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Good luck, Mike. If I could offer a reference to a 'smith I knew could do the job right I wouldn't hesitate to do so. But, unfortunately, i can't.

I have also done a broken ejector guide pin repair with silver solder, as Frank said, and it worked perfectly. Has held for some 10 years or so, now. the process is described in the Technician and Restoration Forum here, entitled Broken Ejector Guide Pin Repair, on Nov. 02, 2015. Here is a "pas...

Nice score! And two triggers, too!

How is it choked?

I was shooting my Iver Johnson Special Trap Saturday afternoon with a bunch of younger guys. It dominated the field of Benellis, Stoegers and Franchis, all semis. I noticed that the front bead (it has both original ivory beads) seemed very large. It didn't bother me in shooting, but Frank's gotten m...

That is the man that first brought to the Internet the existence of Bo Whoop. He saw it at Jim Kelly's gun shop in Darlington, SC when it was there for restocking, about two years before the owner decided to send it to Julia's for auction. Poor man was nearly crucified for claiming he had seen it. I...

Alas and alack, no mention by Dave of my beloved, slender, petite little .410 bore.

Oh, how I would love to kill a limit of greenhaeds with those 3 3/4 - 1 1/4 lead loads one more time.

Here's a photo of the screwed-up forend lug, with the broken piece lying on top in position. You can clearly see where it broke off. It broke because someone in the past filed away the top of the lug, weakening it drastically. https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/75810_800x600.jpg Here are the two types of si...

In the interest of clarity, and for the sake of others who are interested, I will post a couple close up pics of the broken lug later today. I will also check on the type silver solder I have on hand. It's been some time since I used it, to repair a broken ejector guide pin, but I'm pretty sure it i...

Sorry for being tardy in replying, but yesterday was hectic. Nonetheless, I appreciate the responses very much. Frank, thanks once again for your generosity in sharing your expertise in so clear a way. Excellent pictures and explanation. I've had 50+ years experience brazing and soldering but was he...

I own a 16 ga. AE Philly gun on which the forend lug had been filed down, for some unknown reason, before it came my way. In use, the top part of the "hook" shape broke off. There is just too little left to try to salvage it. It will have to be replaced by one means or another. Since the r...

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 a...

I love those guns, Frank. That's a looker!

Please report on how she performs for you.

SRH

I can second the Blue & White Restaurant. Their potato soup is famous!

It's been years since I've been there, but sure would like to go again. Back in December of '09 five of us Foxers met up at Tunica and had a couple hunts with Mike. We had four Super Foxes in the blind at one time. Wonder if that has ever been done there before, or since. Here's a link to the old th...