Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag

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What an iconic gun! Single digit SN, ball grip, early style engraving, and hang tag to boot!! You have definitely made my day!!! Thanks so much for sharing, Kevin.
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Thanks for all of the excitement. Responding to ROMAC's question- My grandfather was a country doctor in NJ who loved collecting guns amongst many other things. While it is possible that he was the original owner (my grandmother was from Philadelphia) I imagine he bout the gun sometime in the 40's. I will inquire further with my family to try to get a clearer picture.

I tried to get photos of some of the rest of the gun (I had to look up what some of the terms were, sorry I am new to all of this). I am happy to try to shoot any of it that anyone is interested in seeing, just let me know.

Thanks,
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Fantastic example of an early A.H.Fox B grade!
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FWIW here is the B-Grade page from the first A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalog --
1905 Finest Gun in the World page 5.jpeg
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WoW what an early gun... super nice! You are a lucky guy!
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Fantastic Fox, Thank you for sharing!
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That is a way cool safety.
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Wow! What a treasure! Thank you for sharing and welcome!
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What a WONDERFUL piece of Fox History ! THANKYOU for sharing. jb
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INCREDIBLE GUN !!!!!!
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Fantastic gun and great that it belonged to your grandfather and father! #5...Wow!!
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That safety button is over the top. I've got to have one. Guess I'd better get to work with the files.

Thanks so much for the pics. Great gun

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great gun with great history thanks for sharing it !
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Post by JasonPeck »

Very similar to Fox #8 B-grade that I "owned" briefly a couple years ago.

Does #5 also sport Krupp "Heavy Weight" barrels?

Makes me wonder how many B-grades were made at the very beginning.
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