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[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

What a neat old Fox! I'll bet it was made F and F. The Fox just might be the "best gun ever made." It is amazing that some of those old one lock up like new. It only has four moving parts!

I'm happy for you. Have you shot her yet?

It is indeed choked full and extra full. Chokes are .035 and .039. That's full choke in a 12 gauge, much less a 16 ga. Didn't shoot her, but she works fine with snap caps. She's been left up with Dan to take care of a couple issues and then he's going to restock her.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

It is indeed choked full and extra full. Chokes are .035 and .039. That's full choke in a 12 gauge, much less a 16 ga. Didn't shoot her, but she works fine with snap caps. She's been left up with Dan to take care of a couple issues and then he's going to restock her.

Of course your Fox was made to reach out and touch someone. Someone with feathers.

When they finally figured out how to make an effective choke full chokes became all the rage. I own a Win 97 and an early model 12, both sport very tight full chokes.

For some reason, maybe the low comb or just me, I can't hit the broad side of a barn with my Winchester 97. The gun is in great condition. Certainly someone could hit something with it once; why not me? No wiggles where the stock meets the receiver. No cracks. I have considered having it threaded for choke tubes. I did that with an old Ithaca Model 37 which made a fine, versatile shotgun. While there is plenty of steel in the barrel of the 97 I can't bring myself to mess with that fine old, and very plum gun.