Fox Collectors

Bill congratulations on that 32" HE 20! I would love to have one!

Thanks for the congratulations. As I think I have posted before, it was a gift from a member and long time friend who thought I needed it more than he did. The first time I shot it, I realized that, yes, I needed it. It is a screaming original hard butt gun with very full chokes, which I like.

I can't believe that Craig missed the XE 20 in the Guyette auction. Maybe he will share that story. I have an XE 20 story to share myself. I will tell that story when I get time.

eightbore wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:59 pm I can't believe that Craig missed the XE 20 in the Guyette auction. Maybe he will share that story. I have an XE 20 story to share myself. I will tell that story when I get time.

Bill, I’m anxiously awaiting that story!

OK, Foxnut, I may have told this story before. Maybe fifty years ago, there was a gun show at an armory in Pikesville, Maryland a few times a year. At the show one Saturday, I walked outside to grab a lunch from my car. Just outside of the front door, a fellow was drawing a crowd with three guns he was displaying on the hood of a '55 or '56 Chevy sedan delivery. As I recall, one or two were in trunk cases and one of them was a two barrel set. They were all XE 20s and nice. I asked if they were for sale and the reply was "Any of them for $1400." Decades later, I recalled that day to the person who displayed those guns. The strange thing is that fifty years later that $300 car would be worth about as much as one of those XE 20s. Another strange thing is that I probably had $1400 to spend that day.

Bill, Everyone needs more friends like yours! Looking forward to your story. John

I just posted the story of my "Three XE 20s Day". The story of my HE 20 will never be told.

Thanks for the story. I bet
You picked a good one!

eightbore wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:59 pm I can't believe that Craig missed the XE 20 in the Guyette auction. Maybe he will share that story. I have an XE 20 story to share myself. I will tell that story when I get time.

The only way I will own a XE 20ga is a private sale which is highly unlikely. Any XE 20ga that hits the public market is too rich for me. I would rather own a 12ga XE with tons of condition for less money like my three 12's.

John, I did not buy one of the three XE 20s. At the time, I was into Parkers and did not own a Fox that I can recall.

I have had only one opportunity to buy a HE 20ga32" that I thought was righteous I informed a good friend about the gun and he purchased it which made me happy. I have been lucky to handle a few great HE 20ga 32". It's not killing me that I don't own one.

Eightbore, that would have been some day. I don’t remember ever seeing/handling an XE 20 let alone three in one day. Thanks for recapping the story!