Baltimore Arms Catalog

mike campbell · Post by **mike campbell** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:33 pm

A beautiful and very interesting paper, I would think, for a black belt Fox collector? or is it just a footnote?

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Researcher · Post by **Researcher** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:20 pm

I was on the road and at the Las Vegas show and didn't bid. I do have a photocopy of that catalogue from the library of The Baltimore Historical Society.

Can't believe you guys let Pat snake that one!! I saw him sell the 1914 A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalogue at Las Vegas that he beat one of our members out on at $375 for over $600.

Researcher · Post by **Researcher** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:48 pm

Apparently Vintage Doubles had a great steel barrel 16-gauge Baltimore Arms Co. double at the Las Vegas show. It had been sold by the time I asked. Who got it? Serial number? Specs?

Ansley was in the Fox Gun Co., Balto., MD., U.S.A. July 1898 to January 1900. He left in early 1900 to shoot for Winchester and his partners reorganized and incorporated as Baltimore Arms Co. under the laws of West Virginia, with principle place of business Baltimore, and began manufacturing a new double designed by Frank Hollenbeck. In late 1904 Ansley bought a lot of machinery, jigs and fixtures, for cash, from the receiver's sale of Baltimore Arms Co. My hunch is that he used this equipment to set up A.H. Fox Gun Co. in 1905 after his departure from Philadelphia Arms Co. in December 1904.

Shooter · Post by **Shooter** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:00 am

I'll have to take a look, but I think it's an old Baltimore Arms gun I have, marked "FOX", which I picked up over 10 years ago for "nothing" and it's been about that long since I've looked at it. The reason it was "nothing" is because it's WELL worn - not sure why I even bought it. Seems like the serial number was 800 something.