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Fox Skeet & Upland 16 gauge

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:59 pm
by cbowen
My son and I went together and purchased a dream gun a Fox Skeet & Upland 16 gauge in treffic condition. We are really proud to own this gun. What products are best to care for the wood and the metal ?

Re: Fox Skeet & Upland 16 gauge

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:08 pm
by MARSHFELLOW
Tell me, does your S&U have a beavertail?....single Kautzky trigger?......ejectors?.....

tjw

Re: Fox Skeet & Upland 16 gauge

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:25 pm
by Twice Barrel
cbowen wrote:My son and I went together and purchased a dream gun a Fox Skeet & Upland 16 gauge in treffic condition. We are really proud to own this gun. What products are best to care for the wood and the metal ?
Congratulations you have a gun that you and your son can be proud of. You will probably get many recommendations for products but I prefer to break my guns down into two categories. If the gun in question will be used hard in the field under moderate to severe conditions I treat the metal with a good quality automobile wax, the ones without abrasive polishing compound or one of the newer poly metal polishes. For the wood I use plain old Johnson's paste wax. After each use I wipe down the metal with Breakfree. For the closet queens or guns I use lightly in fair conditions I dont bother with the wax/metal polish and just use the Breakfree which does not evaporate over time and protects the metal well. I suppose a bit of Renaissance wax would do nicely but I haven't felt the compulsion to use it.