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Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:35 am
by Sporrns
What an iconic gun! Single digit SN, ball grip, early style engraving, and hang tag to boot!! You have definitely made my day!!! Thanks so much for sharing, Kevin.
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:48 am
by iwill
Thanks for all of the excitement. Responding to ROMAC's question- My grandfather was a country doctor in NJ who loved collecting guns amongst many other things. While it is possible that he was the original owner (my grandmother was from Philadelphia) I imagine he bout the gun sometime in the 40's. I will inquire further with my family to try to get a clearer picture.
I tried to get photos of some of the rest of the gun (I had to look up what some of the terms were, sorry I am new to all of this). I am happy to try to shoot any of it that anyone is interested in seeing, just let me know.
Thanks,
Ian
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:50 am
by iwill
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:38 pm
by Jim Cloninger
Fantastic example of an early A.H.Fox B grade!
Jim
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:17 pm
by Researcher
FWIW here is the B-Grade page from the first A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalog --
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:44 pm
by Fox20obsessed
WoW what an early gun... super nice! You are a lucky guy!
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:16 pm
by 49packard
Fantastic Fox, Thank you for sharing!
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:34 pm
by vaturkey
That is a way cool safety.
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:44 am
by setterspell
Wow! What a treasure! Thank you for sharing and welcome!
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:00 pm
by ylwdog
What a WONDERFUL piece of Fox History ! THANKYOU for sharing. jb
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:32 pm
by fn16ga
INCREDIBLE GUN !!!!!!
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:02 am
by Foxnut
Fantastic gun and great that it belonged to your grandfather and father! #5...Wow!!
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:34 am
by Stan Hillis
That safety button is over the top. I've got to have one. Guess I'd better get to work with the files.
Thanks so much for the pics. Great gun
SRH
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:44 am
by Don Ay
great gun with great history thanks for sharing it !
Re: Grade B No. 5 12 gauge with original tag
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:01 am
by JasonPeck
Very similar to Fox #8 B-grade that I "owned" briefly a couple years ago.
Does #5 also sport Krupp "Heavy Weight" barrels?
Makes me wonder how many B-grades were made at the very beginning.