Fox Collectors

I took a newly acquired A grade to my buddies club to give it a shake down on the five stand. This gun has ejectors. About half way through the round I started to feel the fore end latch bump out against my palm when I shot. It looked like it was protruding about 1/8 inch after the shot. I finished the round and let my buddie take a few shots. On his second target he shot twice and the fore end almost came off. It was very loose. I took the gun and ejected the shells and took the fore end the rest of the way off.
After closing the barrels I went to reattach the fore end but it would not seat. On further study it appears that the ejectors had tripped. They had to be manually recocked in order to reseat the fore end. Any help on what would cause the latch to come loose under recoil?

Thanks

Loose screws.

Could also be the forend latch spring is worn out or broken.

Brian, Eightbore,
Thanks you for your response. I believe the screws are tight, but I will second check. I will also look into the bad spring. Hope it is something that simple. If I need a new spring, any idea where I could get one?

Thanks

Kimber06 wrote:Brian, Eightbore,
Thanks you for your response. I believe the screws are tight, but I will second check. I will also look into the bad spring. Hope it is something that simple. If I need a new spring, any idea where I could get one?

Thanks

Jason Barden probably has one:

https://www.ahfoxparts.com/

Problems like this are hard to diagnose without having the gun to inspect. On the other hand some of the sorcerer apprentice-type fellas on two other sites I can think of may be able to do that.

If I'm reading the problem statement correctly - the ejector hammers were tripped because the loose forend was removed after the gun was fired and before they were recocked as usual. A broken spring should be obvious because the latch will have no tension when pulled. Also, methinks a weak latch spring is pretty low down on the list of probable causes and I'd have a competent Foxsmith examine the gun before buying one. But even with a comparatively weak spring, a properly set up Fox Deeley-type forend will stay on during recoil and without its latch moving down. I’ve had a few ejector Foxes that gave me fits until I finally figured out what was going on with them = lessons learned.

Don, I'll be happy to look at/diagnose your Fox If you're at the Northeast SxS at Rock Mtn in August or the Vintage Cup at Hidden Hollow in September.

frank

Silvers wrote:Problems like this are hard to diagnose without having the gun to inspect. On the other hand some of the sorcerer apprentice-type fellas on two other sites I can think of may be able to do that.

If I'm reading the problem statement correctly - the ejector hammers were tripped because the loose forend was removed after the gun was fired and before they were recocked as usual. A broken spring should be obvious because the latch will have no tension when pulled. Also, methinks a weak latch spring is pretty low down on the list of probable causes and I'd have a competent Foxsmith examine the gun before buying one. But even with a comparatively weak spring, a properly set up Fox Deeley-type forend will stay on during recoil and without its latch moving down. I’ve had a few ejector Foxes that gave me fits until I finally figured out what was going on with them = lessons learned.

Don, I'll be happy to look at/diagnose your Fox If you're at the Northeast SxS at Rock Mtn in August or the Vintage Cup at Hidden Hollow in September.

frank

That is one super offer for sure. Two thumbs up for Frank.

Frank, thank yu for your generous offer. I hope to make the NE SXS event and if I do I will definitely take you up on your offer. This gun, though the barrels have been cut, holds great promise for an early season grouse/woodcock gun and I would really like to get its function correct.