Super Fox marking

[MARSHFELLOW]

Has anybody ever seen this marking on a Super Fox.... or any Fox before? I have not.

32" barrels, Kautzky trigger (intermediate)....heavy son of a gun, 9# 10oz.

tjw

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[bbman3]

Never.

[Researcher]

Is it 29092 that shipped to Remington Arms Co., Inc.? Looks like a July 1925 Remington repair code.

[MARSHFELLOW]

Thanks fellas.

No Dave, great thought though!! #29544

tjw

[mhead]

I haven't seen that mark either. One of my HEs has no grade stamps at all on the barrels or action .Has anyone else seen one with no marks.

[MARSHFELLOW]

Not me.

[Silvers]

Tom, is there anything special about the chambers, cones, bores or chokes? Bore OverSize by .003"? I'm thinking that "OS3" stamping looks like it was applied sometime after the gun was assembled ..... there seems to be some displaced metal which likely would have been polished smooth before bluing, had the stamp been applied at early assembly time. The "0" barrel weight stamps are smooth as I would expect. Lastly, the "3" is not the regular Fox font as used in serial numbers.

Mike, like others I haven't seen a genuine HE that didn't have the the Fox font "H" stamps on the frame bar and the barrel flats. I suppose one could have slipped out of the factory without stamping; and in that case a record card check and the special H Grade frame engraving would confirm.

Both of these inputs are ime. Frank

[eightbore]

To whom was the gun shipped. Maybe we'll recognize the name and connect him with Remington. I'm with Dave, Remington repair code.

[Don Ay]

I haven't seen that mark either. One of my HEs has no grade stamps at all on the barrels or action .Has anyone else seen one with no marks.

one of mine is not marked with grade just the 0 weight barrels and the "not guaranteed etc." has a 1923 era serial but was shipped in 28'

[fox-admin]

The gun was shipped to HJ Hogg that's why it weights 9-10!!!

[mhead]

Thanks Frank and Don mine has a 23 era serial as well i believe . just with the O on the barrels . it cards as HE just no markings

[xewizzard]

The subject stamp looks like a Remington "return" stamp to me. I handled a Parker AA 20 which had 3 sets of similar stamps on the barrels. I have an HE 29578 30" that weighs 9# 7oz. They made them heavy that year.

[MARSHFELLOW]

Silvers, I agree with your take on the stamp. Really did not strike me as "Fox looking font"....but doesn't looked cobbed either... don't know. I will check my measurements later today, theyre at the office.

Craig isn't kidding.....it went to H.G. Hogg. Hey Murphy, was he famous??

XE, I wouldn't disagree with you & Dave, it does look Remington like..... cant imagine why it would have ever been THERE for a repair.

Thanks boys.

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Silvers, got the measurements. As I said before I am not a gunsmith and do not have AA+ gauges but I get darn close.
RT bbl .741 43k choke mwt 45K
Lft bbl .740 44 k choke mwt 44k

Anything seem out of the ordinary?

tjw

[Silvers]

Tom, those measurements are within HE Grade parameters. Just based on the s/n this gun was likely made about when Fox reduced SF bore sizing from (nominals) .750" to .740". Maybe that's a factory R&D code or similar? I suppose most anything is possible but I can't imagine a scenario wherein Remington worked on this gun within a few months of its likely date of mfr. Frank