Fox Collectors

Thanks for everyone in sharing the photos! I am a more of a visual learner and photos have a great way of backing up the information that is provided by all the decades of knowledge we have on this forum!!!. I have been collecting the old pre-war Browning Auto 5's and the L.C. Smith guns for a few y...

Researcher inspired me to find a letter to go with my new A H Fox! This letter is from the 70's and the price went up from $10 to $15.

I had a friend email that in In Michael McIntosh's book A.H. Fox: The Finest Gun in the World, there is a discussion that the "JS" in a circle is attributed to an inspector at Savage, Mr. Joseph Santoro and is found on page 127 (in the 1994 Revised Edition). I do not have the book so if an...

Yes Sir, that is the exact look of the stamping on the left barrel. The barrel flats may also have the initials JS in a circle. Thanks for the great photo and that is one beautiful shotgun!!

Amazing! I am always "not surprised" that you have the information I needed! Will there ever be a "Researchers" database that we can subscribe to!! Thanks again...Double Gun Awesome!!

Thank you sir! Do you know if there is any source that may have that as a documented requirement? I have found a couple of internet post that seem to corroborate this but nothing from a company source. If I purchase this I am planning to submit the serial number information to see if the shotgun was...

Hello, I am looking at an early Fox A grade for sale at a local pawn shop. The gun is in very nice condition and appears to be all original. The serial number is 2113 or 2118. The barrel has the correct barrel address for an early gun but it also has "12 ga - 2 3/4 in. chamber" stamped on ...

Thanks for pictures and serial number breakdown. Do we know the reason for different styles? The two most common reasons I have come across for any changes like this is money (cost effectiveness, easier to make) or improvement in the part. Thanks again for the background and dates!!!

I have noticed there is a variation of the recessed pin (slotted and smooth) on the Sterlingworth Pin Guns in a relatively short period when they were available. Why were there two different styles?

I am continually amazed at the craftsmanship and devotion of time and energy that it took to create these incredible firearms from over a century ago!! When you see pieces like this how can you not succumb to the "double gun disease"!!

Great pictures!! That is some very interesting engraving and checkering! Thanks Again!!

Thank you for the information; you are always an awesome source of vintage sxs knowledge. The checkering looked different than anything else that I could find on any Sterlingworth or even higher graded guns. The seller said that it was a custom made gun... but "custom made" covers a lot of...

Hello, New to the forum. I recently came across the Sterlingworth 12 gauge shotgun for sale posted below. The shotgun is sporting a straight stock along with a single trigger and ejectors. I have looked at the checkering on the stock and tried to compare it with known checkering patterns on various ...