Fox Collectors

Craig, I’m so sorry to hear of Larry’s passing. I always enjoyed talking with him while at shooting events. My sincere condolences to his wife and family. Also to your duck hunting gang. frank

Swamp is on State Game Lands and our Game people put up the houses. It's about a mile back in and gets very little if any waterfowlers or grouse hunters for that matter. I and a friend will often stash the kayak and some decoys there and retrieve when water gets iced over. Actually the swamp was ori...

Out scouting for grouse yesterday in prep for our season start later this month. Here's a deep woods swamp where I most always have good luck waterfowling later in the season. I can get a kayak there on the quad. We're not really on a major flyway but the nearby Susquehanna River does guide water bi...

Jeff I shot 100 with my Ithaca NID No 4 Double Trap gun and only 10 shells for test with the LCS. You know it’s not good switching guns during a round but she shot well and the 1-1/8 ounce loads with PB powder were creampuffs. As it turned out she centers a little higher than dead flat and once I ad...

I tried her out today while at Rock Mountain Clays here in PA. 10-gauge LC Smith Grade 0 in high condition, 30" Damascus barrels, 2-7/8" chambers, Mod & Full. Stock drop not quite 2-5/8" and only 8-14 on my digital scale. Shipped January 19, 1910. I tested a few light target loads...

How about asking for a dedicated member volunteer to act as Fox Association Field Rep in the upper mid-west, i.e., general area of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc. to look out for vintage SxS shoots and to stimulate/emphasize a presence of Fox gun shooters. I do see vintage SxS shoots advertised...

They were also on early extractor guns as well. I have a 20 gauge Sterly with the medallion insert that is an extractor. Roger, I'd like to see that Sterly some day. I've never seen a factory issued extractor Sterlingworth with the anchor and really it isn't needed sans the forces to cock and fire ...

Good luck Steggy. Hope you have a good day. What are you fielding? frank

Let's remember this Association has a three-part objective: Article II. Objective The objective of this club shall be (1) to stimulate and educate members and the public in the history and production of the A.H. Fox shotgun; (2) to encourage the value of good sportsmanship to shooter and collector m...

Over many years the past and current BD's did displays like that at their personal expense at the larger SxS events and Collector shows, in large part to enlist new members. So we've done that and last I heard we have > 500 annual and life members. And what did those efforts gain for the Association...

SPE, it looks good, kind of unusual stock heading. Nice wood. Any tech details, i.e., chambers, bore and choke diameters, stock comb drops, LOP? How does it shoot?

Wow, for mid-September it seems like lots of dry leaves on the deck and grass. Just wondering, where do you live? frank

A trained retriever is better than any 1 7/8oz load. :D Yep that's for fellas who aren't good shots and/or hunt with pipsqueak loads for various reasons I could elaborate on but won't because it will annoy them. I understand and do appreciate good water dog work and especially so when retrieving de...

JME Steggy but it depends on what you're shooting them in as well as number of shots fired. Yes we know the 12g Super-Fox in 3 IN, was set up and chokes regulated for the heaviest HV 1-3/8 ounce loads. When younger while hunting often on James Bay in Ontario, I and some friends shot a lot of 12g/1-7...

What Tom and Stan said. Personally I wouldn't buy a Fox or any other vintage shotgun with a bulged barrel in the higher pressure area anywhere in the back 2/3 of the barrel run. SLIGHT bulges in the forward 1/3 end of a desirable high grade Fox might be OK to try fixing by an expert who will careful...

That's Jon Hosford, not John. Jon is typically set up at some of the larger SxS shoots in the east where he’ll raise barrel dents for passers by and to display his complete line of bore and wall thickness measurement tools and other precision accessories. He's a very talented, well known and respect...