Fox 20 gauge

6pt-Sika · 10-28-2013, 01:32 PM

Have a line on a Fox 20 gauge don't know whether it's a Sterlingworth , A or maybe even one of the Savage/Fox B's !

But I think I'll go take a look at it just the same .

Also have a Remington 1889 12 gauge . I'm not overly big on hammerguns but since I'll be there may as well look that one over as well .

Marshfellow · 10-30-2013, 05:51 AM

Let me know what you find out about the Fox.

Tom

ed good · 10-30-2013, 05:36 PM

don't pay fox sterlingworth price for glorified stevens 311 gon...

6pt-Sika · 10-31-2013, 07:51 PM

Well the thing turned out to be a first year of production Sterlingworth .

Which I gotta say surprised me a good bit . The rest of the stuff with it was not of the same caliber IMHO .

I'll go back tommorrow evening and see if I can make it mine

6pt-Sika · 10-31-2013, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ed good

don't pay fox sterlingworth price for glorified stevens 311 gon...

I am no advocate of Stevens 311's or the Savage Fox B's of the same time period .

This thing has 26" barrels that unless I'm mistaken were choked IC/M !

6pt-Sika · 10-31-2013, 07:55 PM

Oh yeah the 1889 Remington looked very nice . But it wasn't calling me LOL's !

The little Fox looked decent and of all things they had an old top lever H&R 16 gauge single shot I think I might try and acquire as well .

Eldon Goddard · 10-31-2013, 08:57 PM

I do not think there is anything wrong with Stevens 311/ Fox Model Bs. They are heavy though I examined a 16 ga 28'' barrel was 7lbs 8 oz.

6pt-Sika · 10-31-2013, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eldon Goddard

I do not think there is anything wrong with Stevens 311/ Fox Model Bs. They are heavy though I examined a 16 ga 28'' barrel was 7lbs 8 oz.

I'll not be spending any money on a 311 or Savage Fox B .

In a perfect world I'd not own a side by side that was made after 1929 but then the World's certainly not perfect

charlie cleveland · 10-31-2013, 09:18 PM

boy thats heavy for a 16 ga even in a stevens ..i guess i ll get dusted but i likev like the old 311 s..got a 410 two 16 s and a 12 in them and that 12 ga has been chambered two a 3 1/2 inch gun..there tough old guns not fancy but reliable.. charlie

Researcher · 11-01-2013, 02:08 PM

Just as a point of reference, the Fox Model B was introduced in 1940,

(1940 Fox catalogue)

and there was no such thing as a Stevens Model 311 until 1948.

(1948 Savage/Stevens/Fox catalogue)

From 1931 until WW-II there was a Springfield No. 311, but it was built on the old G.S. Lewis Patent stricker action.

(1933 J. Stevens Arms Co. catalogue)

The Springfield No. 311 was a cheaper version of the Riverside Arms Co./Springfield Arms Co. No. 315 and the slightly nicer J. Stevens Arms Co. No. 330.