Fox Collectors

Serial # 113xx. This gun was left to me by my grandfather 36 years ago. I used it when I was very young to hunt squirrels. The buttstock was broken and removed and has since been lost. I need 3 parts to complete the reassembly. The buttstock and buttplate, trigger guard and rearmost frame pin (I don't know what this is called. Any help appreciated immensely.

White dog... sorry to hear that your family heirloom is in such a state of repairs and I hope you are able to get it fixed. Your best bet in terms of stock is to get one made up from a company that has a duplicator and already owns a Fox stock (there is a guy selling these on ebay and other locations for around $115) and then having it fitted, shapped, finished, and checkered by a stock smith. Replica butt plates can be bought on ebay, gunbrokers, or from CSMC. The pin can be made by a smith with little issue or can be sourced from any 12 guage fox including a S/W so you might just look for a parts gun. An A grade trigger guard might be hard to find unless you find an A grade project gun that you can part out... you would still need to get the serial number welded in and/ or struck off and then re-engraved, reblued etc.

The bad news is that all of this is going to cost you a bit more than the gun will be worth... but as a family heirloom, the gun should be priceless and the end cost should hopefully not be outside of the worth of doing such. Once returned to service you might just be surprised how useful the gun is and how nice it handles. It should be ready to hunt for another 100 years...

good luck!