Fox Collectors

Looking for recommendation on repair to the lug that came out.

What flux and type of solder will work best?

Pencil torch or heated iron?

I am guessing that it is the forend loop, the lug on the barrels that engages the forend iron to keep it in place, that has come adrift. It can be very difficult to get the loop solidly soldered without loosening one or more of the ribs. The short rib is likely to be loose already, a product of the loop coming out. In the process of soldering the loop in there is often enough heat to loosen the solder holding the other ribs. Loose ribs usually mean stripping all the ribs and resoldering the whole thing, including the loop. You should really send the barrels to a good barrel man.
Cheers, DoubleGun

DoubleGun wrote:I am guessing that it is the forend loop, the lug on the barrels that engages the forend iron to keep it in place, that has come adrift. It can be very difficult to get the loop solidly soldered without loosening one or more of the ribs. The short rib is likely to be loose already, a product of the loop coming out. In the process of soldering the loop in there is often enough heat to loosen the solder holding the other ribs. Loose ribs usually mean stripping all the ribs and resoldering the whole thing, including the loop. You should really send the barrels to a good barrel man.
Cheers, DoubleGun

Double Gun:

Your description is exactly what happened to me today at the gun club. After shooting skeet with my CSMC Fox DE Special 20 bore, I went to put the gun away and the forend loop dropped off the barrels. There was rust around the area, and there is also a lining of rust on the barrels where they were covered by the forend loop. Additionally, the short rib appears to be coming loose. Your post sounded like you were describing my gun!! The odd part is this is a new gun and has never seen any rain. It has less than 1000 rounds fired through it. Is the rust lining to be expected on a gun just built last year??

Thank you.

b-herr3, that sounds like a factory repair job to me. I wouldn't touch nothing anything until I talked with a factory rep. I'll bet thay will fix it at no cost.

Bryan Clary

I agree, the factory needs to make it right. Rust under the loop and probably the ribs as well, means that some contaminent got under the ribs when they were being soldered in place. This resulted in an unsound solder joint and subsequent early failure. Nice gun, needs nice barrels.
Cheers, DoubleGun