Barrel weights

[Sam Ogle]

Hello:
Are Barrel weights stamped on the barrel flats somewhere?
Thanks,
Sam Ogle, Lincoln, NE

[OH Osthaus]

the weight mark is on the tubes - not the flats

1 2 3 or 4

but - the stamping was done prior to finishing- so they are often struck off by the time the barrels are finished

[eightbore]

Yup, ground off more often in the light barrels than in the heavy ones.

[bamboozler]

the weight mark is on the tubes - not the flats

1 2 3 or 4

but - the stamping was done prior to finishing- so they are often struck off by the time the barrels are finished

That's pretty much accurate. But, using charts of factory blueprints dated 1912 McIntosh told us that the 20 gauges were given a slightly different number sequence---0-2-3-4, as opposed to the 1-2-3-4 sequence used for 12 and 16 gauges. McIntosh also went on to say that in about 1922, the factory added a fifth 12-ga. class, No. 0, for the Super Fox.

[OH Osthaus]

thanks for the update bamboozler (I like the handle- as we come up quickly on the Catskills gathering)

that is what i get from doing it on the fly from a selective memory

[3birddogs]

I have 4 Foxes and the only one that has the barrel stamp visible is a 12 Fox pin gun, clearly marked with 4 on each barrel--it is a light 12 choked cyl/mod as noted in the Fox catalogs of that era

[Mike of the Mountain]

I have a CE 12g that is stamped 3. Coincides with weight on factory card.