Is it then fair to say the Stevens 5000, 5100, 520, 311, and Fox B all the same design? I have a vague memory of reading that millions of the 311/Fox B were made. Any idea about total numbers made? I wonder if the 311/Fox B was the top dog in production numbers of all side by sides? They were always sort of on my mind when I would read Gun Digests when I was a kid in the '70s. The USA doubles were down to Winchester 21s and the 311/Fox B by then. There were Hatfields for awhile too, then the Gold Label. Now, nothing, right?
I just remembered that I saw Ithaca Trap guns in a catalog that I sent away for in about 1978 or so. They were still being made, although they were a single shot.
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