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Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:40 pm
by Fox20obsessed
Somehow, someway I acquired a 20 gauge A-grade in unfired condition. 28” KRUPP fluid steel barrels choked M/F with a snap-on forend and some decent wood. I just wanted to attach a pic because I don’t think there are too many left with this much condition.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:47 pm
by Fox20obsessed
Unfired and still a tiny bit of surface corrosion at the muzzles!
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:50 pm
by JasonPeck
Sweet Mother of God.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:55 pm
by Fox20obsessed
A few more...I’m pretty sure the seller (an auction house) was angry with me.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:11 pm
by jolly bill
You sure won't find them any nicer.
You got a good one.
Thanks for sharing.
Jolly
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:44 am
by Fin2Feather
What a gun!
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:08 am
by Stan Hillis
Very nice. Good to know there's still a few around, after all these years.
Thanks, SRH
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:54 am
by Jeff S
Holy crap! That' a beauty. Nice wood too.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:10 am
by Fox20obsessed
I wanted to add a few more pics to show the colors, breech, and buttplate
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:55 pm
by Silvers
Congrats, a super nice Fox. The fancy breech burnish stripes tell it all! frank
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:26 pm
by vaturkey
I have never seen a nicer one anywhere.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:31 pm
by SPE33
That certainly is quite a find,we should all be so lucky. Silvers,would you be able to enlighten us on the significance of the breech burnish stripes? I have a 20 gauge A that has them and I had never seen them before.
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:26 pm
by BCole
Closest that most of us will come to actuall seeing a brand new Fox.Wow!!
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:50 am
by Silvers
SPE33 wrote:That certainly is quite a find,we should all be so lucky. Silvers,would you be able to enlighten us on the significance of the breech burnish stripes? I have a 20 gauge A that has them and I had never seen them before.
The fancy burnishing stripes (as seen on the second to last pic) were typically but not always done on Foxes including Sterlingworths. Primarily decorative. And if the barrels are on the face, as expected from the factory, they will quickly disappear from open/closing the gun and compression against the standing breech when firing. The burnishing is possibly only 1 or 2/10,000-inch deep. frank
Re: Unfired 20 gauge A-grade
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:14 am
by Fox20obsessed
Hey guys thanks for all the kind words guys!!! I got very lucky on this one. Also, thanks for the thorough explanation Frank! Makes sense to me now after your explanation as to why you so rarely see them on guns for sale and just how easily those lines fade with use. Someday I’ll try to get a copy of the factory card on this gun but haven’t done so just yet.
Thanks,
Matt