Ansley H. Fox

[tom tutwiler]

Gun was made in 1920. Without requesting a factory letter its pretty tough to know with absolute certainty what the original barrel length was. That said, a pretty good indication is how long the chokes are. Most Foxes have parallel chokes that run 3.5-4.5 inches long. If the chokes length is less then that they are most likely cut. Reason I say mostly likely cut is Fox did allow some latitude when it came to orders. For example, if someone special ordered a gun chokes cylinder and mod, in some cases there are examples where Fox actually cut the barrels on a longer barreled gun to meet the customers needs. Another rule which is not 100 percent certain is touching barrels at the ends. Seems like a fair amount of Fox 26" barrels don't touch at the ends, but that doesn't mean they were cut.

Sort of rambling here, but if the gun is choked full/mod and the chokes are 3.5-4.5" long I'd bet a large amount of money they hadn't been cut and would consider that a pretty good bet.