New Member, New Fox Gun
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:34 pm
Hi,
I'm brand new to the Fox Collectors Forum as of today, and have already learned a ton of great information by just surfing past posts here. I purchased my first Fox gun this past weekend at a Gun Show in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was not in the market for a new shotgun, but stumbled across what I felt was a great deal on a Fox 12 Gauge. The Gentleman selling the gun had purchased it as part of a collection from an estate sale, and couldn't tell me much about it. My grandfather passed down a Fox 20 Gauge to my father, so I was somewhat familiar with these guns and knew it's potential age. I spoke to a Fox collector I met at the show who was selling a few guns, and after my conversation with him, decided to take a chance on this one.
I ended up with an early A Grade 12 Gauge, with 30" barrels, serial number is 27XX. I looked up the serialization, and it looks to be made in 1906-1907. Based on some posts I've seen here already, it doesn't look like it would be worth trying to get a letter on the original specs of this gun. I think it's going to fall into that range of serial numbers where there doesn't seem to be any available info. I'd love to hear your opinions on that though. My Dad's Fox 20 Gauge is an A Grade with a serial # in the 202,XXX range. His 20 is in amazing condition, and all original.
I looked up the Blue Book Value but would like to get some opinions from the folks here. I will try to take some pictures of the gun so that I can post them. It's in great condition, which makes me think the barrel's may have been re-blued, and the stock may have been re-finished, but I'm not sure. I bought this gun to keep and shoot, so my interest in the value is merely to see if I made as good of a buy as I think I did. I hope to get a chance to shoot it for he first time this weekend, but from the sound of it, should probably seek out some RST 2 1/2 in shells before doing so.
Thanks,
Mike
I'm brand new to the Fox Collectors Forum as of today, and have already learned a ton of great information by just surfing past posts here. I purchased my first Fox gun this past weekend at a Gun Show in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was not in the market for a new shotgun, but stumbled across what I felt was a great deal on a Fox 12 Gauge. The Gentleman selling the gun had purchased it as part of a collection from an estate sale, and couldn't tell me much about it. My grandfather passed down a Fox 20 Gauge to my father, so I was somewhat familiar with these guns and knew it's potential age. I spoke to a Fox collector I met at the show who was selling a few guns, and after my conversation with him, decided to take a chance on this one.
I ended up with an early A Grade 12 Gauge, with 30" barrels, serial number is 27XX. I looked up the serialization, and it looks to be made in 1906-1907. Based on some posts I've seen here already, it doesn't look like it would be worth trying to get a letter on the original specs of this gun. I think it's going to fall into that range of serial numbers where there doesn't seem to be any available info. I'd love to hear your opinions on that though. My Dad's Fox 20 Gauge is an A Grade with a serial # in the 202,XXX range. His 20 is in amazing condition, and all original.
I looked up the Blue Book Value but would like to get some opinions from the folks here. I will try to take some pictures of the gun so that I can post them. It's in great condition, which makes me think the barrel's may have been re-blued, and the stock may have been re-finished, but I'm not sure. I bought this gun to keep and shoot, so my interest in the value is merely to see if I made as good of a buy as I think I did. I hope to get a chance to shoot it for he first time this weekend, but from the sound of it, should probably seek out some RST 2 1/2 in shells before doing so.
Thanks,
Mike
