Older 1910 A upgrade

[6pt-sika]

I kinda thought having Ansley H Fox engraved on both sides perhaps it had gone back to the factory for engraving or as you say a Fox employee doing it as a side job .

[44whiskey]

i am impressed with the results of sonic cleaning. that with reblued barrels and possibly freshened finish stock, or maybe just a cleaning of stock is going to result in a lovely custom Fox, im proud for you and hope it has a safe and secure journey across pond to your future home.hope to get update when you get settled in and reunited abroad. best regards Fred

[6pt-sika]

i am impressed with the results of sonic cleaning. that with reblued barrels and possibly freshened finish stock, or maybe just a cleaning of stock is going to result in a lovely custom Fox, im proud for you and hope it has a safe and secure journey across pond to your future home.hope to get update when you get settled in and reunited abroad. best regards Fred

I still need to take it out and shoot it , might not be able to hit my backside with both hands using the thing (but I kinda doubt that) . I’ve got a Parker VH 12 2 barrel set someone brought in the shop I got for a little of nothing , I had NED reblue both barrels and had Patton cobble up the stock . It’s got 28” open barrels and 32” tight barrels . That one I can hit with very well , I plan on getting it over the pond as well . In June I struck a deal with Fejline for a Remington 32TC 30” that’s .050+ choke in both barrels and I think I’ve got a set of K-32 skeet barrels coming to be fitted to it . Those three all in 12 gauge should give me enough options in the Philippines .

[Stan Hillis]

When you go back to the Philippines will you be shooting feathers or clays?

[6pt-sika]

When you go back to the Philippines will you be shooting feathers or clays?

Any and everything I can ! They have an actual pigeon season that my brother in law shoots them , but he snipes them out of the trees with a 22 short . The concept of shooting flying is foriegn to most folks over there . There is a guy on Luzon that’s a retired actor now politician that has a gunclub that has skeet trap and five stand . I had a couple American guys I was talking to in the airport ten years ago tell me they had a small five stand deal set up on another island . If memory serves it seems to me he also said something about shooting ducks as well .

[6pt-sika]

I failed to mention the wild pigeons in the Philippines shot out in the provinces actually taste pretty good cooked . My brother in laws wife cooks them in a sauce type stuff that kinda tastes like teryaki sauce to me . They have chicken adobo and pork adobo she calls it pigeon adobo the way she cooks them . The year I was over and went pigeon shooting one morning with my brother they made sure I was able to try some of them a day or two later .

[6pt-sika]

FWIW if I'm able to figure out a way to get guns over semi easily besides the three shotguns I have a Remington 700 HB 5R in 260 REM thats suppressed and a suppressed Ruger 10-22 I'd like to take as well as a Kimber 1911 Commander . I could most likely stand it with three shotguns two rifles and a pistol . But I'll still be longing for an 8 a 10 a 16 a 20 and last but certainly not least a 28

[6pt-sika]

The 1910 gun wasn’t tightened up yesterday so today before taking it apart I put the parts back in the cleaner for two 30 minute cycles with fresh solution . And it cleaned them a bit more . Also got the gun apart with out any internal screws or bolts being rung off . Now tommorrow hopefully he’ll get some metal added and the gun back together .

[6pt-sika]

I didn’t make it in to the shop today . Got the third Covid booster yesterday and I felt like crap today . But I did call to check the progress ! Welding is done and the gun hopefully will get back together Saturday or Monday .

[6pt-sika]

Alright it’s back together the lever is just a red hair left of center and I can live with that ! Still need to have the barrels blued but that may be after the first of the year .

[44whiskey]

im glad she is back together,i have enjoyed following this thread,let us know of any updates

[6pt-sika]

im glad she is back together,i have enjoyed following this thread,let us know of any updates

Thanks ! I went to the club this afternoon and shot some skeet . I didn’t shoot this gun well , I’d also brought a VHE 32” vent rib trap gun so I tried it to make sure it wasn’t me rather than the gun . And as I suspected I was crushing skeet birds with the Parker trap double . May get Patton to see if he can bend the stock some .

[Stan Hillis]

Too much drop for you? If so, I'd suggest you try building up the comb temporarily with moleskin to see if, and how much, it helps, before attempting a bend.

[6pt-sika]

Too much drop for you? If so, I'd suggest you try building up the comb temporarily with moleskin to see if, and how much, it helps, before attempting a bend.

I’ve got an elastic Velcro thing you can put lifters in to raise the comb . LOP over the pad is 13 3/4” which is a 1/2-3/4” less than my preference . I just slipped a Pachmayer slip on over the pad that’s already there and it seems a hair long but the fit is a lot better and the sight picture so to speak seems more natural if that makes any kinda sense . This gun is kinda a clunker for sure but something about it intrested me when I first saw it and continues to make me wanna get it to a point where I shoot it as well as my covey of Parker’s .

[6pt-sika]

Where we are at the moment . With the slip on pad over the pad already there and a riser for the comb . Feels okay and the site picture seems more uh normal . Won’t know until I shoot it at something sailing thru the air however