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Today I finally had a chance to shoot the Fox J Grade SBT gun I found in Alaska a few months ago. I had limited time this morning, shot 60 mixed reloads and did quite well on sporting clays singles on call = 55/60. I know this will give some of our purist collectors the jitters but she's been restocked in what looks like tiger stripe maple that's been finished to match the original forend wood. The stock fitting is superb. She also has a Simmons "Broadway" style vent rib that's a full 1/2" wide from breech to muzzle. I like it! A very much sturdier replacement for the narrower Fox vent rib that sits on small roundish posts and is easily pulled loose from matching dovetail slots in the under rib. Over the years I've repaired the original vent ribs on (three) Fox SBT's that were pulled through on one or more slots. You can see the Simmons rib posts on one of the pics.
Anyway, an article is planned so I'm giving limited details here. The Fox Record Card is missing. 32" barrel, original 2-1/2" tight chamber, strong full choke, tight as a tick and previously owned by a Wisconsin transplant to AK who was AK state champ and is in the AK Trap Shooting Hall of Fame. frank
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Thanks for sharing. 95% of these old guns have had some work done to them to suit the different generations of owners. Well done mods/repairs are just part of the gun's history and should be enjoyed for what they are in my opinion. These are the guns most of us own.
Very cool history and a nice gun which you will no doubt put to good use, Frank. Just curious as to how you determined the stock to be maple as it appears as heavily fiddlebacked walnut to me.
Jimmy, you're probably correct on the fiddleback walnut. I'm not a wood expert by any means and my thought when I posted is that it reminded me of flintlock long rifle stocks made of hard maple. Thank you!
From what I understand the Simmons "Broadway" rib on this Fox dates that mod prior to early 1964 when Simmons moved from Kansas City to Olathe. frank
