I just finished up this 1911 vintage C grade Fox for a gentleman. It is a 12g. with 30" barrels. It started with the owner just wanting me to make a new Beavertail forend since the feel of one was what he preferred for shooting. However, the gun also had very little finish remaining on the buttstock, a poorly fitted Hawkins recoil pad and some pretty messed up screws. So he agreed to correct all of those things also.
Since there is not really many examples of Beavertail forends on early Fox guns, I asked the customer to provide me with a photo of a forend that suited the look he would have wanted. And I decided to echo the full cover checkering used on the original splinter onto the BTFE. A lot of checkering!
The buttstock is an absolutely awesome piece of walnut and it cleaned up very nicely. The new forend was made out of similar wood. And I also refinished the original Splinter forend to match. Since there was no alteration to any of the forend metal or screws, the splinter can be easily put back on the gun at any time if desired. I made up and fitted Two new action screws and they were engraved by Gournet. A new Orange Silvers pad finishes it all off.
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