1910 A GRADE FOX

[J. A. Early]

Can someone tell me please what the grip cap looked like on a 1910 A grade Fox? It has a B grade stock on it and the cap is plain with a raised circular center. If this is correct for a B I will just leave it. Thanks in advance. I could find no photos in the Fox book.

[vaturkey]

I think its the second grip cap down:

http://www.foxcollectors.com/ah_fox/con ... les_3.html

[J. A. Early]

Thanks a lot. The one on the stock now looks like the top one but is smooth on top. But it has all the other characteristics.

[Researcher]

The address cap didn't appear that early. You probably have the correct cap.

[swampyankee]

My 1908 has a plain round cap.

[jolly bill]

Two examples of early grip caps on two of my 12 gauge Fox’s

An early A SN 7983 and



1911 Sterlingworth Pin Gun SN 57979 letters as a Brush model with 26” IC & Mod bbl’s shipped Oct. 24, 1911

[J. A. Early]

Thanks for the info. It would appear that the cap on the B stock, smooth all over with the other characteristics, is correct for the stock. So I'll just leave it since it is a composite gun. It will make a great shooter, modified and X full with good 30" barrels, and a clean frame with great engraving.

I tried to disassemble the forend, but the through screw that goes to the latch metal could not be removed. With the correct size bit held by a screwdriver and the bit turned by a ratchet while someone held the forend, it refused to move so now the screw is buggered. The slot was so shallow you could not turn it out. Rather than do any more damage I'll refinish the wood on the metal. Anybody else ever buggered one that badly while trying to remove that screw? I've never had one that I could not budge, but since the end of the screw is engraved on the latch, I'm scared to try to remove it.

[Researcher]

Jolly, that is a new one on me. I hadn't seen that serrated/grooved cap on a graded gun before, but it makes sense, as that looks like the same cap found on Philadelphia Arms Co. guns --



Had seen the one on earlier The Sterlingworth Co. and Model 1911s. My pin-guns with serial number in the 60xxx and 62xxx range have this cap --



The same cap we see on many early Parker Bros. hammerless guns and also the cap on my Baker Black Beauty Special Ejector. Before the time they began getting maker specific caps, our manufacturers seem to have used caps that were available industry wide. I have this same cap on my Royal Arms Co. drilling and SBT, my DEO-grade Remington and my CE-Grade Lefever --



My one Baltimore Arms Co. gun with a capped pistol grip has the same cap as my Flues Model Ithaca and my Tobins --

[jolly bill]

Researcher/Dave,

Some variety huh?