Any of us own CSMC Fox guns or want too?

[SXS OHIO]

I love the old Fox guns but they all have that deep stock drop unless they have been restocked. (Rabbit Guns) I have bought and sold several of them and looked into having a custom made. Its a lot of work to get one properly up-graded, finding the skilled folks to engrave and restock and they are not easy to deal with, lots of variables and long estimated work times. So that said I have ordered a new CSMC Fox XE two barrel set in 16ga. that will be ready this fall or some time in 2016. Now bitten by the CSMC Fox bug I started looking at all the listings on line. Dang I fell in love all over again! Smitten by a little DE-spl 26" 28Ga. factory choked skeet/ic made in 1997 and engraved by Richard Roy. In was in a listing from Steve Barnett on GI (Still Listed as of today).....I made a offer and now its to arrive on the 8th UPS...(-: I know a couple of us own these guns and wanted to here some feedback good or bad.... The only negative I can find is the price!....but they are half the price of the Remington AHE-28 now being made by CSMC SXS ohio....(-:

[C.O.B.]

I have a Fox by CSM it's an FE 410 and I love the gun. I used it on Quail this past Jan at Morrison Pines. A very nice gun for a lot less money than a VHE Parker.

[Craig Larter]

I have a CSMC XE 20 ga two barrel set that I had built in 1997, Richard Roy engraved.
Mine has been to all over the US, Canada and to Argentina many times. It is my only small bore and my go to upland gun and dove gun. It went back for an adjustment to the front trigger pull and that's it. They are nice guns in my opinion but many Fox collectors don't consider them real Foxes-------yet.

[Researcher]

I love the old Fox guns but they all have that deep stock drop

Simply not true. A lot are, but certainly not "all"!! Most Sterlingworths, which were a "made for stock" gun came with a 2 3/4 to 3-inch drop-at-heel. There are 16 Ansley H. Fox shotguns in my gun room with drop-at-heel of 2 5/8 inch or less.

[SXS OHIO]

Hey COB...A new FE small frame Fox will set you back 30K if not more! you could buy a Parker VH for sure. Could you post some pictures of your FE..(-: CL, that's a nice Fox XE, My gun that's on order will be very similar, mine will be caped pistol grip, AAA American walnut, skeleton, DE checkering and a couple other add ins...Good to here positive reviews. The little 28ga should be at my door some time tomorrow, I hope its a keeper......Grouse and doodles will be in big trouble this fall!!! SXS ohio

[SXS OHIO]

Researcher...what you say is true, but I have been shooting Parker repro's and they are stocked hi....1 3/8 2 3/8 and some are 2 1/8 at the heal. I can shoot 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 but that still seems low to me. I really needed/wanted a Fox with hi stock dimensions to match my repro's best as possible so it will not mess up my first couple shots from shooting under the bird. I own several brands of shotguns and if they are stocked kinda hi like my repro's I shoot them well first time every time. Thanks all SXS ohio

[Mills]

It would be a good way to own a 410 or 28 gauge Fox, if you had the bucks

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice guns fellas but i m gona have to stick with a stevens 410...charlie

[SXS OHIO]

I also have a sears stevens 410 26" that has gunned its share of rabbits! Its a early model, has walnut wood, still looks pretty good and shoots right on. I think I paid 200.00 for it years back...(-: SXS ohio

[BS]

I ordered an XE 16 ga. in 2001 with 29" barrels, IM and IC, 14 3/4" LP, splinter, skeleton steel but with exposition wood and added muzzle engraving and makers name in gold on both sides of the frame. The engraver was Richard Roy. I then sent it out for a Huey Oak and leather fitted case, hunted pheasants with it for 8 years and then sold it. I know who the owner is and hope someday to get it back, this was one of those guns that I should have never let go of. Wish I could order one again at 2001 prices. I never had any issues with mine.