Parker 3 inch guns

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I have in the past questioned the Fox memo to Super Fox owners posted by Researcher. They counsel owners of Super Foxes to obtain and shoot the heavy 3" shells, knowing that many Super Foxes are chambered for 2 3/4" shells. Is this the PR people sitting at desks writing advice to shooters of their guns?

Granted, many Super-Foxes were chambered for 2-3/4" shells but Supers were being ordered and factory chambered to 3-inch as early as 1923 even though (as Dave reported) the Western Super-X 3-inch/1-3/8 ounce Record load wasn't introduced until 1924-25. Possibly the "Fox memo" referred to by Bill was intended for owners who were handloading for these earliest 3-inch factory guns even though its wording doesn't say that. The blue colored memo/note is shown in Dave's earlier post here - and based on its small size - the context could have been as an insert placed inside boxes of 3-inch Record shell hulls to advise handloaders of the then-new factory 1-3/8 ounce Super-X's.

[Bill Murphy]

It appears that Fox was recommending 3" shells, to be used regardless of whether the user's gun was chambered for 3" shells or not. It seems like a "white collar" oversight.