Fox Collectors

I cannot seem to find one sadly. Stock is original as it matches the ones posted. But he's right, there should be a forend with this. Need to reach out to the family we received it from. it may have been separated for some reason within the collection.

Thanks for sharing and calling this out

Jack,
Nice looking gun that you have. Definitely a B Grade. Would be interesting if one of the other letters you mentioned is for that gun. Hope the forend can be found. Keep us posted.

For what it’s worth…. Regarding the stock, the checkering pattern on every original “Gough Era” grade B that I have handled looks like this (see picture). Notice the flat line across the bottom of the pistol grip. Your stock is beautiful, but a little different.

Here is the A.H. Fox Gun Co. 1915 catalog text and picture for the B-/BE-Grade.
The same catalog with a paste-in price list was used for 1916.

By the 1917 catalog the barrel material changes from Krupp Fluid Steel to Chromox Fluid Steel and THE STOCK text changed from "selected Dark English walnut,...." to "selected dark Walnut,..." --
The B-/BE-Grade continues to be offered in the 1919 catalog, last appearing on the November 1919 price list, but gone from the December 1919 price list.

I'm guessing the B grades had different checkering patterns. I see this one that was for sale last year that has a different pattern then the one shown here. The one on the link also has the same checkering pattern as the one that Kevin owns that has been displayed at the various shows over the last few years.

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To my eyes the stock on the OP's gun doesn't appear to be the right wood for a Gough style B-grade and the shape of the grip looks more like a Savage era half-pistol grip.

Researcher wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:02 am To my eyes the stock on the OP's gun doesn't appear to be the right wood for a Gough style B-grade and the shape of the grip looks more like a Savage era half-pistol grip.

Agree.

Researcher wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:02 am To my eyes the stock on the OP's gun doesn't appear to be the right wood for a Gough style B-grade and the shape of the grip looks more like a Savage era half-pistol grip.

As a person who has had lots of guns restocked, that gun was indeed restocked. IMO that's highly figured American Black Walnut. Certainly could have been done by Savage well down the road, but it doesn't fit the time period when that gun was made.