Fox A grade 16 gauge returned to field use

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice fox...and are nt we thankful for friends like dan....he does good work but you already knew that...wish we could have heard the stories... charlie

[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

mighty nice fox...and are nt we thankful for friends like dan....he does good work but you already knew that...wish we could have heard the stories... charlie

I get up to see Dan about 3 times a year. Everytime I'm up we are talking projects or hunting. He's organized, professional and he can flat out figure things out. I think that Fox action came apart about ten times in those 4 hours. He would get it all together and then something wouldn't feel right to him. He must have worked on the trigger sears for an hour bending and stoning to get everything right. Pulling parts our of various bins and building the guts on these things isn't for the meek minded for sure. While I was there I finally got him to pose with the Abby Gun and here's a link for it. We also have 3 other projects in the mix as I write this. Two foxes and a restock of a mannlicher. I'm just one of many clients, but I like working with Dan and he lets my imagination run wild and then reels me back in. The Abby gun was his first foray into a custom bird gun and my goodness it really came together.

[Bill Murphy]

Tom what would be the serial number of a 16 gauge Fox with late engraving and a snap on forearm?

[Harold Pickens]

I love those A grade 16's. I was looking at an A 20 this weekend but the LOP was 13 " and they were asking 5 grand.
I also have an A grade 16 that was in sad shape when I bought it and it was my rain gun until I had her cleaned up. I have never seen one wiyh a snap-on fore arm.
Here's mine: ser#300640 28" barrels 6 lbs 4oz.

[Researcher]

I've been recording observed guns and looking for the transitions in the early Ansley H. Fox graded smallbores. In the 16-gauge guns the new "Gough" engraving begins appearing in the 30022x range, but the first gun with a Deeley lever forearm I've recorded is 300450, but the snap-on/off forearms exist at least into the 30049x range.

Harold, does your 300640 have Krupp or Chromox barrels?

In the 20-gauge guns the engraving changes somewhere between 200240 and 200323. The earliest 20-gauge I've handled, which has been displayed at our A.H. Fox Collectors Association, Inc. booth at The Vintage Cup a couple of times is 200002, a CE-Grade, and it has the Deeley forearm latch as does 200097.

[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Tom what would be the serial number of a 16 gauge Fox with late engraving and a snap on forearm?

Afternoon Bill,

300320. Got the order card on it and it weighs 6 lb 2 oz.