J Grade SG - Home From the Beauty Parlor

[mc15426378]

Back home from the "beauty parlor" and looking sexy. Shipped in August, 1919, to Kirtland Hardware in New York. This gun had more issues than I thought when purchased but with the always excellent help from Dewey Vicknair she's now ready for the Miss Mississippi beauty pageant. Whether I shoot a 25 or 19 a fella has to look good on the trap line and this vixen definitely makes me look classy.

[Jim Cloninger]

Very nice, Mike! Jim

[bbman3]

Mike that is a beauty! Bobby

[fox-admin]

Very nice Mike, thanks for the pictures. What work was done??

[eightbore]

Great J Single. What is your serial number? I like the picture of your car too.

[fullchoke16]

No doubt about it Mike, you'll have the best looking gun on the line. Last summer a younger fellow asked to shoot my J, I traded him guns ( his is a Beretta 400 auto) for the round. He shot a 20 with the Fox and I ran em all with his gun. He thought I should get a gun like his, I told him I'd just as soon shoot a 23 with the Fox as a 25 with something else. He knew what I was talking about and just laughed. You'll find that to be the truth once you get a few rounds in with your fine looking J grade.

[MARSHFELLOW]

..........wonderful piece of lumber Mike.... enjoy!!!

tjw

[AmarilloMike]

Very nice.

Wish it was in my gun safe!

[mc15426378]

Thanks for the kind comments. Here's a link to Dewey's blog showing the work done. Look in November.

http://vicknairgunsmithing.blogspot.com/

Bill, serial number is 400089. I hoped the Callahan letter would show the gun went to a well known shooter but no cigar.

Mike

[Fin2Feather]

Wow. Beautiful.

[eightbore]

I read Dewey's description of the restoration. Very impressive. Thanks for the serial number reference. My Fox singles are 400,022, 400,104, and 400,176. As you can probably figure out, I am a single barrel Fox addict. The wood on your gun beats anything I have seen on a Fox single before. Congratulations. Bill Murphy in MD.