Fox Collectors

FYI. I've been a customer of Dewey's for several years. I was disappointed recently to receive a message from him that he is terminating his business effective March of this year. He does excellent work and I am now without a Fox gunsmith.

I just ran across a Sterlingworth pin gun. It was in pretty nice shape with a few small rust spots on the breech end of one barrel. Otherwise it seemed in pretty nice shape; a few dings etc in the wood, the finish was good and it even had some good case coloring. Might have been refinished a while b...

A question has come up on chamber length in 12 ga guns. Did Fox make 12's with 2 5/8 inch chambers? If so, when did they go to the 2 3/4 inch chamber? The question is particularly about a 1922 Sterlingworth. Thanks.

OK, Thamks. That's basically what I was looking for. I didn't know which way the numbers went from heaviest to lightest or if there was more to it. #3 barrels would be on the light end but not the very lighest. The gun goes slightly over 6 pounds and feels very handy.

HI,
New to the forum and just got a 16 ga Sterlingworth. 1919 gun. It has #3 barrels. Can someone give me a quick rundown of the barrel numbering system? If the info is somewhere and I can't find it, just point me in the right direction.

Thanks, Sneem