1910 A Grade Fox fully restored by Doug Turnbull

[500straight]

I have owned this A. H. Fox, A Grade since high school. I got it from a family relative who taught me the love of bird and rabbit hunting. This restoration was a labor of love. Doug Turnbull's craftsmen did an exceptional job! It now has new English walnut wood, rust blued barrels, charcoal blued trigger guard, and new color case hardening on the receiver; just the way it left the Fox Factory on 2 August 1910. Oh yes, the only upgrade is the B grade checkering that I had added on the side of the stock by the receiver. I plan to shoot lots of vintage skeet and sporting clays with it. Oh, I forgot to mention I shot a nice grouse with it last fall in Northern New York State.

[Silvers]

500, very nice work and it sure looks like she's ready for the field for another 100 years or so. Most all these early Foxes were hunted with hard, and helped feed families over decades. Thanks for sharing. Silvers

P.S. Just wondering if you care to answer, how did you get the black background on the pics?

[NJdblgun]

Dang! That really is a beautiful restoration. It will be alot of fun to take that out to the clay ranges and get some hunting in. Very nice, Scott

[ASavageFox]

simply beautiful!

[500straight]

Silvers,

Thanks for the kind note. These pictures were taken "professionally" at Doug Turnbull Restoration and they appear on his website. He has a photo studio in his shop. I do not know how they get the black background, but yes, it sure does look nice. I also hunted hard with this gun when I was younger. I shot waterfowl, grouse, rabbits, and I even shot a deer with it using slugs! I will not use slugs in it again.

[thuddddddd]

Very nice...... enjoy it, as much as you already have.

Tim

[teckbot]

Exquisitely done! I just picked up an early A Grade s/n 13xx with 26" barrels, that will be a winter project gun with a full makeover like yours - as inspiration!

[High Expert]

Absolutely beautiful. I do have a question with which you may be able to help. I have an "A" grade from 1917 and it has far more engraving than your fine example. Was there a difference in the amount of engraving in various years or has mine been miss graded. I also grew up hunting with my father's Sterlingworth and finally purchased my own Fox about 10 years ago. Thanks for any help.

[Researcher]

In late 1913 or 1914, the Godshalks, the new owners of the A.H. Fox Gun Co. by March 1912, changed thier engraving patterns from the delicate scroll of Ansley's years at the helm, and went to a bold floral style designed by the new head of the engraving department William H. Gough. Check out the differences in our Fox Gun Grade directory on the home page.