My First Fox

[Canuck]

Just picked up my first Fox. A 1923 H Super Fox, 3" chambers with 28" barrels(shortened by a previous owner from the 30" it was ordered with). I realize the collector value isn't there with the barrels being shortened but I am a shooter not a collector and this gun will serve my purpose well for waterfowling over decoys. Plus at 1/4 the price of a collector gun and in Canadian $ no less it makes me very happy to find this to hunt with. Lying next to my NID4E this thing is a beast! It makes my NID look like a 20ga!

[Silvers]

Congrats on your Super. Many of the members who make time to reply here have already done that to your similar post on the Parker site. As a long time student of Supers I ask about your 3 inch chambers. Are the barrel flats stamped exactly 3 IN. which is the righteous Fox stamp? If not it was probably rechambered post factory. A good close up pic of the barrel flat stamping would be helpful if you will post one. Thank you.

Also it looks like the top rib (second pic) has two plugged screw holes where a sighting gizmo was once attached. Not that common but I’ve seen a few Supers with similar mounting holes. frank

[Jeff S]

Congratulations Canuck. You’ll have fun duck hunting with that Super. Please post some hunting pictures once you get out in the marsh.

[Canuck]

Congrats on your Super. Many of the members who make time to reply here have already done that to your similar post on the Parker site. As a long time student of Supers I ask about your 3 inch chambers. Are the barrel flats stamped exactly 3 IN. which is the righteous Fox stamp? If not it was probably rechambered post factory. A good close up pic of the barrel flat stamping would be helpful if you will post one. Thank you.

Also it looks like the top rib (second pic) has two plugged screw holes where a sighting gizmo was once attached. Not that common but I’ve seen a few Supers with similar mounting holes. frank

[Canuck]

Congratulations Canuck. You’ll have fun duck hunting with that Super. Please post some hunting pictures once you get out in the marsh.

I'll be chasing geese with it Thursday morning on a harvested pea field. Will keep you posted!

[Jeff S]

Congratulations Canuck. You’ll have fun duck hunting with that Super. Please post some hunting pictures once you get out in the marsh.

I'll be chasing geese with it Thursday morning on a harvested pea field. Will keep you posted!

I don’t know what you’ll be using, but I really like the Kent “waterfowl” bismuth, 2 3/4” #4’s for ducks.

[Foxnut]

Canuck,
Congrats on your new Super! Looks like it will be a fun gun that will get used which is great! Good luck Thursday and let us know how she performs. Have you measured the chokes/constriction? Even w/2” cut I’m assuming you’ve got some decent choke left. Post pics of Thursday’s shoot

[Silvers]

Canuck, the barrel flat pic isn't the best and even though I expanded it I don't see the 3 IN. stamp. Your Super is so early that progressive 3-inch shells/chambers hadn't been perfected and it was most likely made with tight chambers for 2-3/4" progressive shells like Super-X's. That can be problematic insofar as ejection if not properly rechambered for 3-inch shells especially when using modern plastics.

On the Parker site you wrote that the ejector rods were removed. I answered your first post there while assuming it was the ejector stems you were referring to. However on these new pics I see the ejector stems and ejector mechanism are intact and what I call the ejector guide pins are missing. Both of them. If this were my Super I would not be shooting it for fear of breaking a stem due to lack of outboard support of its ejector face. It's a simple fix to replace the guide pins as long as the pins are not broken off and lodged in their matching blind holes in the barrel. frank

[Canuck]

Canuck, the barrel flat pic isn't the best and even though I expanded it I don't see the 3 IN. stamp. Your Super is so early that progressive 3-inch shells/chambers hadn't been perfected and it was most likely made with tight chambers for 2-3/4" progressive shells like Super-X's. That can be problematic insofar as ejection if not properly rechambered for 3-inch shells especially when using modern plastics.

On the Parker site you wrote that the ejector rods were removed. I answered your first post there while assuming it was the ejector stems you were referring to. However on these new pics I see the ejector stems and ejector mechanism are intact and what I call the ejector guide pins are missing. Both of them. If this were my Super I would not be shooting it for fear of breaking a stem due to lack of outboard support of its ejector face. It's a simple fix to replace the guide pins as long as the pins are not broken off and lodged in their matching blind holes in the barrel. frank

Ok thanks for that info. I pulled the barrels off to have a look at what you are referring to. Both guide pins are broken off inside the barrels. I'll get it sent off to Chris Dawe to see if he can repair it.
Frank

[Canuck]

Congratulations Canuck. You’ll have fun duck hunting with that Super. Please post some hunting pictures once you get out in the marsh.

I'll be chasing geese with it Thursday morning on a harvested pea field. Will keep you posted!

I don’t know what you’ll be using, but I really like the Kent “waterfowl” bismuth, 2 3/4” #4’s for ducks.

I have a case of that Kent bismuth but was worried it may be a little too high pressure for the old guns. I was given 51-10rd boxes of the green box Bismuth No-Tox ammo by Eley from when Bismuth was first introduced. I have both 2.5" and 2 3/4" in 1oz to 1 1/4oz that my old guns really seem to shoot well with.

[DarylC]

Those bismuth rounds from Eley should be fine.