Fox Collectors

Just recieved this. Gunsmith that transferred it in gave zero interest in looking it over for me. Dont need a perfect gun, just something to hammer away on. Is this something i should be concerned about? To my blind ears they ring right however the tone is slightly different than my C grade that checks out. Dont know if anyone can be of any help from this one bad picture but this is not my area of expertise. Thank you.

I am far from an expert but it is pretty obvious that the barrels appear to have been cut.That top rib separating is not a good thing either.I would definitely get the rib issue addressed if,as you say, you plan on shooting the gun a lot.I have a gun with cut barrels that still “ring” but they just don’t sound right to me.Kind or flat sounding.

Sounds like i have to look into this a bit more. Thank you.

Relay that top rib.

Short term you would be ok shooting it. Worse that can happen is the rib loosens more. Same fix either way.