A Tale of History
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:47 pm
This 2004 article from a local paper hangs at Narragansett Gun Club. It is an article about J. Albert Beaudette, one of the founding members of the club (founded in 1924). I am almost positive that the gun noted in the article was a graded Fox. The timeline of the noted competition is the mid 1920's.
As Mr. Beaudette got older he sold many of his guns to 2 younger gents at the club (this was now in the 1950's - Mr. Beaudette passed at age 92 in 1962). I know one of the guns he sold was an LC Smith Skeet gun, as the LC was the primary skeet gun used by this gentlemen (Ken) until he bought a Remington 3200 Skeet in 1973. Although I didn't know Ken until the early 80's, he always raved about his LC and his Fox. I ultimately ended up buying his 3200 and at the time I remember him offering me the LC Skeet and also "a fancy trap gun" that probably was the gun noted in the article and a Fox.
So here we have a story about a graded smashed stock Fox that was sold twice and I know the stock most likely ended up being severely cut down because Ken shot everything drop stock, as the 3200 I bought had a LOP 12.25".
Just a bit of history.
As Mr. Beaudette got older he sold many of his guns to 2 younger gents at the club (this was now in the 1950's - Mr. Beaudette passed at age 92 in 1962). I know one of the guns he sold was an LC Smith Skeet gun, as the LC was the primary skeet gun used by this gentlemen (Ken) until he bought a Remington 3200 Skeet in 1973. Although I didn't know Ken until the early 80's, he always raved about his LC and his Fox. I ultimately ended up buying his 3200 and at the time I remember him offering me the LC Skeet and also "a fancy trap gun" that probably was the gun noted in the article and a Fox.
So here we have a story about a graded smashed stock Fox that was sold twice and I know the stock most likely ended up being severely cut down because Ken shot everything drop stock, as the 3200 I bought had a LOP 12.25".
Just a bit of history.