt Becker of Fox Company fame and one of the geniuses regarding the original boring of Super-Fox guns was reported to favor the Jostam "Hy Gun" pad (not shown in Dave's excellent collage). Same pad as furnished by the factory on Nash Buckingham's X/HE "Bo-Wh...

Here's a cropped colorized print of Ansley H Fox who went straight with his 1897 Winchester at the Grand American Handicap held in April 1901 in NYC. From my original albumen photograph and, I believe, it’s the only original photo of AH extant. The young Ansley was shooting for Winchester at the tim...

Craig, great pics. Thanks for sharing. Mollie is certainly in her glory as I'm sure you are too. Like Don, I remember you getting a Crown LCS at the Northeast SxS some years ago; I assume that's the one that came from Jim, Steve's buddy. Memory is a little vague but is it a Crown/Long Range? frank