Fox-Proof

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Fox-Proof

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Sometime back there was a thread about the Fox-Proof on one of the web sites. I reported what was stated in the period ads and Fox catalogues I had at the time, and suggested that A.H. Fox Gun Co. started using the Fox-Proof oval stamp around 1910. I just scored a 1908 A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalogue, Campfire Catalogue No. 21, and the Fox-Proof oval is shown therein. So, they started using it a bit earlier then I previously reported. Always something new to learn!
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Researcher,
Quick question, what were fox guns proofed to?
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They never tell us that!! The text in the catalogue says "in accordance with European government proof houses."
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Dave, congrats on the catalog!!!! Marshfellow
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Post by PeteM »

Researcher wrote:They never tell us that!! The text in the catalogue says "in accordance with European government proof houses."
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By this point Liege was proofing 80% above service load.

This would have been in-line with the Engliish and German proof houses at the time.

The statement from Fox still leaves a lot of questions. Were they proofing every gun? Who prepared the proof loads? Was there a 2 step process, ie barrels are proofed, then the assembled gun is proofed? Did they have a superior proof as many of the proof houses offered?

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