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Craig Larter
08-13-2025, 12:46 PM
A new addition to my Fox family.

Daryl Corona
08-13-2025, 12:53 PM
Spectacular.:bowdown:

Randy G Roberts
08-13-2025, 02:13 PM
That's a gorgeous Fox, congrats on your find....

Steve McCarty
08-13-2025, 02:24 PM
A new addition to my Fox family.

Teddy Roosevelt took one to Africa. That is an outstanding testimonial.

Dan Steingraber
08-13-2025, 02:40 PM
Beautiful Fox. And another small bore. Welcome to the dark side.

Bill Murphy
08-13-2025, 03:06 PM
Craig, can you post a copy of the record card? I have to know.

Reggie Bishop
08-13-2025, 05:39 PM
Craig that one looks like a perfect fit for your collection.! Beautiful original Fox!

Larry Stauch
08-13-2025, 08:47 PM
What a gun! The wood; the checkering; THE engraving!

Dave Noreen
08-13-2025, 09:02 PM
Gotta love those early smallbores! Are the barrels Krupp or Chromox?

Craig Larter
08-14-2025, 05:15 AM
Gotta love those early smallbores! Are the barrels Krupp or Chromox?

Krupp

Garry L Gordon
08-14-2025, 05:32 AM
What a wonderful 16. I vacillate between CE a XE engraving as my Fox favorite. After looking this one over, I’d say the XE.

What will you use it for—Texas wild Bobs, I hope.

Dan Steingraber
08-14-2025, 07:41 AM
What a wonderful 16. I vacillate between CE a XE engraving as my Fox favorite. After looking this one over, I’d say the XE.

What will you use it for—Texas wild Bobs, I hope.

My guess is that beautiful Fox is going to get to share a short boat ride with Nellie and get a chance to harvest a duck or 2 this fall.

Chris Robenalt
08-14-2025, 09:50 AM
Very nice Craig! I was drawn to the eschetuen, I think i blew the spelling, but is this a snap on forend ejector like the Sterlingworth? I've never seen one on graded Foxes, except for Sterly customs such as Phil Carr's 20.

tom tutwiler
08-14-2025, 01:19 PM
Craig, can you post a copy of the record card? I have to know.

Bill, the third photo down has the card shown on a tag.

Brett Farley
08-14-2025, 02:11 PM
Craig, stunning XE w/lovely barrels!! Man Oh Man!!

Keith Sirmans
08-15-2025, 01:31 PM
Man that nice nice!

Phil Yearout
08-15-2025, 07:52 PM
Very nice Craig! I was drawn to the eschetuen, I think i blew the spelling, but is this a snap on forend ejector like the Sterlingworth? I've never seen one on graded Foxes, except for Sterly customs such as Phil Carr's 20.

My Fox A grade 20ga has the snap off forend; I don’t know what years they were made that way.

Craig Larter
08-16-2025, 04:06 AM
My Fox A grade 20ga has the snap off forend; I don’t know what years they were made that way.

The snap on Kremer designed forend was used from about 1912 to 1915 on the graded Fox small bores.

Dave Noreen
08-16-2025, 10:28 AM
In the graded 20-gauge guns I've recorded snap-on/-off forearms through about the first 700. In graded 16-gauge guns I haven't recorded any guns in the 3005xx and 3006xx range and by the 3007xx range I see Deeley latches. Actually 300590 has a Deeley latch but it has been so completely CSMC'd that I don't count it.

Not to say I haven't recorded a handful of Deeley latches in these ranges.

Craig Larter
08-16-2025, 05:35 PM
What a wonderful 16. I vacillate between CE a XE engraving as my Fox favorite. After looking this one over, I’d say the XE.

What will you use it for—Texas wild Bobs, I hope.

The sweet spot for American doubles for me are the Fox XE's and Parker BH's prior to WW!.