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Unread 01-25-2020, 09:50 AM   #1
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Those are great looking guns. I’ll bet these are the Fox guns T.R. was referring to when he reportedly stated “the finest shotgun in the world”.


yeah it's that or his F grade AH Fox
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Unread 01-25-2020, 11:39 AM   #2
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Ansley was using "The Finest Gun in the World" well before he made a gun for T.R.

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What T.R. actually said was "no better gun was ever made."

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