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Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:45 am
by SPE33
796971349......Item number of an early B now on Gunbroker.Straight grip gun but I am wondering if this was possibly restocked as it does not appear to have the long tang that I have usually seen on Fox Guns that have the straight grip option.Aside from the Sterlingworth Skeet and Uplands that is.No connection,not bidding.
Re: Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:25 pm
by Researcher
Looks like a restock to me. The B-/BE-Grade was shown with a straight grip in the 1907 "Campfire" catalog --
and the same picture in the 1907 pocket catalog --
All the other catalogs I have show the B-/BE-Grade with the "standard" half-pistol grip. If you click on the pictures to blow them up you can clearly see the long backstrap trigger guard.
Re: Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:26 pm
by vaturkey
The gun on GB has a short tang. I thought all straight grip graded guns had a long tang. Accordingly, I thought it was a restock.
Re: Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:50 pm
by Silvers
Please note I AM NOT commenting pro/con on the cited B Grade on Gunbroker. This reply only has to do with graded Foxes with straight stocks and short tail trigger guards.
Over the years I've seen and handled (two) graded Foxes with what appeared to be a factory straight stock with a short tail trigger guard, and I'm not talking here about Skeet & Uplands. One is the A Grade owned by AHFCA member Jeff S. Several knowledgeable Fox nuts inspected it a few years back while at the Northeast SxS at Hidden Hollow and concurred it looked like factory work. Be sure to read Jeff's last reply on the thread shown below.
frank
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5899&hilit=straight+stock&start=30
Re: Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:40 pm
by vaturkey
Thanks Frank. Guess one never knows. This particular gun in question has a letter with it and there is no mention of the straight stock or anything in regards to the stock at all. I'll say, I thought it looked like factory work based on the photos, but the lack of a long tang through me. Lots of stuff throws me these days so nothing new there.
Re: Early B on Gunbroker
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:38 pm
by Jeff S
Silvers wrote:Please note I AM NOT commenting pro/con on the cited B Grade on Gunbroker. This reply only has to do with graded Foxes with straight stocks and short tail trigger guards.
Over the years I've seen and handled (two) graded Foxes with what appeared to be a factory straight stock with a short tail trigger guard, and I'm not talking here about Skeet & Uplands. One is the A Grade owned by AHFCA member Jeff S. Several knowledgeable Fox nuts inspected it a few years back while at the Northeast SxS at Hidden Hollow and concurred it looked like factory work. Be sure to read Jeff's last reply on the thread shown below.
frank
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5899&hilit=straight+stock&start=30
Frank, you have an amazing memory. I believe that it was June of 2015 that you inspected my shotgun and declared it "Right as Rain".
