For me it's Fox first and Syracuse Lefever second. Third (in order) are Parker Hammerless, Model 21, Ithaca NID, Remington and LC Smith. Regarding "shootingest" ..... mine is an Ansley era CE Fox with >18k rounds through her since coming to me and she's still tight as a drum, ejectors in time and with only one broken trigger sear spring leaf over all that firing. Her barrels have settled down only .001" as measured at the back end of their flats and with .006-7" to go before bottomed out on the frame bar = a little recognized but excellent Fox design feature to counter springing of the frame over long and heavy use. She also toured with a Fox factory tournament shooter starting in 1914 and who knows how many rounds he fired. A H Fox guns were well engineered with a minimum of working parts to include the ejectors, and they endure with a modicum of care. First choice for this guy who likes to shoot often.
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