Fox Collectors

The stock work can be done by many competent vintage double 'smiths but I heartily recommend having a proven Foxsmith evaluate the troublesome ejector. While the Russell patent (2nd gen) Fox ejector system is a very reliable design, there are many things that can affect its functioning. Unfortunatel...

Can someone verify that my membership dues went through yesterday? Paypal kind of went squirrely on me at the end. I noticed I still don't have access to the members only section so I wanted to make sure. All the gents who lead and manage the Association/site are volunteers and do that as they have...

Actually that's due to spring compression, not tension. To answer your question re: AH Fox guns ..... the firing hammer(s) are cocking too early in the opening arc. That can happen for several reasons and it would take many paragraphs to explain why and also how to correct for those who might be cap...

Two nice bucks nearby my home here in northeast PA. Second one is a real beaut!
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Just my opinion re: your appraisal request. Despite having unusual 24" factory ordered barrels, this Fox has been modified post-factory with a Red Head type recoil pad on a butt that looks to have been sanded flat, also with a beavertail f/e and a single trigger. As most know, collectors value ...

Just for info, the Browning Citori models to include Brett's 725 have an acute angle as regards the hammer striking the under barrel's firing pin, and accordingly a little lesser firing pin travel especially with a long compressed, weaker hammer spring. That's well known amongst frequent shooters an...

Thank you Dave; I also appreciate the time and effort you put toward your posts and replies. I do understand that many are not technically minded but we have a large enough percentage that are, and I chalk up the lack of replies by many of them to "I'll let Tom, Dick or Harry do it". That ...

Thanks Cory for your comment. Honestly though, I know there are numerous gents here who could have answered that and similar tech questions but for some reason(s) so many hold back and wait for a comparatively few regulars - count them on a few fingers - to spend their time to answer. And now it's e...

Steve, if it were me I wouldn't waste my time looking for a vintage Jostam 6-slot. Almost impossible to find in NOS/unfitted condition and still soft, and even then it can never be fitted to pass as original and especially so if the butt on that gun had its original concave surface sanded straight ...

Has anyone had a right barrel firing pin issue in an early Fox SW? I tried test firing some 2-1/2" low pressure roll crimped loads yesterday and on the first try, I got a dent in the primer of the right barrel. Tried same round (with dented primer) in the left barrel, no problem. Tried another...

Steve, if it were me I wouldn't waste my time looking for a vintage Jostam 6-slot. Almost impossible to find in NOS/unfitted condition and still soft, and even then it can never be fitted to pass as original and especially so if the butt on that gun had its original concave surface sanded straight f...

From what I've seen at shows/events and on the on-line sales sites ..... most any vintage shotgun with one of these devices is usually greatly devalued by the market. Despite generally being effective they’re kind of a dusty memory and footnote in shotgun choking technology; and the local shooters h...

"Stamped 3 in chambers" doesn't sound right for a 20g HE. frank

Wow, expanding your pic shows the crack from the top rib almost to the bottom. There's really no flexing there and it’s a mystery to me how/why that happened. The extension is a very close fit between the extractor/ejectors and their shell rim cuts; and even if successful you'll have some serious re...

Yes a nice '97 and it raised eyebrows and shot very well, but on reflection I'd accumulated too many guns that were good deals, unique, "rarely encountered", etc but I rarely or never shoot. And - tough decisions - this '97 was included in my last reduction. It just sold last week. frank