Fox Collectors

Bill Grill of both the Parker and AH Fox Gun Collector’s Organizations set up a splendid display of vintage American Trap Guns to include from top to bottom:

1. AH Fox L Grade Single Barrel Trap 32”

2. AH Fox XE SxS from the Savage era

3. Parker SC Single Barrel Trap 32”

4. Ithaca 5E two-barrel set including 30” and 32” on a Magnum Frame

5. Ithaca Dollar Grade SBT 34”

6. LC Smith Crown Grade SBT 34”

7. LC Smith Crown Grade SxS 30”









AH Fox L Grade Single Barrel Trap 32”


AH Fox XE SxS from the Savage era


L and XE Grades


Parker SC Single Barrel Trap 32”


Ithaca 5E two-barrel set including 30” and 32” on a Magnum Frame


Ithaca Dollar Grade SBT 34”


LC Smith Crown Grade SB$ 34”


LC Smith Crown Grade SxS 30”

Thanks for posting pictures Mark. Sure had a great time. Bill

Outstanding group of guns!

Absolutely stunning!!! Lee.

what a fine display of american made from a bygone era.all the best 44whiskey

Bill also has/had an Iver Johnson Special Trap, the poor man's SBT gun, that is in very high (restored?) condition. I recall seeing a pic of it many years ago.

Stan

I've been branching out into other vintage SBT gun makers beyond Fox and just today the mail brought copy #999 of Frank Conley's book, The American Single Barrel Trap Gun. He has a chapter on the Iver Johnson Special Trap gun and it was a good read. To quote Mr. Conley: "It was a pleasant surprise to find the gun is very well made; it does have a very good, crisp trigger pull and shoots a very respectable pattern. ........ the checkering is quite good - far better than on the two lower grade L. C. Smith trap guns".

Nice that Frank Conley had such complimentary comments on my old Iver Johnson. I wonder who owns it now?

That’s an impressive display of some fine guns, what an awesome collection of trap guns.

That Ithaca double is definitely a Grade 7, unless they put Grade 7 engraving and inlays on a Grade 5?

Stan Hoover

When and where was this display? With some of the more onerous COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, I would have considered surfing the Interweb for a cheap airfare and masked up!! What a great array! Thanks for posting! Kevin

Look at the date of the OP....long, long ago in a galaxy far, far from Covid!

Give me a break! There's only a 9-year gap between the "1st-Gen" posts and the 2021 "March Madness" flurry! A mere spec in geological time; or think about the ageing process for an FE 16 buttstock and forend blank! Kevin

I bought Conley's book just a few months ago myself, Frank, and also found the narrative on the IJ very interesting. Actually, it's the main reason I bought the book. I own two of the IJST guns, and always found them quite fun to shoot. They just have a charm about them that brings about, or maybe stems from, quality in low priced goods.

I even used one of them on a few doves a few months ago. There weren't many birds that afternoon, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, anyway.



Stan

Stan Hillis wrote:I bought Conley's book just a few months ago myself, Frank, and also found the narrative on the IJ very interesting. Actually, it's the main reason I bought the book. I own two of the IJST guns, and always found them quite fun to shoot. They just have a charm about them that brings about, or maybe stems from, quality in low priced goods.

I even used one of them on a few doves a few months ago. There weren't many birds that afternoon, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, anyway.



Stan

that is a fine looking shotgun.i had no idea those were hammer guns,i love the design and yours looks like new. thanks for pics. all the best 44whiskey

The Iver in Conley's book is my old gun. I wish I had it back. I paid $39.00 for it and $39.00 each for two other guns in the deal.