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Although no one responded, I figured things out. I thought the rod coming off the hammers went through what I now know is a mainspring cup. Interesting hammer configuration. Much of the rest of the internals look like a Ithaca NID.

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Vince

I've seen a lot of posts where people ask about complete disassembly of a Fox action. Most of the advice ends with the suggestion to take the gun to a competant gunsmith. Is there someone here who has completely disassembled a receiver ? I have a question about the hammer springs and how they are he...

Pat. I think you are on the right track about that rust. If it's as light as you say, you should be fine. There are many 'smiths I've heard mentioned that could take care of your barrels. Although I've only used him for Case Coloring work, John Gillette at http://www.classicgunsinc.com/ is a top not...

Pat, I think some better pics may help. Either way, if it were my gun I would draw file the light pitting out and re-rust blue the barrels and use it. However, your description of "surface" type rust may be different then mine. I don't know your level of expertise when it comes to shotgun ...

thanks Mike. I'll try contacting him.

Hi. The picture you posted is so small its hard to determine how bad the pitting is. I'm no expert, but unless the pitting was very severe (unable to determine from the pic) I would think you can shoot the gun safely. I suppose you could have the barrel wall thickness measured to determine just how ...

Hi Mike. Thanks for the info. I've heard it mentioned that the factory used this Duco product. I will probably do a Tru-Oil finish on mine. This is my first SW. Ive got a couple Elsies and a couple Ithacas. When i got the Sw, the finsih was real gritty-like someone had put a heavy coat of varnish on...

I asked a question about if anyone here has heard of a method where you use cold blue to refresh/restore cc. I guess I have littel patience so I decided to give it a try on the front part of my trigger plate. I used Brownells Oxpho Blue and cotton swabs. I cleaned the metal with acetone and applied ...

Marsh- happens to be fresh in my mind... Got a Fox back after a long saga of "restoration" and it came back with its triggers polished to a mirror finish. Almost look chromed. Stil have not figured out how to get them back right. Hit them with very fine steel wool and didn't do a thing. W...

Thanks for all the information. I usually nitre blue triggers so thanks for pointing out the Fox triggers were polished/in the white. As to the cynaide cc, I will call RGS. I've seen his site before and completely forgot about it. Has anyone seen any of the threads where people have brought out fade...

Thanks for the reply, it was very helpful. Do you know if anyone is able to mimic the FOX cynaide colors or do most who choose to have their SW re-cased/colored go with bone and charcoal ? I have used John Gillette several times and plan on giving him a call. Thanks again for your reply.

Vince

Hi all. I'm new to the forum as a member but have been reading posts for awhile. After restoring several SxS as a personal hobby, I received my first SW today. The serial number is 122xxx which looks like it dates to 1929. All the numbers match, the barrels are uncut and there's no damage to the woo...