As well built and as strong as the Super Fox HE grade and the later Fox Sterlingworth 3- inch guns were, they seem to have served best with goose and duck hunters.
Unless ordered with lesser weight barrels, and less overall weight-they were not ideal for
hunting wild turkey. ( From direct experience in the East and Western United States).
In this instance, the LC Smith Long Range , Winchester Heavy Duck M-12, and Parker Long Range guns may well have held a weight advantage. However, a number of Super Fox actual users, then and now- attribute longer range of the HE grade, gun to gun.
It is also a factor that the Winchester M-12 3-inch Heavy Duck guns held a price advantage and continued to be produced. Unless these long range shotguns are compared with relative weights, ranges, pattern densities and modern available shot shells- it becomes a matter of opinion.
However, in hunting with all of them except the Parker Long Range gun, I have established some comparative objective performance standards concerning the guns that I own.
Hence, the original question which has been partially answered.
{The opinions of the author are his own, and are based on his own hunting experiences utilizing various shot shells from manufacturers in his own shotguns.}
Hopefully, this has been of some value to the membership.
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